wraggster
September 4th, 2013, 00:01
Sony Computer Entertainment UK boss Fergal Gara says the company currently has no plans to release a PS4 and Vita hardware bundle.
There are "no firm plans at this stage to put the two together in one box", he told OPM (http://www.officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk/2013/09/03/sony-boss-on-ps4vita-bundle-no-firm-plans-at-this-stage-to-put-the-two-together-in-one-box/).
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/dir_3052/image_305266_460.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?id=305266&mode=article)"But as a minimum there is clearly the opportunity for us to work with retailers to put them together alongside each other as at least a great companion trade up sale," he added.
Sony confirmed in May that all PS4 games bar those that require use of specific hardware like the PS Camera will support Vita Remote Play (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/409495/ps4-games-required-to-support-vita-remote-play/).
Gara also told OPM that the recent Vita price cut (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/425592/ps-vita-and-ps3-price-slashed-to-euro199-199/), introduced three months before November's PS4 release date (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/425581/playstation-4-release-date-november-15-in-the-us-november-29-in-europe/), was "a nice coincidence in timing".
Reducing hardware costs is "a process we continually try and drive on all of the platforms", he said. "How can we sweat the technology and production costs to offer better value to the gamer. So we've hit a moment when we can do that and bring [the Vita] down in cost [and] that happens to time very, very nicely with PS4, which further adds to the PlayStation Vita agenda."
Vita is now available for €199 / $199, while the PS4 price (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/412513/ps4-price-confirmed-at-399-euro399-pound349/) has been set at £349 / €399 / $399.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/427564/sony-has-no-firm-plans-for-ps4-and-vita-bundle/
There are "no firm plans at this stage to put the two together in one box", he told OPM (http://www.officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk/2013/09/03/sony-boss-on-ps4vita-bundle-no-firm-plans-at-this-stage-to-put-the-two-together-in-one-box/).
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/dir_3052/image_305266_460.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?id=305266&mode=article)"But as a minimum there is clearly the opportunity for us to work with retailers to put them together alongside each other as at least a great companion trade up sale," he added.
Sony confirmed in May that all PS4 games bar those that require use of specific hardware like the PS Camera will support Vita Remote Play (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/409495/ps4-games-required-to-support-vita-remote-play/).
Gara also told OPM that the recent Vita price cut (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/425592/ps-vita-and-ps3-price-slashed-to-euro199-199/), introduced three months before November's PS4 release date (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/425581/playstation-4-release-date-november-15-in-the-us-november-29-in-europe/), was "a nice coincidence in timing".
Reducing hardware costs is "a process we continually try and drive on all of the platforms", he said. "How can we sweat the technology and production costs to offer better value to the gamer. So we've hit a moment when we can do that and bring [the Vita] down in cost [and] that happens to time very, very nicely with PS4, which further adds to the PlayStation Vita agenda."
Vita is now available for €199 / $199, while the PS4 price (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/412513/ps4-price-confirmed-at-399-euro399-pound349/) has been set at £349 / €399 / $399.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/427564/sony-has-no-firm-plans-for-ps4-and-vita-bundle/