Monday night in Los Angeles, the Japanese company announced the price of 399 euros for future video game console.
Christmas 2013 will be brutal on the market for video game consoles. On the price, movies, music and internet access required, Sony just replicate Microsoft. Monday night in Los Angeles, the Japanese group has finally shown its PlayStation 4 (PS4), announced Feb. 21, the outer shape is very similar to its previous console. It will be available later this year in Europe, the price of 399 euros, 100 euros less than the Xbox One, which will arrive in France in November.
prices, the balance tips in favor of the Japanese group. The difference is mainly because the Xbox One, will be “available with the Kinect accessory. The price will be comparable to adding a camera, “said a spokesman for Microsoft. It will cost 59 euros extra to have a video camera for the PS4 and 49 euros for a second controller. However, with the Xbox One, up to six people can play some games that use the motion sensor and Kinect voice control.
“The Xbox One is a complete entertainment platform, also designed for movies and television,” cautions Jean-Claude Ghinozzi, head games Microsoft France. But Andrew House, head of Sony’s gaming division, said it is “based on other divisions and the reputation of one of the world’s strongest brands in entertainment.” Thousands of movies and some 20 million pieces of music will be available via the Sony PS4.
As the catalog of games, 140 titles are in development, of which 100 will be available in the first year for the PS4. Finally, Jack Tretton, head of Sony’s gaming division of the United States, said that the PS4 will not need to connect to Internet all the twenty-four pm … unlike the Xbox One. Moreover, in the world of Sony, players will continue to sell their used games. The bad thing for the Japanese group, access to network online video games become paying with the PS4, contrary to what was the case in previous Sony consoles.
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