Gamers who enjoy a good first-person shooter and plan to purchase the PlayStation 4 or the Xbox One consoles along with Battlefield 4 have some very interesting multiplayer battles waiting. We already know that Battlefield 4 will be available on the launch day for both of those consoles. EA is taking some time to brag […]
As the PlayStation 4‘s launch later this month closes in, Sony has announced the apps that will be available with the gaming console upon its launch. With the console will come some big-name apps that many gamers enjoy, including a handful of entertainment apps, as well as offerings for sports fans and some free entertainment […]
In the weeks before the PlayStation 4 is released to the public, a rather non-traditional teardown of the machine has commenced. What you’re seeing here is a collaboration between Sony‘s engineering director Yasuhiro Ootori and Wired, taking apart the PlayStation 4 piece by piece inside Sony headquarters. This tour is not the same sort of […]
Back in February, Sony announced the PlayStation 4 without actually showing the hardware, leaving many scratching their heads in wonderment as to what exactly it’ll look like. E3 2013 came along, which is when the PlayStation 4 made it’s official debut as we all saw what its hardware will look like, leaving many to imagine how much more improved their gaming setup will look once the next-gen console is released. With a little over one week to go, Sony is now allowing us to take an extremely close look at the PlayStation 4. How close? Let’s just say nothing will be left to the imagination after seeing Wired’s look at the PlayStation 4′s innards. (more…)
Sony Shows Off PS4′s Sweet, Sweet Innards In Official Teardown original content from Ubergizmo. 
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With each day that passes, we’re learning more and more about the upcoming next generation of consoles. The PlayStation 4 is just eight days away from being released, which means Sony still has a lot to announce prior to the console’s official launch. Today, Sony announced a total of 11 entertainment applications will be available to PlayStation 4 owners once the console launches. (more…)
PS4 Will Launch With 11 Entertainment Apps Including Netflix, Hulu Plus original content from Ubergizmo. 
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One of the things that many gamers preferred about the PlayStation 3 compared to the Xbox 360 from Microsoft is that they didn’t have to pay a monthly fee play multiplayer games with the PlayStation 3 console. On the Xbox 360, there is a monthly fee to access online play. It looks like Sony plans […]
The global smartphone market is very competitive, that’s certainly no secret. You have the big guys, Apple and Samsung, battling it out on top. Then there are a plethora of manufacturers who are competing against each other, while not losing sight of where they ultimately want to be. In recent years, Sony too has emerged as a player in this market. Just this year it has released a number of impressive smartphones that have been very well received. Sony’s reveals in its last quarter’s earnings report that it has seen a 39.3 percent increase in its smartphone shipments as compared to the same time last year.
On the back of strong sales, Sony’s smartphone business also sees a decrease in operating loss of $9 million. Despite that particular business performing well, the company’s other divisions are being given a run for their money in their respective markets. Sony has actually cut down its annual profit forecast from $500 million to $300 million. The company’s camera sales witnessed a 6.9 percent decline, whereas its TV sales are up. In the last quarter, Sony managed to sell 2 million PlayStation 3 units, but its gaming division still posted an operating loss of $8 million. The loss is blamed on “strategic price reduction” of the PS Vita. Sony is hopeful that its new console, the PlayStation 4, will bring the division back to profitability.
Sony Sees Substantial Increase In Its Smartphone Sales original content from Ubergizmo. 
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When Microsoft outlined the restrictive lending and always online requirement for the Xbox One earlier this year, it was hit with a wave of hatred so hard that the company was forced to eat its words. Now it’s Sony’s turn to be on the wrong end of publicity, albeit for less offensive reasons. In its recently posted Ultimate FAQ for the PlayStation 4, Sony explicitly states that the console won’t support MP3 playback and streaming via DLNA.
As with the shelved always-online requirement on the Xbox One, part of the reason why gamers are so upset about the loss of two supplementary features is because the previous console had them. I myself used my PS3 to stream videos from my iMac using the excellent PS3 Media Server app. Others used Plex. Bottomline, it’s a downgrade. So why would Sony subtract those features? A possible answer would be to push its streaming services for both music and video, which are both accessible on the PS4 out of the box. Assuming you have an Internet connection. And that the streaming service is available in your country.
In an attempt to quell disappointed customers, Sony Computer Entertainment President Shuhei Yoshida stated on Twitter that he will discuss it with the console’s development team “for future consideration.” Hopefully that means a patch and not the PS5.
[via PlayStation Blog & Shuhei Yoshida via Polygon & N4G]
The excitement around the launch of the PlayStation 4 is certainly building as we’re now just 15 days away to the start of the next generation of video game consoles. As we’re so close to the PS4′s launch, Sony has been proactive in helping its potential customers understand everything there is to know concerning the console. Just yesterday, Sony published an “Ultimate” FAQ surrounding the PlayStation 4, which they published what games will be available at the console’s launch.
Sony Publishes List Of PS4 Launch Titles original content from Ubergizmo. 
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EA is predicting some very healthy sales for the next generation consoles including the PlayStation 4 from Sony and the Xbox One for Microsoft. EA recently held its earnings call and company CEO Andrew Wilson was deluged with questions about the coming launch of the next generation game consoles from both Microsoft and Sony. EA […]
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