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Game-disc-only build; no public OTA release is evidenced.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Technical chronology", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H02", "H841" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "ps4", "version": "1.06", "change": "System and disc packages were distributed, including on named launch-era game discs; the surviving technical record lists the changelog as unknown.", "release_date": "2013-11-14", "release_date_source_id": "H840", "release_region": "Technical chronology; regional scope unspecified", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": null, "date_note": "The exact-version chronology dates the system and disc packages to 2013-11-14 while marking recovery distribution unreleased.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Technical chronology", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H02", "H840" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "ps4", "version": "1.05", "change": "Preinstalled on a second wave of PS4 systems manufactured in November 2013; the technical record labels the downloadable system and recovery packages unreleased and provides no feature changelog.", "release_date": null, "release_date_source_id": null, "release_region": null, "release_date_status": "not_applicable", "release_date_status_reason": "Factory-installed build whose system and recovery packages are recorded as unreleased.", "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": null, "date_note": "Manufactured-in-November factory distribution is documented without an exact day. 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