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.
New PS4, PS3 and PS Vita games are available on the US PlayStation Store this week, including Doki-Doki Universe (cross-buy on all three platforms), Strength of the Sword 3 (PS3) and Mahjong Royal Towers (PS Vita). You can also find discounts on various titles, along with new DLC for all three platforms.
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.
Crystal Dynamics has revealed that Tomb Raider will be getting the next-gen treatment, and will coming to the PS4 in the New Year in the form of Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition. The game has been pulled apart and rebuilt with enhanced visual fidelity, realism, and a new immersive richness to the world. The game will be in native 1080p resolution, and will feature more sophisticated physics modeling thanks to the powerful hardware of the PS4.
Sony has experienced record-breaking sales for the PS4 after launching the console in 32 countries. The PS4 sold over 1 million units in the first 24 hours of sale in North America on November 15th, and has sold over 2.1 million units worldwide after the console released in Europe and Latin America on November 29th.
There hasn’t been much news about Gaikai recently, with the last mention of the streaming service back at E3. Sony previously announced that Gaikai would power a full-game streaming service on the PS4, allowing gamers to play PS3 titles via the Internet. According to inside sources, the streaming service won’t be launching in Europe until 2015, but will be available in North America in 2014.
NP-34925-3 occurs if the PS4 fails to upload Game Save Data to the Cloud server while the console is on stand-by mode. The error will appear in the [Uploads] section of the [Notification] menu, usually indicating that save data failed to upload.
Guerrilla Games has released a new patch for Killzone: Shadow Fall which fixes a number of issues with the game, and also adds a couple of new features too. New features include support for left-handed players, the slight shortening of chapter seven, and improved collision system in chapter eight.
