One of the strangest break-out hits of our current generation of multi-platform games is Minecraft, a pixelated game that’s headed to the PlayStation 3 this month. While the original Xbox 360 version was released all the way back in May of 2012, this 2013 PlayStation 3 release will be exactly the same, or as similar […]
Over the last several weeks, I’ve been hunkered down in my house playing video games. I’ve all but turned my back on previous-generation hardware so I could double down on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 and provide reviews where necessary. While the majority of my time playing new titles has been positive, not everything […]
There are already plug-and-play third-party devices that let you play previous gen consoles or a PC using any of their controllers. For instance, you can use a Wiimote with your PS3 if you want. There’s no equivalent product for the PlayStation 4 just yet, but Marcos Mori de Siqueira of Softfactory is onto something here. He hacked a Dualshock 4 controller to send input from a mouse and keyboard to the PS 4.
I’m not even going to pretend that I fully understood what Marcos pulled off, but from what I grokked he used a microcontroller (plus two digital-to-analog converters for emulating the thumbsticks) to turn signals from his keyboard – in this case a Logitech Gameboard – and mouse into signals that the PS4 understands, sent via the Dualshock 4′s circuit board. All in all it took him about $50 (USD) of materials and a ton of solder to make the mod. Skip to about 1:55 in the video to see the mod in action.
Check out Marcos’ post on Softfactory for more details on his mod. Seeing as FPS and MMOs are still popular, I wonder why Sony and Microsoft don’t just add support for keyboards and mice on their consoles. They can probably earn extra from certifying third party hardware if they did that. It’ll make it way easier to search for content on their online stores too.
[via Hack A Day]
It’s early days in the next-gen console war, with retailers struggling to keep either the Xbox One or the PlayStation 4 in stock for longer than minutes at a time, but that hasn’t stopped both Sony and Microsoft from claiming sales victory from the same set of industry data. NPD’s much-anticipated November sales stats have […]
The console wars are ones that know little bounds, and in them are all sorts of claims and proclamations. Sony fans have a reason to cheer, according to a report just released by NPD Group: the PlayStation 4 is reported as having the highest first-month sales number for any hardware platform. This goes for sales […]
Microsoft’s two million Xbox One sales are likely to grow by another million before the year is out, it’s predicted, assuming retailers can keep stock on hand, though questions remain about the longevity of the next-gen consoles in the new year. The sales figure – an average of 111,111 units sold per day, Microsoft highlighted […]
The Xbox One received a mandatory system update last night that makes some improvements to some issues it had regarding its multiplayer as well as SmartGlass. It appears the Xbox One isn’t the only next-generation console on the block that has received an update as Sony announced the PlayStation 4 has received system update 1.52 earlier today. (more…)
Sony Releases PS4 System Update 1.52 Today original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Sony has been releasing some interesting PlayStation 4-related statistics over the past week as they previously announced 6.5 million “Shares” have been achieved since the console’s launch. Today, Sony has once again released another interesting statistic regarding the PlayStation 4 as announce nearly 800,000 gameplay broadcasts have been achieved with over 7.1 million spectator sessions. (more…)
PS4 Achieves Nearly 800k Gameplay Broadcasts, Over 7.1m Spectate Sessions original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Bungie has announced the launch date for its much-anticipated Destiny, which is slated to arrive on September 9, 2014. The announcement was made today on the company’s blog, where it waxed poetically about the game’s origins and what it means in the grand scheme of things, as well as saying that it’ll be using “every […]
Sony is no stranger to creating odd advertisements for their products – and their not about to quit with the PlayStation 4 here at the dawn of the console’s release in Hong Kong. Sony Entertainment Hong Kong have announced that they’ll be doing a brand cross-promotion with the AAPE brand, part of the larger clothing […]
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