The pace at which consumers will buy PS4 and Xbox One will vastly outperform what was seen with the current generation of machines. That according to Ubisoft’s senior VP of sales and marketing Tony Key, who told Games Industry he is expecting impressive things. "Our feeling is the installed base …
Read More »Trade-ins rocket at GameStop as next-gen fever arrives
GameStop has said that software and hardware trade-ins increased by a factor of four the weekend before PS4 launched in the US. Many consumers arrived in stores with their entire libraries with them, forcing some outlets to stay open well beyond trading to get the credit processed in time for …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed IV gets 1080p resolution bump on PS4
Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed IV will only output a native 1080p picture on PS4 once users have downloaded a patch. The required title update will apparently roll out shortly after release”. Without the patch the game outputs at 900p. But why ship at 900p in the first place?” the Ubiblog reads. …
Read More »VIDEO: See EA’s next-gen FIFA 14 TV ad
EA is aware you may have already bought FIFA 14 once, but the arrival of Xbox One and PS4 is a good reason to upgrade. Its new TV ad for the next-gen version of the game sees a gamer undergo a living room transformation, becoming a CGI version of Barcelona …
Read More »Sony offers list of PS4 Blinking Blue Light fixes
A number of fixes have been offered by Sony for new PS4 owners whose console has displayed the blinking blue light fault warning. An info page on the PS4 forums says that the warning can relate to a number of things such as TV compatibility, the console’s power supply or …
Read More »Battlefield 4 suffers DDOS attack on PC, PS4 version suffers early struggles
It has not been a good weekend for Battlefield 4 fans. EA confirmed that the PC version of the game suffered a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack for much of the last 48 hours, preventing users from accessing the game’s online mode. The game’s Battlelog page carried the following …
Read More »EA retracts PS4 firmware instability claim
Electronic Arts claims a warning that blamed Sony for instability in PlayStation 4 games was posted in error. The original message,spotted by Polygon, has since been removed, but stated that the mandatory day-one 1.50 firmware update (provides some of the device’s major features)caused stability issues with games and that players …
Read More »PS4 instability warning a mistake, claims EA
Publisher says a message blaming Sony for issues with games was posted in error
Read More »PSN buckles under strain of PS4 launch
One million owners of new console result in outages on Sony's network
Read More »PS4 sells 1m units in 24 hours
Sony claims record sales for next generation console launch
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