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TGS: New Sony PS4 camera can see and react to the voice commands

Debabrata Nath — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 08:51:54 +0000

As per a report published on Joystiq, some new details about the camera of PS4 have been disclosed by Sony at the Tokyo Game Show earlier today.

Masayasu Ito, Sony’s Senior VP and Business Division President, addressed that the new PS4’s camera can see the player and respond to his voice commands. Others details such as whether voice recognition will be able to be used in games are yet to be revealed.

The console launches this November in the U.S and U.K while Japan will get it in February next year. Stay tuned for more updates.

Report: Sony scrapped PS Eye to give PS4 the price advantage

Saurav — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 06:18:33 +0000

It has been clear to us since E3 that the $100 price difference that the PS4 has with the Xbox One is influenced by the absence of the PS Eye bundled with the PS4 unlike the Xbox One which comes with mandatory bundled Kinect. Reports have emerged that Sony was originally planning to keep the PS Eye as a bundled accessory but changed their decision at the 11th hour to affect the price difference and give them an edge over Microsoft.

It is being reported by IGN that Sony has reversed the plans to include the PlayStation Eye with the PS4 in the months leading to E3 by “quietly informing” its retail partners. Seems a bit odd, though, as the PS Eye is being offered at $59.99.

Though quoted by unanimous sources, this report somewhat muddies the official announcement made by Shuhei Yoshida about the PS Eye. ”As far as I’m concerned, personally, it’s the early days of development in terms of [camera] tech,” he said. “It’s not ready or mature enough to be able to really be taken advantage of by all kinds of games and all kinds of [experiences] consumers would want to have. That’s a decision we made.” Yoshida acknowledged that such technology is constantly improving, but that “it takes tech time to break through to this level to provide the universal benefit.”

Whatever the case may be, the bottomline is that, including the PS Eye, the PS4 is still significantly priced lower than the Xbox One. What do you think. Do let us know in the comments below.

PS4: Daylight Will Capture Pictures Of Players When A Scare Happens

Samantha Earwood — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:11:36 +0000

A fun feature was announced for Daylight, a psychological thriller/horror game for the PS4 from Zombie Studios.

It will capture the exact moment a scare happens in the game using the PS Eye camera.

You can keep these photos as a novelty or share them with your friends on PSN or social networks.

Using the PS Eye during the game is optional.

Zombie Studios and Atlus have confirmed that Daylight is coming to the PS4 in 2014.