Guerrilla Games and Sony have had remarkable success with new IP Horizon Zero Dawn. The game has sold 2.6 million copies in the first two weeks, making it the best-selling new first-party IP on the PS4, and Guerrilla Games’ biggest game launch.
Sony has released the US PlayStation Store Chart for February 2017, revealing the top purchased games across Sony’s platforms. On the PS4, For Honor was the top downloaded title, followed by new release Horizon Zero Dawn, in 2nd place, with only one day of sales counted in the chart.
SHAREfactory update v2.5 has been released, featuring lots of new features as requested by the community. The biggest new feature in this update is the ability to import your own videos or images from a USB drive and use them in your projects.
Sony has announced that PlayStation Now will soon be streaming PS4 games, adding to the huge collection of over 480 PS4 games currently available on the service. This news follows the recent announcement that PlayStation Now will be dropping support for most devices, except PC and PS4.
Despite several new titles debuting on the PlayStation Store last month, ARK: Survival Evolved continues to top the European PlayStation chart in February. Newcomers For Honor and Nioh debuted on the chart in 2nd and 4th place, respectively. The top 5 games in the PlayStation VR chart remain largely unchanged, with the exception of new title I Expect You To Die, debuting in 5th place.
PS4 Firmware v4.50 is officially available as of today, bring with it lots of new features and improvements. Since the changelog for the beta was revealed, Sony has managed to add in extra features including automatic activation of the PS4 as primary system on first login, in-game chat compatibility using Remote Play and more.
Sony has announced that PS4 Firmware v4.50, which has been in closed beta testing, if officially releasing tomorrow, 9th March 2017. The major firmware brings with it many new features, including external hard drive support, custom wallpapers, and PlayStation VR improvements.
March’s first PlayStation Store update is live in Europe, bring with it several new games, including Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildland, LEGO Worlds and Shift Happens. This week’s update also includes new PlayStation Plus content, including Tearway Unfolded and Lumo.
Sony has revealed March’s PlayStation Plus line-up, which brings six free titles to PlayStation Plus subscribers. The games will be available after the PlayStation Store update on 7th March 2017, and include Tearaway Unfolded (PS4), Lumo (PS Vita, Cross Buy with PS4), and Earth Defense Force 2025 (PS3).
Sony have revealed that it’s sold just shy of a million PlayStation VR units worldwide as of 19th February 2017, since the headset first launched in October 2016. In addition, more than 100 PlayStation VR titles are available currently, with over 100 more to come this year. There are over 220 titles currently in development, including Final Fantasy XV and Tekken 7.
