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PlayStation UK is celebrating record-breaking sales of PS4, and has promised gamers that a ‘substantial’ amount of stock is now being flown into the UK. The firm sold just shy of 250,000 consoles in two days last week, significantly more than the previous record holder – PSP – which sold …
Read More »Battlefield 4 pips Call of Duty: Ghosts in first PS4 chart; FIFA 14 tops list
FIFA 14 has emerged as the third-party champion in Gfk Chart-Track’s first PS4 Top Ten. Sony’s Killzone: Shadow Fall is PS4’s No.1 (with an impressive attach rate, it seems) while FIFA 14 claimed No.2. However, arguably the biggest battle was between EA’s Battlefield 4 and Activision’s Call of Duty: Ghosts …
Read More »PS4 has sold over 250k in the UK
Over 250k PS4 consoles were sold in the UK in the machine’s first 48 hours on sale. Retail sources have confirmed the extent of PS4’s tremendous performance to MCV following Chart-Track’s confirmation this morning that PS4 is the UK’s fastest selling console ever. MCV estimates that UK PS4 sales reached …
Read More »PS4 beats Xbox One to fastest selling UK console ever crown
Sony’s PS4 is officially the fastest selling console in UK history. Gfk Chart-Track has confirmed that the machine has beaten PSP’s eight year-old sales record of 180k units sold in its first week. Xbox One sold 150k units in its first week. (Note that in both instances ‘week’ refers to …
Read More »Sony ensuring it has stock to quickly replace any faulty PS4s
Any gamers unlucky enough to find themselves with a faulty PS4 should see a replacement arrive pretty quickly. That’s because Sony is keeping a small number of units in reserve that will be used for those who need an exchange. Not that the company expects many problems – it reckons …
Read More »Interview: Umbra 3 and its next-gen visual trickery
Develop speaks to Umbra about its occlusion culling tool and how its giving PS4 and Xbox One games that next-gen sheen
Read More »Nvidia: ‘PC far superior to next-gen consoles’
Nvidia insists players shouldn’t limit their decision between the PS4 and Xbox One when choosing their next gaming device. The firm has launched its range of small form-factor PCs alongside Sony and Microsoft’s new machines. And Nvidia says players looking for the best games experience should opt for the PC …
Read More »3DS, Wii U and Vita games better than anything on PS4 or Xbox One, say critics
The PS4 and Xbox One launch line-up has been overshadowed by games for Wii U, Vita and 3DS. Critics heaped praise on Nintendo’s new Zelda and Mario games. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds on 3DS (this week No.9 in the charts) has a Metacritic score of 90, …
Read More »PS4 hijacks The Sun’s page 3
Sony has paid to take over the page three spread in today’s issue of UK newspaper The Sun. Readers opening the paper today are presented with a two-page ad for the PS4 and the following message: Apologies to Rosie, 22, from Middlesex. Today’s page 3 is for the players”. Here’s …
Read More »EA’s Söderlund expects Xbox One and PS4 successors in five years
Executive vice president of EA Studios predicts shorter console cycle this time around
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