Most
importantly, it announced the release date for PlayStation 4 as the fifteenth day of November.
The
company has delivered a long overdue price cut for its struggling handheld,
Vita, too. Effective immediately, the Vita is now $199.99. It was previously
$249.99. The price cut will hit the UK shores but none of the executives on hand gave us a specific price in gold old sterling.
Additionally,
the company has promised to significantly reduce the prices of the handheld’s
ridiculously overpriced proprietary memory cards. Although no new price points were
announced for them, we can expect well over half price by my reckoning - after one? Hold off a meagre few weeks to get in on the cheap.
So, what
else came out of the press event?
- Twitch streaming and viewing is coming to PS4.
- Rogue Legacy, Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, N++, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Volume, Fez, and Wasteland Kings will be premiering first on PS4 and Vita. That means it’ll show up elsewhere later, and many of those will likely release on PC on at the same time, too. However, 'premiering' and Fez shouldn't really go in the same sentence when it's been everywhere for almost two years.
- The developers of Dear Esther and Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs showed us a first look at Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture.
- The old Psygnosis game, Shadow of the Beast, is being “reimagined” on PS4 although no developer was named.
- The developers of Magicka announced a gun-centric sci-fi shooter called Helldivers.
- Borderlands 2 is coming to Vita - more on that tomorrow.
- Gran Turismo 6 is launching on PlayStation 3 on December 6. (only this will be after the PS4 release)
- Minecraft is coming to Sony platforms.
- The 12GB PS3 will be priced at $199.99.
- Anyone who purchases Call of Duty: Ghosts, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag or Watch Dogs on PS3 will be able to purchase the PS4 version at a "significant" discount. (expected to be $10, £10 or 10 Euros depending on your region)
- More than one million pre-orders worldwide for PS4 already.
- Sony announced a heck of a lot more indie games headed to PS4 and Vita on its official blog.
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