Sony confirmed the launch details for the PlayStation 4 at a press conference held yesterday as part of the Gamescom trade show, held in Cologne, Germany.
American gamers will be able to collect their pre-ordered consoles from 15 November in North America with 29 November in Europe. Pricing was also revealed at €399 (a 1:1 dollar-to-euro conversion rate means we won’t be getting the benefit of the exchange rate), though UK consumers will be able to pick one up for £349. Over a million units have been pre-sold to date.
After showing off a glimpse of the PS4 user interface, Sony started its conference proper with new trailers for PS3-only Gran Turismo 6, slated for release in December.
Sony also showed off some new upcoming games for the current generation of consoles. On the PS3 side, Little Big Planet Hub is a free-to-play entry to the popular user-generated content franchise, presumably coming later this year.
A hefty amount of time was devoted to the struggling Vita handheld. Perhaps the biggest announcement was a price cut, down to $200 (€199). Sony also revealed that Borderlands 2 is heading to the Vita.
To reinforce the "Sony cares about independent developers" narrative, there was a slew of news. Pretty much every eagerly-anticipated indie game is making its console debut on the PS4: Hotline Miami 2, Volume, Rogue Legacy, and N++ are all on the way.
In terms of big-budget games, Sony’s Gamescom conference revealed… basically nothing. There were new trailers for Infamous: Second Son and the new Killzone, but nothing spectacular. They also announced the combat massively multiplayer game War Thunder is coming to the PS4.
Ubisoft showed off the PS4 and Vita’s cross-play abilities with a demo of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. In the midst of the presentation, the game was swapped from playing on the PS4’s screen to an (ostensibly) live demonstration on the Vita. Sony claims "nearly every" game developed for the system is playable on both the PS4 and Vita, though it gave no further info on what the exceptions are.
Watch Dogs, typically the star of the last few games conferences, underwhelmed at Gamescom with a lacklustre trailer and the announcement that they’re making a movie from the franchise.
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