PS4: Info, News e Rumors

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Sony registra 3 misteriosi marchi

A few new trademark fillings from Sony Computer Entertainment has us puzzled. The electronics giant has filled trademarks for “Game for the first time” ( はじめてのゲーム ), “HugQme”, and “Kosoda Thein Department” ( コソダテインメント).
At first glance “Game For The First Time” sounds like it could be a new slogan for the company. They’ve trademark similar slogans in the past, such as The World Is In Play for the PS Vita. Could this be Sony’s slogan for the PS4? Hmm….
HugQme could be app related while Kosoda Thein Department leaves us scratching our heads and we already know about Knack.
In other trademark news, Sega filled trademarks for Digital Smart Ball, Code of Joker, and The World of Three Kingdoms ( sounds like Koei may be in for some competition).
Square Enix registered one for Hitman:ICA and Namco Bandai registered something in the nature of Your Dream.

thesilentchief.com/2013/02/15...us-trademarks/

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(WSJ) PlayStation 4 will stream PS3 games #1
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www.theverge.com/2013/2/15/39...es-reports-wsj


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Last June, Sony purchased Gaikai, a company that can stream games -- delivering them over the internet in real time from remote servers, by sending their video frames. Now, The Wall Street Journal reports what many have suspected for months: the next PlayStation will use the service to stream games to the console.

In the primary article: online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...577439962.html


Originally Posted by WSJ:
Sony Corp. 6758.TO -1.87% is planning to offer technology to stream games to its next videogame console, people familiar with the company's plans say, alongside other enhancements to bolster its position in the market.

The new technology, to be unveiled Wednesday along with the new console, will allow users to play games delivered over the Internet, these people said. The streaming service, they added, is designed to use current PlayStation 3 titles on the new console; the new device is also expected to play new games stored on optical discs.

Sony's plans come after it acquired Gaikai Inc. last year for $380 million. Though many companies now offer simple games over the Internet, Gaikai was one of several companies that offered online access to visually intense games, which ordinarily require specialized circuitry found on high-end personal computers and gaming consoles.

The streaming technology is one of the new features and enhancements expected to be offered with the new console, which Sony plans to unveil at an event in New York. Sony's new PlayStation, for example, may control the action with higher fidelity cameras for its "Move" motion-sensing technology and touch-sensing pads on new controllers, according to people who have seen and been briefed on the devices.

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Still, Sony is pushing ahead and has been investing heavily to prepare Gaikai's service, people familiar with the matter say. Microsoft also has experimented with its own version of cloud gaming, people at the company have said, but has in the past questioned the costs associated with building a service large enough to reach all its customers.

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PlayStation 4 costerà £300, secondo l'inglese The Times.

"Fonti dell'industry e documenti interni 'rubati' evidenziano come Sony stia considerando un prezzo di circa £300 (circa €349) per il nuovo dispositivo", riporta The Times, "con un risparmio di oltre £100 rispetto al costo iniziale del suo predecessore, PlayStation 3".

La PS3 è in effetti stata lanciata al prezzo inglese di £425.

Contattata da Eurogamer.net, Sony ha già rifiutato di commentare l'indiscrezione, rimandando di fatto all'evento di mercoledì 20, ammesso che vengano in quella sede fatti dei riferimenti al prezzo.

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Sony punzecchia Nintendo in vista dell'annuncio di PlayStation 4.


Con tutti i riflettori addosso in vista dell'evento del 20 febbraio, in cui verrà annunciata PlayStation 4, Sony ne approfitta per punzecchiare Nintendo attraverso un piccolo banner pubblicitario che magari avete visto in giro e che rimanda al link playstation.com/meeting2013.

La pubblicità recita infatti "'Oh, evvai, un altro gioco di Mario.' Passa a PlayStation." Il riferimento è chiaramente alla consolidata abitudine di Nintendo di puntare sempre su determinati franchise seppure, a onor del vero, rinnovandone spesso la sostanza.

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