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Despite the many negative reactions over the pricing of the PlayStation 4 and its games in India, Sony is quite confident about the console’s prospects, especially in the launch period. Speaking with MCV, PlayStation country manager Atindriya Bose acknowledges that at Rs 3,999 per game (for first-party anyway), the running …
Read More »The big trends that defined 2013 in games
From the PS4 and Xbox One, Supercell to mobile, 21 industry professionals tell us their highlights of the year
Read More »Triple-A giants bounce back
The games industry’s biggest blockbusters are recovering after disappointing opening week sales. As reported in MCV last month (MCV 763 8/11/13),the launch week sales of Battlefield 4 were down 69 per cent over Battlefield 3, while Assassin’s Creed IV fell 60 per cent compared to Assassin’s Creed III. FIFA arguably …
Read More »How PS4 defeated Xbox One in the Twitter war
MEC Global Solutions' social strategy director Maria Dsouza explores Sony and Microsoft's use of social media in the run-up to launch
Read More »Watch Dogs was originally a Driver-style game
Ubisoft's hotly-anticipated sci-fi hit built on technology for a driving title
Read More »PS4 beats Xbox One in retail web traffic share
Sony’s PS4 has commanded a greater share of online web traffic across five leading retail websites in the UK. That’s according to new data from SimilarWeb.com which analyses website activity. Note that specialist retailers such as GAME obviously see a higher percentage of their traffic devoted to games. The share …
Read More »PS4 console, peripherals, 11 launch titles – all the Indian prices here
With Sony finally making things official today, we can now summarise the complete price list for the PS4 in India along with the games and peripherals that will be available at launch. Hardware PlayStation 4 console (500 GB, includes one Dualshock 4 controller): Rs 39,990 Peripherals Dualshock 4 controller: Rs …
Read More »PS4 priced Rs 39,990, India launch on 6th January
The PlayStation 4 will go on sale in India on 6th January at a maximum retail price of Rs 39,990. The price and date were first announced by Medianama, and were subsequently confirmed by Sony at a press conference today. The press conference was attended by Kinichiro Hibi, managing director …
Read More »Sony to live stream PS4 India press conference
Sony India’s press conference on Wednesday, where it will reveal launch plans for the PS4 in India, will be live-streamed. The PlayStation India Facebook page has posted a link to a page that will supposedly host a live feed of the press conference, which is set to take place at …
Read More »Ubisoft: Watch Dogs could have been "best-rated next-gen launch game"
It’s a very intense decision” – that’s how North American Ubisoft president Laurent Detoc describes the process leading up to the delay of a game. Speaking to IGN, the exec explained that as late as August of this year Ubisoft still hoped to have Watch Dogs ready for the launch …
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