PlayStation TV makes its debut today in North America with hundreds of games available to play. Whether you’re using PS TV to play PS4 games in another room of your house through Remote Play, or playing PS Vita hits like Killzone: Mercenary on the big screen, the system has something for everyone. Starting at $99.99 (MSRP) for the standalone system, it’s one of the best deals in gaming. It’s easy to set up, yet offers amazingly deep gameplay. It sits in a special place in the PlayStation platform ecosystem – as it can play titles from PS Vita, PSone , PSP, PS3 (through PS Now), and PS4 (through Remote Play).
Of course PS TV plays entertainment content, including popular movies and TV shows that can be downloaded from PlayStation Store. PS TV will also launch with video streaming apps Crackle, Crunchyroll and Qello, and stay tuned for additional entertainment content we’ll be adding soon to the PS TV lineup.
In addition, PlayStation Now is available on PS TV in much of the mainland U.S. and Canada* and will launch with games for the whole family like Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus, Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault, Sly Cooper: HD Collection, and Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time.
You can also pick up the PS TV bundle we’re offering this holiday, which includes a PS TV unit, DualShock 3 controller, 8GB memory card, and a voucher for The Lego Movie Videogame – all for $139.99 (MSRP).
I hope you’ll get as much enjoyment out of this small, simply amazing platform as I have. Let us know below which PS TV games you’re looking forward to!
*Service not available in all areas. A steady broadband connection greater than 5Mbps is highly recommended. See us.playstation.com/playstationnow for details.
Vita TV….that’s cool.
when’s driveclub getting fixed?
I’m not sure why SCEA is even bothering with this. Game compatibility is poor on all of the supposedly supported devices and the app lineup doesn’t exist. It’s not as though Vita is getting notable games that you can play on this either. It’s all b-tier Japanese stuff and indie games you can find on a toaster. Heck, Don even said so himself: big games on Vita are a thing of the past. Streaming is their “solution” to that problem, but why buy one of these or a Vita when Sony is implementing that streaming tech elsewhere?
This thing flopped in Japan despite SCEJA getting literally every PSOne an PSP game on the store compatible with it, supporting it with ad dollars and more than three apps. If it flopped in a market that actually kind of cared about Vita (though Sony is doing its best to make sure they stop) how low is this thing going to sell in a market where the hardware manufacturer couldn’t care less?
I’m saying all of that as a warning to potential customers. SCEA is going to drop this thing so fast. They dropped Vita after 2012 and that was a thing they pretended to care about.
So…I totally understand that this unit is essentially a VITA, and I personally have a major interest in getting it for myself. But as the goal of this unit is to be treated as a low-entry family device to enter the PlayStation ecosystem, or at least that’s what I gather, I do believe that a multi-account system is in dire need.
The VITA can stay the way it is, it is clearly a personal device, but much like the PS4, I would strongly suggest a method in the future, to allow for family sharing. Or even non-PS account, local only users, that can access the digital games on the memory card or on the VITA game cards, while having separate profiles for save management and the like.
The PSTV is a brilliant device, and has a huge potential to boost the VITA ecosystem, but I think separating it enough from the VITA in structure is important. It may be a VITA, but it is now a home console. It should be treated as such. At least so that I can let my brothers play, without going on my account to play. There are some great titles, and going offline or never syncing trophies, is just silly.
Thanks SONY! Definitely looking forward to this Christmas purchase!
You brought up a good point. We are looking into it and I hope to have more to say on this topic in the future.