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Sony UK has worked with retailers to encourage what it calls a „soft bundle“ that includes both consoles. Some shops won’t be able to offer the deal because of PS4 stock availability, but the expectation is most will from tonight alongside the launch of the PS4 in Europe.
„We’re working with our retail partners to put across that proposition as well as we can,“ Sony UK boss Fergal Gara told Eurogamer.
„It’ll come to market in a few different shapes and guises. You may walk in and get a great deal on ‚buy a Vita when bought with‘ type deal. So if you buy a PS4 you can get a Vita for X. And others will say, well here’s the Ultimate Bundle and you get all those bits in it.
„But as a base price point, in other words for the two consoles, we expect the gamer to be able to pick that up for under £500. It’s not a hard bundle pack at this point in time. It’s us working with the retailer to effectively deliver a soft bundle.“
Gara said the PS4, which goes for £349 on its own, and the Vita, which you can pick up for around £150 depending on the model type, will be bundled together for a little under £500 – so we’re looking at a saving of around £10.
Since the announcement of the PS4 earlier this year, Sony has been keen to push its connectivity with the Vita handheld. Perhaps the most eye-catching feature in this regard is Remote Play, which uses Gaikai streaming technology to allow you to play PS4 games on a Vita.
It was this feature, Gara said, that helped convince PlayStation to bundle the two together this Christmas.
„Our stimulus to do that is mainly the fact that once we got our hands on Remote Play we thought, wow, it really is real and good, and that deserves a shout,“ he said. „And of course it’s a PlayStation point of difference.
„We think, for four hundred and something pounds you’re getting two consoles, if you get PlayStation Plus with that then you’ve got an Instant Game Collection for both. So now they’re both great companion devices and they’re standalone devices. Why wouldn’t we underline that and highlight that point of difference? We really believe in it.“
As for availability, the PS4 and Vita bundles will start to show up from tonight. „It’s starting to happen now,“ Gara said this morning.
„If you look at offers at retail from launch – and others may introduce it slightly later – but over the coming weeks. It has to be a little bit determined by stock and the allocations and the pre-orders. If a retailer has all of their stock up to a certain date pre-ordered, they can’t offer this right away. They have to come into some free stock.
So, slightly staggered timing. But the offers to buy a Vita when you buy a PS4 will be live as of tonight.“
Gara added that while shops will get creative with their offers, Sony’s expectation is you won’t have to pay more than £499 for the two consoles.
„Retailers will package things around it or add certain things in. But as a base price we think that’s quite compelling.“
Official Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-11-28-sony-confirms-ps4-and-vita-bundles-for-under-500
We found some nice tutorial videos on the net, on how to use the Face and Voice Recognition on the Sony PlayStation 4 System.
Watch the Video above, and the videos below.
Official Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9nsFAFedrY
New patch for Killzone: Shadow Fall. In this 1.05 uptade the following bugfixes have been implemented:
-Several UI issues fixed
-Error messages in Multiplayer amended to have better indication of the error
-Edge-case crashes related to friends lists fixed
-Additional integrity fixes for the patching system
So, if you can login to the PSN, you should get it now !
Official Source: Sony PlayStation Blog
http://www.vg247.com/2013/11/29/killzone-shadow-fall-ps4-patch-1-05-adds-left-handed-support-more/
Official Quote from Sony Press on the Sony PlayStation Blog:
We are aware that users are experiencing some disruption to the PSN service. To minimise the inconvenience we have suspended the “redeem voucher” functionality whilst we investigate further. Unfortunately this means that money cards, product vouchers, PlayStation Plus vouchers, PS3-PS4 upgrade vouchers and any other vouchers for digital content are not redeemable at this stage. Other PSN features such as log-in, online multi-player gaming, PlayStation Plus trial, PS Store (excluding voucher redemption), trophies, messages, friends etc. are all available.
We apologies and will provide an update to this announcement soon.
We just can KEEP CALM 😉
Official Source: http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2013/11/29/playstation-network-announcement/
A new Double XP event has been just announced for Call of Duty: Ghost. Activision informed us with this press release:
To celebrate the launch of Call of Duty®: Ghosts on the next generation consoles, we’re turning on our Next-Gen Launch Double XP Weekend today. From Friday, November 29th (6pm GMT) through to Monday, December 2nd (6pm GMT), players on Xbox One and PlayStation™ 4 will earn twice the amount of XP on all of their Multiplayer actions.
Official Source: http://www.callofduty.com/
Have you already bought your new Playstation 4 or Xbox One? Well, you should know that according to executive vice president of EA Studios, the Playstation 5 and the new Xbox (Xbox Two?) will arrive in five – six years.
Patrick Soderlund said to MCV that:
„This console cycle [360/PS3] may have gone on a little bit longer than I would have wanted. At the same time, you have seen games like The Last of Us and GTA V at the end of a cycle which perhaps you would not have expected a few years ago. But a five, six year gap is what I expect going forward.“
Official Source: http://www.psu.com/a021808/PS5-new-Xbox-to-arrive-in-5-6-years-time
While you wait fro your beloved Playstation 4, you may want to take a look at this ‚behind the scenes‘ trailer that Sony has made specially for you. Check it out:
In case you didn’t know, the PS4 launches this Friday 29 all across Europe.
Official Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XgPsVdBRo8#t=22
Now, that is one impressive Battlefield 4 moment right there. One guy comes in low with his jet and jumps out while his teammate jumps into the abandoned plane and moves on (the GIF shows both players‘ view). Switching jets like this really requires superb skills and teamwork.
Official Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJCjvd8YmrY#t=56
What happens when you plug a PlayStation 4’s HDMI cable into the back of an Xbox One? The same thing that happens to everything else.
The fine folks at DigitalFoundry plugged their PlayStation 4 into the Xbox One’s HDMI input and – contrary to my fevered speculation – a singularity was not formed. Instead, they got the PS4 video in their Xbox One dashboard.
From there they could navigate PlayStation menus, fiddle about with settings, or even launch a game, though lag issues make it a less-than-ideal means of doing so.
Official Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWxVPsyMs_0
Using DualShock 4’s Share button, you’ll capture and upload videos of your conquests across 64 challenges detailed on the First to Greatness site (see the full list here).
The challenges are spread across a who’s who of PS4 launch titles including Killzone: Shadow Fall, Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag, NBA 2K14, and Knack.
Of course, the first player to complete each challenge will earn a spot in PS4 history and some killer bragging rights. But even if you’re not the first to complete a particular challenge, the site will serve as a handy archive of your greatest PS4 accomlishments.
Once you’ve completed a challenge and uploaded the video to your Facebook account using DualShock 4’s Share button, submit it to FirstToGreatness.com by signing in with Facebook.
Official Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMbD9aRh9co
Danny grabs Killzone: Shadow Fall and shows you how to share your footage on Twitch and Facebook.
Official Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ1jPHoEDP8
A YouTube user by the name of JerryRigEverything has posted two great guides on how to dissembled both the PS4 and the Dualshock 4, here they are:
Official Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ-EZ6S1bYU