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Redbox noticed that the PlayStation community proved to be one of the most engaged groups of movie fans that they have come across ever since the Redbox Instant by Verizon app was launched on both the PS3 and the PS4 sometime in late 2013. The company is all heart, and in gratitude and appreciation to the supportive PlayStation community, they hope to ensure that viewers would always receive the best possible experience with their service, in addition to knowing just what kind of movies which you would like to stream most on your PS3 or PS4. In fact, the next update to Redbox Instant by Verizon’s The Playlist collection will arrive next Tuesday, February 25, which should be a day after the Galaxy S5 from Samsung is announced at MWC 2014. But I digress – Redbox wants its viewers to be the main force behind the decision on the kind of movies that will be featured.

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Redbox Instant Playlist Theme On PS4 Undergoes Vote original content from Ubergizmo.

The Sony PS4 is no slouch where a console is concerned. In fact, it has gotten off to a flying start despite receiving pretty strong competition from Microsoft’s Xbox One. We have just received word that the Sony PS4, first launched on November 15th last year, has already passed the 5.3 million units sold on February 8th, which is pretty amazing. After all, it worldwide sales of the Sony PS4 has passed the 4.2 million units at the end of last year.

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Sony PS4 Passes 5.3 Million Units Sold Globally original content from Ubergizmo.

Sony’s PlayStation 4 went on sale in North America in time for the holiday season three months ago, and in Western Europe on November 29 last year — and has yet to hit shelves in the company’s home market of Japan — but sales of the gaming console are still going strong.

Sony has surpassed it own full-year target of five million units by the end of March, reporting today (via Reuters) that it had sold 5.3 million units as of February 8.

This comes days after Sony tweeted that the PS4 had been the best selling console in the U.S. in January — beating out Microsoft’s Xbox One, which launched on November 22, although Redmond claimed the top spot for number of games sold.

Microsoft also claimed the top console sales position for December, based on NPD numbers. And said a total of three million of its XbOnes (as the device is colloquially know to tech hacks) were sold in 2013 (vs 4.2 million PS4s — 2.1 million of which were sold in the first two weeks).

Judging by today’s data, Sony’s PS4 is maintaining that early lead, with one core console country left to come in its current rollout schedule.

The PlayStation 4 is due to go on sale in Japan on February 22, kicking off with a live-streamed launch event at the Sony building in Tokyo. Microsoft has yet to nail down a firm launch date for the Xbox One in Japan, beyond saying it will land there sometime in 2014.

Last month, rival Japanese gaming giant Nintendo reported a sales target miss for its controller/console combo, the Wii U – and slashed sales expectations by almost 70% — as it struggles to compete with, on the one hand, home console heavyweights like the PS4 and, at the other end of the market, smartphones being used for casual gaming.

This week the first “special edition” PlayStation 4 has been revealed with Metal Gear Solid in tow. This game system will roll with Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes in … Continue reading

Sony and Microsoft’s next-gen consoles have been released for a couple of months now, but we’re sure that there are many gamers out there who are still deciding which platform they should go for. We expect decisions will be made depending on the games that are released on either platform, but for gamers looking forward to Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes, the game is pegged for a release in March and if you’re wondering whether you should play the game on the Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, or the PS4, you might be interested to learn that Konami have uploaded a series of screenshots showing how the game will look like graphically on different platforms.

It should be noted that the game will run at 720p on the PS3, Xbox 360, and the Xbox One, while on the PS4 it will run at 1080p which is obviously at a higher resolution. Konami’s blog also confirms that the frame rates gamers can expect will be 30fps at 720p for the PS3 and the Xbox 360, 720p at 60fps with the Xbox One, and 1080p at 60fps with the PS4. Naturally with newer hardware, the Xbox One and PS4 versions appear to be superior graphically compared to their predecessors, although with the PS4 at 1080p, it does have a slight edge. For casual gamers this might not necessarily be a big deal, but if you’re curious about the differences, hit up Konami’s blog for the details.

Ground Zeroes Gets Console Comparison Screenshots original content from Ubergizmo.