If you're lucky enough to be able to pick up both a PlayStation 4 and an Xbox One this holiday season then there's one party trick that is sure to have your friends green with envy, and if we're honest you can probably put us in that bracket too.
Sony is currently in the process of bringing a little additional joy to PlayStation 4 owners by rolling out its 1.51 firmware. An earlier post on the PlayStation blog had teased about the imminent release of the updated firmware claiming that it would be available "later today". Now that the time has arrived, Sony has flipped the switch of pushing the required update to PS4 consoles.
Sony's PlayStation 4 finally released last Friday, and since, early adopters have been getting to grips with the market's first next-gen console. The Xbox One is incoming, and whilst some remain on the fence regarding which to go out and purchase, one of the key advantages the PS4 has - save being more powerful and already available - is the fact that costs $100 less than its forthcoming adversary. A teardown of the PlayStation 4 suggests, however, that Sony is making very little - if any - money on the new console, with research firm IHS estimating that it costs $381 to build.
An official guide on how to fix the PlayStation 4 blinking blue light of death issue which users are experiencing has been posted by Sony. More details can be found right here.
It may have only been on sale for a couple of days and in just one territory, but it's fair to say that bar some worrying reports of potentially high failure rates the PS4 launch has been a success. Largely positive reviews amongst both the press and buyers has seen the PS4 off to a good start in its battle for supremacy with the Xbox One.
We're now a couple of days into the PlayStation 4's lifecycle and it's not all been positive news from the United States. The largely positive professional reviews have been interspersed with claims of units failing and some simply dead before they've even been powered on for the first time. Normally anyone with an ounce of common sense would put that down to simple statistics - you can't make as many PS4s as Sony has without there being some duds, after all.
Now that Sony's PlayStation 4 console is officially available to purchase, we can sit back and watch the floods of reviews come in from those lucky enough to get their hands on one. Today's average video game fanatic will more than likely be interested in the computational power of the console and how it renders game visuals on screen rather than the internal intricacies of the hardware. However, whenever any new consumer product is released that grabs public attention, we can always rely on the iFixit team to void their own warranty and show us areas of the hardware that the average user will never see, or potentially even care about.
As both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 reach thousands of homes around the globe with time, there are going to be a ton of questions that need some serious answering from the get go from buyers who haven't made their decision which next-gen console to go for. As reviews of the two gaming giants begin to trickle through and people are beginning to see what can be achieved by this new generation of hardware, there's one question that probably isn't on the lips of many gamers, but we're going to answer it for you anyway!
With the PlayStation 4 set to be released within the next 24 hours and the Xbox One hitting the retail market next Friday, the console fanboys are out in full force, offering lopsided, oft baseless reasons why one is better than the other. Never one to hold back when it comes to making a joke of things, the creators of South Park have put together a scene in this week's episode dedicated to the next-gen battle, with heavy reference to the Black Friday sales beginning next week. As can be seen online in YouTube comments, on forums and other such mediums, an innocent debate quickly descends into a fanboy flame war, before ending on a typically offensive note. Check it out after the break!
The launch of the Sony PlayStation 4 is very nearly upon us, and with just a matter of hours to go before it makes its debut in the United States, the last thing Sony needs right now is a large-scale technical hitch. However, according to a tweet from the company's President of Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida, Sony has mounted an investigation into supposed reported pre-launch hardware issues pertaining the PS4, and although he was reassuring in is announcement that "the number [affected] is very small compared to shipped" and that the Japanese firm believes the units affected are merely "isolated incidents," the situation is far from ideal.
