wraggster
February 21st, 2014, 20:24
At 10AM ET/7AM PT today, it will be midnight on February 22 in Japan, marking the launch of the PlayStation 4 in its home country. After three months of watching the rest of the world play a new console, for once Japan has had to wait to join the party. If you'd like to see the moment as it happens, you can tune in to Sony's official stream of its launch event.
The launch details: The base console is priced 39980 yen (around $390), and comes with a download voucher for Knack (http://www.joystiq.com/game/knack), one year's warranty, and a DualShock 4. Going by a Famitsu (http://www.famitsu.com/schedule/ps4/) list, the launch line-up includes plenty of day 1 games across retail shelves and the PS Store - we've listed them below the break. One big name you won't find there is Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn (http://www.joystiq.com/game/final-fantasy-14-a-realm-reborn), but today also marks the worldwide launch of the first phase of its beta on PS4 - the game proper is due on April 11.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/02/21/watch-as-the-playstation-4-finally-comes-home-to-japan/
The launch details: The base console is priced 39980 yen (around $390), and comes with a download voucher for Knack (http://www.joystiq.com/game/knack), one year's warranty, and a DualShock 4. Going by a Famitsu (http://www.famitsu.com/schedule/ps4/) list, the launch line-up includes plenty of day 1 games across retail shelves and the PS Store - we've listed them below the break. One big name you won't find there is Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn (http://www.joystiq.com/game/final-fantasy-14-a-realm-reborn), but today also marks the worldwide launch of the first phase of its beta on PS4 - the game proper is due on April 11.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/02/21/watch-as-the-playstation-4-finally-comes-home-to-japan/