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The PlayStation 4 console will be sold at a loss, Sony has confirmed. However, the platform holder expects has told Eurogamer that it expects to recoup this with every unit sold providing the buyer also purchases at least one launch game and subscribes to the PlayStation Network. SCEJ exec Masayasu …
Read More »Sony confirms Kinect-like voice and gesture control for PS4
PS4 users will be able to control some elements of the console using gestures and voice. The news, Engadget reports, comes from the Tokyo Game Show. It is understood that Sony’s PlayStation Eye was at one stage a compulsory element of the console that was to be bundled with the …
Read More »Sony’s Gaikai service bringing PS3 titles to PS4 and Vita in 2014
Sony has revealed its Gaikai-powered cloud-streaming service will launch in 2014, offering an initial selection of PS3 games for play on PS4, Vita, and Vita TV. IGN reports on Sony’s roundtable interview at Tokyo Game Show, where Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida announced the service will debut in North …
Read More »Sony aims to sell 5 million PS4s by end of March 2014
Andrew House wants next-gen console to eclipse early PS3 sales
Read More »CONFIRMED: Digital PSN version of GTA V performs worse than Blu-ray release
Rockstar and Sony are likely to face calls for refunds after it was found that the digital download version of Grand Theft Auto V performs badly compared to its disc-based equivalent. Remember, too, that while the digital version cost 49.99 and Blu-ray SKU could be had for just 34.99 from …
Read More »Sony sets PS4 sales target at 5m consoles by March 2014
Sony has projected 5m sales for Playstation 4 by the end of its current fiscal year. Speaking at Sony’s keynote at Tokyo Game Show, CEO Andrew House announced the target for the end of its fiscal year –though failed to specify whether he was referring to the company’s active year …
Read More »PS4 launching in Asia two months before Japan
Sony's next-gen console coming to South Korea and Singapore this December
Read More »Gran Turismo 6 schedule "very tight" with large day one patch planned
It will be a shock to no-one to hear that Polyphony Digital is up against it to get Gran Turismo 6 ready for its December 6th release. Creator Kazunori Yamauchi confirmed to Eurogamer that some of the game’s features are unlikely to be ready for launch and that a sizable” …
Read More »Sony: We don’t do mid-sized games any more
A lot has been written about PlayStation’s remarkable journey over the last few years. It has turned PS3 into a winner after a tumultuous launch, and has seemingly denied Xbox an easy win on the start of the next generation. But its real victory lately has been reengaging with the …
Read More »PS4 maker chose x86 chip for its broad technology uses
Tech shifts mean chip is 'finally usable in a console'
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