It may be a little unexpected, bu Warner Bros. has announced a Season Pass for Batman: Arkham Origins that will be available for $19.99 on launch day, giving you access to five of the upcoming DLC packs for the game and saving you $10 overall.
PS4 Mega Bundle With Killzone: Shadow Fall, 2 DualShock 4s & PlayStation Camera Confirmed for Europe
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Sony UK MD: Xbox One 7 Day Head Start on PS4 is a “Moot Point”, PS4′s Lower Price is “An Advantage”
Back at gamescom, Sony had confirmed that PlayStation pre-orders had crossed the 1 million mark, with the company saying at TGS that they expect to move 5 million PS4s by the end of this fiscal year. While at Eurogamer Expo, Fergal Gara, VP & Managing Director at SCE UK and Ireland, spoke to CVG where he revealed, “At gamescom the global number was over one million units, that’s “over”, and the number has grown substantially since then.”
Looking directly at the UK and PS4 stock, Gara said, “Within the first two to three months from launch, we will undoubtedly have ample volume to service any forecasts we have on sales. However, there may well be tight supplies at Christmas, I can see a bit of a pinch point around that time.” He then added, “Everyone who has put down a pre-order so far will definitely get one before Christmas, as long as nothing goes terribly wrong.”
Further clarifying that last statement about how everyone who has a pre-order getting a PS4 before Christmas (even though they stopped day 1 guarantees in August), Fergal confirmed that, yes, they will be getting theirs “and if things keep going well we’ll delight even more people on day one. We don’t want to over-promise and under-deliver, we want to do the opposite.”
Past Christmas, Gara expects the PS4 to “be in free supply at the start of the year,” and with PS4 manufacturing “at least in line with expectations,” it “means that I’m trying to get as many systems for the UK that I possibly can,” with the systems “on ships and coming this way.”
Moving the conversation to the PS4 and Xbox One battle this holiday, Gara said that he thinks the Xbox One’s 7 day advantage on the UK is “a moot point really, we’re effectively launching at the same time. I don’t think seven days is going to have an advantage or disadvantage.” While on the subject of the PS4′s lower price he said, “Price isn’t everything. It’s an advantage, but it can move over time. Value to the consumer is everything, which is price and quality of content for that price. We feel in very good shape on that front. We’re really pleased.”
Finally, Gara addressed the potential of a PS4 and PS Vita bundle by saying, “At the moment we’re not thinking about a one-box solution. If we wanted to, it would be an easy thing to do, but we’re not right now.” Of course, this goes against what Jim Ryan said previously: “it’s the sort of thing we’re discussing.”
Do you think the PS4 having a lower price than the Xbox One is everything? Let us know in the comments below.
PS4 Mega Bundle With Killzone: Shadow Fall, 2 DualShock 4s & PlayStation Camera Confirmed for Europe Sony is “Nowhere Close” to Shelving the PS Vita, They Believe PS4 Remote Play is PS Vita TV’s Biggest StrengthSony is “Nowhere Close” to Shelving the PS Vita, They Believe PS4 Remote Play is PS Vita TV’s Biggest Strength
With the PlayStation Vita price drop announcement at gamescom, it seemed like a sales surge for the handheld would follow close behind, but as Fergal Gara, VP & Managing Director at SCE UK and Ireland, told CVG at Eurogamer Expo, “in the UK we were promoting it hard before the price drop, so actually the difference before and after gamescom isn’t that noticeable in the UK.”
When it comes to the difference in sales between the start of 2013 and now, it’s “much more noticeable,” with Sony believing “that the rise in unit sales since gamescom, considering there was no major Vita games in stores, is the result of our Remote Play announcement.” Gara continued by mentioning how Remote Play “is a new weapon in our armory” and the “PS Vita is forecast to hit its sales target in the UK.”
Despite the price drop, Vita sales still aren’t amazing, with Fergal explaining just how crucial positive feedback is on the system from current owners:
Oh yes, I mean, if that wasn’t the case I think we would have good reason to lose confidence in the device and shelve it. We’re nowhere close to that decision now.
There has been great positive feedback, but I want people to know that we do listen intently to the negative feedback too. We understand the drawbacks – it’s a bit expensive, also people expect multi-functionality on high-end mobile and portable devices, the content is expensive and a lot of people are used to getting free or cheap apps.
But I took a look at the UK figures the other day, and PS Vita is now selling for about
The Last of Us DLC News Coming Tomorrow, Check Out an Alternate Ending Video
As it turns out, Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley were literally just teasing the fact that today is Outbreak Day, and not a DLC announcement for The Last of Us. Instead, you can expect that DLC reveal to come tomorrow “when we’ll reveal more info about our DLC plans (including some additions to the Season Pass).”
To help celebrate Outbreak Day, here’s a very in-depth look at an alternate ending for The Last of Us, but DO NOT WATCH IT unless you’ve beaten the game because it will completely spoil everything if you didn’t see the original ending:
What do you think of the alternate ending video? Let us know in the comments below.
Keiji Inafune on Soul Sacrifice: “It’s Done Pretty Well” and “Is One of the Best-Selling Games” for PlayStation Vita
Joining the likes of Naughty Dog, 2K Marin, Deep Silver, Volition, Ellen Page and more, Keiji Inafune threw his hat into the Reddit AMA ring yesterday, answering a very small amount of questions poised to him from some fans.
When the topic of Soul Sacrifice’s sales on the PlayStation Vita came up, Keiji talked about how successful it’s been so far:
Both we and Sony are happy with how Soul Sacrifice has done so far, hence the Delta version coming next year
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