Just like the PS3, the PS4 won’t let gamers install games on external hard drives. Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony’s Worldwide Studios, confirmed the restriction via twitter, but you will be able to upgrade the internal hard drive if you ever run out of space. The launch PS4 will come with a 500GB hard drive, but this is likely to be used quickly, with some digitally downloaded games requiring over 30GB of space.
Gaikai streaming wasn’t mentioned in Sony’s Gamescom Press Conference last month, but Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s CEO Jim Ryan has detailed out the launch plans for the service. As mentioned at E3, Gaikai will first launch in North America in 2014 for the PS4, before heading to the PS Vita and then the PS3.
Warframe was originally though to be a PS4 exclusive title, but it looks like the developers, Digital Extreme, have back-tracked and hinted at a Xbox One version of the game and possibly other platforms too. The company have announced that the free-to-play title will be exclusive to PlayStation 4 when the system launches in November – but only for three months.
A PS4 bundle with Killzone: Shadow Fall has leaked out via the Amazon France website, which lists the bundle costing €499.99 – around £430. Though the price is higher than the standalone console (which has a RRP of €399.99 / £349), it does come with the Blu-ray version of Killzone: Shadow Fall, an extra DualShock 4 controller and the PlayStation Camera.
According to Amazon’s product details for the PlayStation 4’s Camera, the peripheral will support Kinect-like voice commands to navigate the console’s menu system. The product details on the US Amazon site reads: “From navigational voice commands to facial recognition, the PlayStation Camera adds incredible innovation to your gaming.”
Sony’s President of Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida, has confirmed via twitter that purchasing a game remotely for the PS4 will automatically wake up the console to download the game, and then turn off when completed. Currently, the PS3 needs to be scheduled to wake up at a certain time in order to automatically download queued content.
The release of the Playstation 4 is getting closer every day now, and for gaming enthusiasts the big day just can’t come soon enough. We’ve heard by now about all of the specs and capabilities of this rather incredible sounding new console, and for Playstation fans these capabilities are reason enough to be excited. But moving beyond what the specific console will do, here are 3 reasons, specifically related to gaming in general, that we can’t wait to get our hands on the PS4!
The PS4’s Party Chat feature will be compatible with the Party Chat functionality that’s already on the PS Vita, according to Sony’s President of Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida. The cross-platform feature was confirmed via twitter in response to a question by @rossthebassist.
Sony has previously confirmed that PS3 gamers will be able to upgrade to PS4 versions of certain games if they’re upgrading to the upcoming console. In an interview with Digital Spy, Sony’s UK MD Fergal Gara confirmed that gamers will have to verify they still own the PS3 version of the game before getting discount on the digital version of the PS4 game.
Evolution Studios have released a new gamescom trailer for PS4 launch title DRIVECLUB, showing how players can earn fame points for themselves and their Clubmates. The trailer details the number of ways you can earn points, including speeding through a section of track, drifting or perfecting cornering.
