The price of games on next-gen consoles will cost more than current-gen games, as expected, with the average PS4 game to cost £59.99. Sony has set the suggested retail price (SRP) of games, including DriveClub and Killzone: Shadow Fall, at £60, but you can expect them to reach as high as £70 depending on the publisher. Currently, the most expensive game on the PS3 is FIFA 14, which has RRP of £54.99.
Sony have confirmed to Eurogamer that there will be an official PS4 bundle with Killzone: Shadow Fall, which was first leaked late last month, is real and will retail for £429 – the price of the standard Xbox One package. In Europe, the bundle will prices at €499, saving you around £70 in total.
Sony has confirmed that the PS4 will feature Kinect-like features with the use of the camera, including voice commands to navigate through the operating system and facial recognition. The features were previously leaked in the PS4 listing on Amazon, but confirmed at Sony’s TGS Conference last week.
Capcom has announced that PS4 exclusive title Deep Down will be free-to-play when it releases on the console next year, and that a open beta for the game will be available nearer to launch. The news was confirmed in a tweet by Sony Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida.
As is usual with new consoles, Sony won’t be making a profit on the PS4 hardware at launch, Eurogamer reports. However, Sony expects some profit from users signing up to PlayStation Plus and purchasing at least one launch title. Sony is selling the PS4 at a loss of approximately $60 a unit – around the cost of a game in the US.
Sony has confirmed that the PS4 will let you capture gameplay footage using external capture devices rather than being locked to the system’s Share button. Shuhei Yoshida says the feature won’t be available at launch, but will be opened up int he future, allowing you to edit footage on a PC before uploading to your favourite video sharing service, like YouTube.
Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Andrew House revealed the sales projections for the Playstation 4 at the company’s keynote at the Tokyo Game Show. House revealed that Sony are aiming to sell 5 million PS4 consoles worldwide by March 2014, by which date the console will be available in every major territory.
First announced at Gamescom in August, Sony revealed that gamers would be able to upgrade selected PS3 games to the PS4 versions for a small fee, allowing you to play the latest games before Sony’s new console hits the market. Sony has now revealed more details on how this will work. Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag, Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts, NBA 2K14 and Watch Dogs will be supported, with both physical and digital copies.
A new video has emerged from TGS 2013 showing Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony’s Worldwide Studios, demonstrate the PS4’s companion application on a Sony Xperia Z. The application lets you view friends’ activities, trophies and stream gameplay videos on the go. The app also features a “Connect to PS4” button, that lets you use the mobile device as a second screen.
