| Technology | PS1 | PS2 | PS3 | PS4 |
| Disc | CD | DVD | Blu-ray | Holographic Disc (HVD) |
| Audio | Stereo | Dolby Digital 5.1 | Lossless 7.1 Channel | Lossless 9.1 Channel |
| Storage | 1MB Flash | 8MB Flash | 20GB-160GB Harddrive | 250GB-1TB Harddrive, Flash, External |
| Storage Speed | NA | NA | 1.5Gb/s (SATA-150) | 6Gb/s (SATA-600) |
| Color Depth | True Color | True Color | True Color, Deep Color | Full Deep Color |
| Color Space | BT.601 | BT.601 | sRGB, BT.709, x.v.Color | x.v.Color |
| Controller | Vibration | Vibration | Wireless, Vibration, Motion Sense | Wireless, Vibration, Motion Sense (3D), Wind, Shock |
| Internet | None | 10/100Base-T wired | 1000BASE-T wired, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g wireless | 100 Gbit Ethernet wired, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n wireless |
| Connection | NA | USB 1.1 | USB 2.0, Bluetooth 2.0 | USB 3.0, Bluetooth 3.0, WHDI, TransferJet |
| Display | SDTV (640x480i) | SDTV (640x480p NTSC / PAL) | HDTV (1920x1080p) | QF-HDTV (3840x2160p) |
| VRAM | 1MB | 4MB EDRAM | 256MB GDDR3 | 1024MB GDDR5 |
| System RAM | 2MB | 32MB | 256MB XDR | 1024MB DDR4 |
| First Released | Dec 3, 1994 | Mar 4, 2000 | Nov 11, 2006 | Late 2011 |