Sony’s Playstation 4 does most of the TV-watching things a TV-watching box is meant to do, apart from the fact that watching Netflix using two analog sticks is a pain. Sony’s new Bluetooth universal remote should fix all that. Read more…
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A New PS4 Remote Makes the Playstation a Halfway Decent Set-Top Box
Right now, on China’s version of Kickstarter, you can back a games console called the OUYE . If you ever wanted a console that looked like a PS4 but had a controller like the Xbox One’s, it’s for you! Read more…
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Ballsy Chinese Console Rips Off Both The PS4 And Xbox One
Remember the Emotion Engine from back in the PS2 days? Well, Sony’s still on about the emotional connection its consoles will bring to gamers — specifically, that of the PS4 . And to showcase the console’s graphical sophistication, Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida played a 12-minute tech demo of Quantic Dream’s upcoming PS4 title, The Dark Sorcerer . The majority of the demo focused closely on the sorcerer in question, giving gamers an early glimpse of the nuance and hyper realistic expression capable in characters’ eyes and faces. Only a short snippet was shown on stage here at E3, but if you want to digest the entire thing, Sony’s planning to unveil the full 12-minute demo tomorrow afternoon. Gallery: Sony E3 2013: The Dark Sorcerer Filed under: Gaming , HD , Sony Comments
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Quantic Dream’s The Dark Sorcerer demo highlights PS4’s graphics power
While there’s still little known about Sony’s efforts to pioneer the first 4K movie download service , one thing we can say almost definitely now is that the service will in fact be compatible with its ( supposedly ) upcoming PS4. In an interview with The Verge , Sony President and COO Phil Molyneux almost sort of definitely confirmed that the service would be compatible with the ethereal console by promising that we “will not be disappointed.” Oh, and by the way, a typical 4K movie download will chew up more than 100 GB of bandwidth. More »
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Sony’s 4K Movie Streaming Will Work on PS4—At 100GB a Pop
As with any gaming console, good hardware only tells half of the story. Today, Sony announced a stable of games that’ll play a large role in determining the early success of the PlayStation 4 , which is set for availability this holiday season. Leading the charge will be biggies such as Killzone Shadow Fall , Bungie’s next first-person shooter known as Destiny , Diablo III and a new installment of Final Fantasy . These games will be joined by creative efforts such as Knack , a game directed by the PlayStation 4’s lead architect, Mark Cerny, Watch Dogs from Ubisoft, and Driveclub , which aims to bring team-based racing to new levels. PS4 owners can also expect exclusives such as InFamous: Second Son and The Witness . Rounding out the list — for now, anyway — is a game from Capcom with the working title of Deep Down , along with an unnamed entry from Media Molecule. While it’s clear that Sony and the development community have a number of surprises that’ve yet to be revealed, you’re invited to check out a preview of what’s to come in the following gallery. Gallery: PS4 Titles Filed under: Gaming , Sony Comments
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PlayStation 4 games revealed: a preview of what’s to come
During today’s PlayStation event Gaikai ‘s Dave Perry revealed that the PS4 will not natively support PS3 games and that Sony’s next-gen console will instead stream PS1, PS2 and PS3 games from the cloud — something that the company has already confirmed on Twitter. Check out our liveblog of Sony’s event to get the latest news as it happens. Filed under: Gaming , Sony Comments Source: Sony (Twitter)
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PlayStation 4 will not have native PS3 backwards compatibility
We’re just a few days away from Sony’s February 20th “see the future of” PlayStation event where we expect to see the next edition of its home console, and the rumor mill is buzzing. The latest one tonight comes from the Wall Street Journal , with a report that connects Sony’s $380 million purchase of cloud gaming service Gaikai last year with a method to provide backwards compatibility on the PlayStation 4. The WSJ reports Sony has been “investing heavily” in preparing Gaikai for an influx of PS4-equipped gamers, while also developing better cameras for its Move and the DualShock+touchpad controllers we’ve seen recently. What’s not revealed however, is any potential pricing plan, or whether cloud games will work users existing cloud saves. While buying fully digital copies of games we already own is less than appealing, if Sony can implement something like the abandoned UMD-to-PSP Go “good will” plan , then there may be benefits for all. In the last gen Sony used hardware, then software and then nothing at all for backwards compatible gaming, while Microsoft went all software — we’ll see how it balances out this time around. Filed under: Gaming , HD , Sony Comments Source: Wall Street Journal
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WSJ: Sony will use Gaikai streaming tech to play PS3 games on the PS4
As Sony Computer Entertainment warms up its blue lighting and double-checks its playlist for February 20th , one unnamed SCE official says that the PlayStation 4 will act as more of a home entertainment hub than what we’ve seen in the past. They added, according to the Nikkei , that the main selling point won’t be the rumored eight-core AMD64 CPU or other hardware specs, but how it opens up new styles of play — something Nintendo is also focusing on . Sony is going to push the new console as a home entertainment “nerve center,” with a focus on the hardware’s ability to connect and share to mobile devices — the rival that’s pulling gamers away from traditional consoles. Edge had previously mentioned the possibility of a dedicated share button on the next-gen controller, though that remains a product of the rumor mill at the moment. No discussion on any Gaikai-powered cloud gaming just yet, but following its unveiling later this month, the report states that the new PlayStation should launch before the end of the year. A bit of a shame, then, that it’s still only February. Filed under: Gaming , Sony Comments Source: Nikkei (requires subscription) , Edge-online
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Sony: PS4’s main selling point will be ‘new playing options, not improved hardware specs’