PlayStation 4, Sony shot - The Republic

E3 in Los Angeles, the Japanese giant unveils its latest console: Xbox One of the most powerful made only a few hours before, with sophisticated design and also less expensive. It will be released at Christmas by JAIME D’ALESSANDRO

LOS ANGELES – Appearance and substance. And in both cases, Sony was awarded the rounds here at E3, the largest trade show dedicated to video games. A few hours away from Microsoft’s press conference, the Japanese multinational has finally unveiled its PlayStation 4. And, surprise, is not only more powerful Xbox One but also has a more refined design and will be released at Christmas to 399 Euros. And that means 100 euro less than the competitor, even if the next Xbox will be sold along with Kinect, the system of cameras and sensors.

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Jack Tretton, head of Sony Computer Entertainment of America, from the stage began from the ring weak, the PS Vita. Handheld console lucky little on which to Tokyo continue to focus strangely. Then, thankfully, the scene went the services and games. Among the first anything really new. Through the Ps4 we like on 3, enjoy music and movies. With the promise that this time Sony Pictures will give some exclusive content for the PlayStation fourth. We must understand what and when. Gaikai will also come to play in streaming, but only in 2014 and initially only in the U.S..

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exclusively instead, although known in large part, seem to rise to the occasion. The definition of this new generation of graphics does not make a substantial leap forward but sensitive. Interesting The Order, set in a nineteenth-century London retrofuturibile, followed by Gran Turismo 6, Driverclub, Infomous: Second Son, Killzone: Shadow Fall. Plus a number of independent films sometimes very refined, starting from transistors that Supergiants Games that had become known with a splendid title named Bastion. Into But beyond the videogame, from that point of view the Microsoft defends well and many of those of other publishers shown at the Sony conference will come out for all consoles (from Watchdog to Destiny, up to Grand Theft Auto V, Final Fantasy XV or Assassin’s Creed IV: Balck Flag), Sony has had easy game starting from the Redmond company’s misstep. PlayStation 4 will not be any limitation on the sale of used games, however that Microsoft intends to restrict online with a control system, and the console to run shall not be connected to the Web Enough to tear applause that they have made ovation announcement of the price.

E ‘, of course, only a skirmish in a war still long. A war in which there is not just Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft, but also Apple and Google with their smartphones and tablets. However, have a console that costs 100 EUR less definitely helps. And not a little.