wraggster
June 11th, 2014, 21:23
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president Jim Ryan told CVG in an E3 interview (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/467897/interviews/interview-sonys-jim-ryan-on-life-at-the-top/) that the feature - which will allow Far Cry 4 owners to invite their friends to join them in co-op (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/467106/far-cry-4-ps4-players-can-invite-friends-without-the-game/), whether those friends own the game or not - is "the first manifestation" of an existing idea for the console.
"[I]t was something that was alluded to when we unveiled PS4 about a year ago," Ryan said. "Ubisoft have really embraced this and we're really intrigued to see how it goes."
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/dir_3213/image_321348_460.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?id=321348&mode=article)Ryan said the friend invites are "envisaged as a platform level feature", but they are waiting to see how they perform in Far Cry 4 before expanding efforts to secure the feature for more games.
The SCEE executive said in the same interview that Sony plans to release a PS4/PS Vita bundle (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/467765/ps4vita-bundle-held-up-by-packaging-problem-says-sony-exec/), but "packaging problems" are delaying its release.
Be sure to check out all the rest of the news from Sony's E3 media briefing on Monday (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/467262/all-the-news-from-sonys-press-conference/).
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/467936/far-cry-4-ps4-invites-planned-as-platform-level-feature/
"[I]t was something that was alluded to when we unveiled PS4 about a year ago," Ryan said. "Ubisoft have really embraced this and we're really intrigued to see how it goes."
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/dir_3213/image_321348_460.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?id=321348&mode=article)Ryan said the friend invites are "envisaged as a platform level feature", but they are waiting to see how they perform in Far Cry 4 before expanding efforts to secure the feature for more games.
The SCEE executive said in the same interview that Sony plans to release a PS4/PS Vita bundle (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/467765/ps4vita-bundle-held-up-by-packaging-problem-says-sony-exec/), but "packaging problems" are delaying its release.
Be sure to check out all the rest of the news from Sony's E3 media briefing on Monday (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/467262/all-the-news-from-sonys-press-conference/).
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/467936/far-cry-4-ps4-invites-planned-as-platform-level-feature/