This week, Tecmo Koei has confirmed that Dynasty Warriors NEXT (PS Vita) will be coming to PlayStation Plus in February to Europe. Furthermore, Outlast (PS4) was also confirmed to be coming to the service in February via its Facebook page.
The PS4 has been doing incredibly well, selling a staggering 4.2 million units worldwide last year. In the UK, the console has managed to sell a massive 530,000 units in just give weeks according to MCV, making it the fastest selling console in UK history. Even more surprising is that the console has outsold every other home console in 2013, despite only being around for just over a month.
The UK chart remains largely unchanged this week, with the top five remaining the same with some slight shuffling. FIFA 14 continues to dominate the chart, beating Call of Duty: Ghosts yet again. PS4 exclusive Killzone: Shadow Fall has also re-entered the top 10, jumping to eighth place from 14th.
Following suit after SCEE, SCEA has released it’s own PlayStation Store charts for December 2013, revealing the top selling PS4, PS3 and PS Vita games. On the PS4, Call of Duty: Ghosts was the top selling game with the PS3 digital upgrades program, but Battlefield 4 came out on top overall, not including digital upgrades. As for the PS3, new release Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition was the top selling title.
SCEA have released the PlayStation Store Chart for December, revealing the top downloaded games on the PS4, PS3 and PS Vita. On the PS3, Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition shot to the top of the chart after just 13 days on sale, while FIFA 14 climbed to 1st place on the PS4 chart, pushing down Battlefield 4 to second.
PlayStation Now is set to change the way we game when it releases in North America later this year. As long as your Internet connection is up to the task, you’ll be able to stream PS3 titles to your PS4 and PS Vita. In an interview with Polygon, Sony recommends a minimum 5 Mb/second connection to use the service.
Speaking to CVG following the announcement of PlayStation Now, SCEA’s marketing VP John Koller has revealed that the streaming service won’t give users access to games they already own on disc for free. When asked if the PS4 would detect PS3 games in the drive and unlock it via streaming, Koller responded with “We… uh, initially, no. So, we’re saying no to that right now.”
Following Sony’s announcement of PlayStation Now yesterday at CES 2014, a number of hands-on videos have appeared on YouTube showing the service in action. Leveraging Gaikai’s advanced cloud streaming features, the hands-on video below shows Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us (PS3) running on a PS Vita, and God of War: Ascension (PS3) bring streamed to a PS3.
The PS4 has been a success for Sony is many ways. Not only has it outsold the Xbox One with over 1.2 million more units sold, Sony has also revealed that PlayStation Plus subscription are up 90% since the next-gen console launched. The increase in subscriptions is largely due to PlayStation Plus being required for online gaming on the new console, although it’s not required by all games.
I find it strange that Sony has gone through the trouble of letting the PS4 detect PS3 discs inserted into the system, instead of just showing a generic “Unsupported disc” error message. I did a small experiment to see how the PS4 would handle PS3, PS2 and PSOne discs and what I found was a little surprising, as the video below shows.
