DFC has confirmed that Sony’s PS4 was the biggest console launch of all time in terms of hardware unit sales, beating the two previous record holders: the Nintendo Wii and PS2. The PS4 sold more consoles in the first two weeks on sale that any other console, including Microsoft’s Xbox One.
Sony Europe has revealed the PlayStation Plus line-up for January 2014, which includes a PS4 title, two PS3 titles and two PS Vita titles. New PlayStation Plus content will start to appear on the Store from December 24th 2013, starting with the PS3 and PS Vita titles. DmC (PS3), Borderlands 2 (PS3), Soul Sacrifice (PS Vita) and Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend (PS Vita) will be added to the Store in December, followed by Don’t Starve (PS4) in January.
According to the latest NPD figures, the PS4 was the biggest selling console in the US last month, but the Xbox One was the faster selling one. We already know that the PS4 managed to sell over one million units in the first 24 hours, while the Xbox One managed to sell approximately 101k every day. It wasn’t revealed how many units the PS4 sold exactly in November, however.
The PS4 has launched in eleven more counties as of this morning, adding Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and South Africa to the list of launch countries. This means the PS4 is now available in 48 countries around the world, compared to just 13 countries for the Xbox One.
Amazon UK has launched a PSN Store on their website, allowing you to purchase PSN Codes for various content, including digital games, add-on content, top-ups and PlayStation Plus membership. The offerings are limited at the moment, but hopefully it means gamers will be able to purchase digital content at sightly lower prices that what the PlayStation Store currently offers.
Sony has revealed that PS4 gamers have shared more than 800,000 gameplay broadcasts, and over 7.1 million spectate sessions via Twitch and UStream. In total, that adds up to more than 20 million minutes of live gameplay across the globe. According to UStream, the average broadcast was 31 minutes long, while Twitch reports that 10% of all content on the platform since 15th November has come from the PS4.
Compulsion Games has released a patch for Contrast to fix certain bugs and glitches affecting the game. The patch is now available to download for the PS4 in Europe, while the North American patch should be releasing soon once Sony has approved it. The PS3 patch will also be available for both territories soon, once the PlayStation Network is updated.
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain prequel Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes has been given an official release date. The game will be releasing on current and next-gen systems in North America on March 18th 2014, with the game costing for £29.99 on the PlayStation Store for the PS4 version, but only £19.99 for the digital PS3 version.
In the all-formats chart in the UK this week, Gran Turismo 6 has failed to make a big impact despite being the only major new release, debuting in 8th place. The game only managed to generate one-fifth of first week sales compared to its predecessor, Gran Turismo 5. In other news, Call of Duty: Ghosts are returned to the top of the chart, while Killzone Shadow Fall dropped to ninth.
Telltale Games has confirmed that it’s working on a Game of Thrones series based on the TV series and not the books, but is still in the initial stages of planning. Like previous games by Telltale, players will be able to make choices in the game, limited by the story, and will be released in episodes. A release date hasn’t been revealed yet, but the game will be releasing sometime in 2014.
