Sony has unveiled a white PS4, which will be available from September. The special new-look console is to coincide with the arrival of Destiny, Activision and Bungie’s blockbuster shooter out on September 9th. The bundle includes a White Dual Shock and 30 Days for PlayStation Plus. The game was announced …
Read More »SONY: Destiny alpha available to PS4 owners this week
PS4 gamers will access the Destiny beta on July 17th. And this Thursday, PS4 owners can even play the ‘Destiny first-look Alpha’ that lasts a week. Gamers need to simply visit: www.Greatnessawaits.com/destiny to access it. Activision also has announced a number of PS4 exclusives, such as weapons and a ‘strike …
Read More »Free-to-play shooter Loadout coming to PlayStation 4
PC free-to-play title Loadout is headed to PlayStation 4. In a post on the PlayStation Blog, Edge of Reality creative director said that the title will be a console exclusive to PlayStation 4. As of yet a release date has not been set for the PS4 version. The title launched …
Read More »Long lost PS4-Vita bundle finally materialises
Sony’s promised PS4-Vita hardware bundle looks like it could finally be set for release. The SKU was first confirmed to MCV by Sony UK’s senior product manager Ben Law back when the PS4 launched in November. It was said to be scheduled for a pre-Christmas release but never actually arrived. …
Read More »VIDEO: 2 minutes of The Order: 1886 gameplay footage
Sony at the weekend streamed a brief glimpse of upcoming PS4 shooter The Order: 1886 gameplay. There’s no doubt the Ready at Dawn (God of War) and Sony Santa Monica (PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale) looks visually amazing, although forums and social media remain sceptical of its gameplay credentials. But …
Read More »Evolution ‘doesn’t want’ players to use DriveClub’s microtransactions
DriveClub director Paul Rustchynsky has insisted that there’s no danger of the planned microtransactions detracting from the player base’s experience. Last month it seemed as if Rustchynsky had ruled out any possibility of the game using IAPs, only for it to be confirmed that earlier this month that microtransactions will …
Read More »PS4 hardware already profitable; Half of owners subscribed to PS+
Sony’s has bucked traditional hardware sales modelling by achieving a profit on each PS4 sold just six months after launch. Back in September the company said it would make a loss on each launch unit sold, although this would be recouped proving customers also purchased a game and a PlayStation …
Read More »Hirai: PS4 likely to be more profitable than PS2
Former-SCE boss says PlayStation 4 and its networked services could see it surpass the financial peak of its ancestor
Read More »Wii U nearly catches PS4 in Japan
Console sales fell this week in Japan despite a number of new titles coming to stores, Japanese sales data from Famitsu reveals. The 3DS still heads up the hardware charts for the week ending May 18th, but with considerably lower sales than last week. 25,440 3DS units were sold compared …
Read More »Crytek warns of Xbox One and PS4 ‘RAM ceiling’
8GB will still limit developers – despite being 16 times more RAM than Xbox 360 and PS3
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