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Had your eye on Vita but have decided you’re actually in the market for a handheld that isn’t as suave and accomplished? Today is your lucky day! Engadget has word of a new device from GameTech entitled the DekaVita 7. The largely rubber peripheral is designed to house a PlayStation …
Read More »PlayStation TV – Sony’s ‘Swiss Army Knife’
Sony is riding a wave of success at the moment. Its latest hardware, the PlayStation 4, has surpassed one million units sold in its first nine months on sale in the UK, and has sold over 13m consoles worldwide. It’s comfortably outselling rivals Xbox One and Wii U. And next …
Read More »PlayStation Plus boasts 7.9m subscribers
Sony’s PlayStation Plus service has climbed to 7.9m members, the company has confirmed. The firm revealed the figure during a post-earnings conference call with international investors earlier this week, following Sony’s earlier announcement that its PlayStation 4 hardware had reached 13.5m sales worldwide. It’s not clear how the number breaks …
Read More »PlayStation TV launches in North America
Sony’s latest PlayStation hardware has now landed in North America. PlayStation TV offers access to a decent number of Vita, PSP and PS Minis titles, as well as game streaming from the PS4. However, Joystiq reports that a last minute software update to the device has broken compatibility with a …
Read More »PlayStation Now beta heading to PlayStation TV, Vita
The open beta of Sony’s PlayStation Now streaming game service will be available on PlayStation TV when the microconsole launches later this month. The US PlayStation blog reveals both PlayStation TV and the PS Vita hardware its based on will carry PS Now’s beta version starting October 14th – the …
Read More »PlayStation TV’s European release date confirmed
Sony has confirmed a price and date for its streaming media box PlayStation TV in Europe. The device will be released on November 14th and cost 84.99/€99.99 and from day one hundreds of Vita, PSP, PSOne and Minis titles will be offered, with regular expansion promised – and Minecraft specifically …
Read More »SONY: PS Now hitting Europe in 2015, PS TV this year
Streaming games service PlayStation Now will be released in Europe in 2015. A beta trial of the service will hit the UK first. PS Now is currently in beta in North America. Sony has also dated its PlayStation TV microconsole for the region – it will be launched on November …
Read More »PlayStation TV will cost £84.99 in the UK
UPDATE: Sony has told MCV that PlayStation TV will not be bundled with a DualShock 3 in the UK. ORIGINAL STORY: Sony has confirmed the RRP for PlayStation TV in the UK. T3 reports that the streaming device will cost 84.99 when it arrives on these shores in the autumn. …
Read More »SONY: PlayStation TV out this Christmas in Europe
PS Vita TV will launch for $99 this Christmas, Sony has announced. The console, previously announced for Japan, will now launch in the US and Europe. It was originally called PlayStation Vita TV, and allows for Remote Play (so you can play PS4 games in another room) and can have …
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