The PlayStation 4 reveal recap and photo breakdown (Photos)

The PlayStation 4 is here! After countless months of speculation, rumors, leaks and assumptions, Sony has finally given us a glimpse of the future with their PlayStation 4 reveal conference in New York City.

Cutting to the chase, I figure I would just highlight the event into items of interest... thats all we really care about anyway, right? The even summary is as follows:

View slideshow: Check out some screenshot highlights of the PlayStation 4's reveal.

Opening squence displaying the years of the Playstation - "We didn't build a box" is most noted
"The gamer is the focal point of our efforts," in opening speech, describing the focus of the evolution of the demands of the casual and core gamer.
Talk about the Playstation Vita, but it's short changed. "We will talk more about the Vita next year."
Talk about mobile gaming via mobile devices. "As we were changing the gamer, the gamer ended up changing us."
Many screenshots of several games cycle through the promotional background.
The Playstation 4 is announced among a back log of Playstation history
Explanations regarding design elements and thought process when designing the Playstation 4. "By game creators, for game creators."
Architecture is like a PC - but supercharged. 8 Gigs of ram, X86 CPU.
Dual shock 4 is announced - much tighter sense of control. Touch pad, light bar, share button and new trigger buttons.
Announced in tandem with a stereo camera.
Unreal 4 is shown in real time on prototype hardware.
8 core CPU with almost 2 Teraflops of computing power - 8 Gigs of GDDR5 ram,.
Knack, the first game ever, is demo'd
Explanation of consumer oriented platform.
Playstation 4 put together a feature set to reduce the time from start to finish for gamers.
"Hit power button and you will jump instantly into the game"
Separate chip for downloading and uploading. You can play a game while you download it
New interface is shown, demonstrating the uploading feature.
Playstation 4 is designed to be a highly integrated platform.
Applications available on smart phones, tablets, Vita.
Consumer focus and developer centric approach.
Dave Perry comes on next - CEO of Gaikai cloud gaming.
Playstation 4 and Playstation Network will be connected with Gaikai
"We are creating the fastest, most powerful gaming network in the world."
You can stream all games from the Playstation 4 as a trial, for free.
Facebook and Ustream adaption announced
Network is dedicated to games
Spectating has become "big" in our industry
You can broadcast live games
Friends can post comments, trash talk, or play separate games
Accounts set up to broadcast to whoever you like
PSVita connectivity announced, remote play possible
PS3 games are not playable on the device, but can be played through Gaikai, as well as PS1 and PS2
Another video pushing simplicity and connectivity. Basically going over everything that was already said, just in an artistic way. The word "Elegant" was thrown around.
Next up was talk about a new "Canvas" for creativity
Another game is shown: Kill Zone: Shadow Fall.
Game looks good... really good.
First person cover based shooter? Not "creative" if I say so myself.
Next up was Drive Club, a team based racer.
Real time team play, challenges and play.
Next up Nate Fox introduced Sucker Punches latest PlayStation 4 Exclusive: Infamous - Second Son.
Johnathan Blow was up next to introduce another exclusive Playstation 4 launch title: The Witness
A small mapped, open world game - very interesting.
David Cage was up next from Quantum Dream, surprise surprise, he talks about emotion.
Shows off new engine running in real time on the PS4 hardware.
Media Molecule shows off the move controller in use, "recreating dreams," creating sculptures.
Rock music type demo shown... Sony refuses to let Move go.
Capcom is up next, giving us yet another history lesson of the Playstation and it's technology.
Panta Rhei game engine shown off. Game is called "Deep Down" and looks intense.
Square Enix is up next to show off their support for the PlayStation 4: Lumios.
Square Enix surprisingly rehashed the same demo from E3, surprised Sony let them get away with it.
Ubisoft came on next to show off their next title: Watch Dogs
Unlike Square, Ubisoft showed off an all new live demo, it looks incredible!
Blizzard made a surprise debut at the event!
Showed Diablo 3 for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3.
Last but not least, Activision took the stage.
Plans on supporting the PS4 with multiple block busters during the launch window.
Showed off "Destiny," Microsoft may now crap their pants.
Talked about exclusive playable content for the Playstation community.

So whats everyone think? Are you excited for the PlayStation 4? Did Sony deliver with this presentation, or was the hype they built over the last couple of weeks just to much to live up to? Let me know by subscribing to me here and shooting me a message over on twitter @NicholasGigante.