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If you needed a console to go along with the new game, this is the right bundle for you, but don’t take our word for it, let Meiji Era poet Ichiyo Higuchi tell you all about it.

Japan
(Ichiyo Higuchi • Japanese commercials • persona 5 • PS4 • PS4 slim • video games)

Hatsune Miku VR Future Live creators announce players will not be able to look up her skirt

Master Blaster
Aug 18, 2016

What looked to be a breakthrough in the long battle to peep up the virtual superstar’s skirt turns out to be a dead end.

Japan
(Hatsune Miku • Hatsune Miku VR Future • PS4 • Sega • virtual reality • Vocaloid)

Gal Gun English collector’s edition includes handy screen wipe shaped like girls’ panties

Cara Clegg
Jul 6, 2016

Every game should come with a pair of panties.

Japan
(anime girls • Gal Gun • gaming • panties • PS Vita • PS4)

Taiwan’s PS4 packaging is way cuter than anyone else’s

KK Miller
Dec 27, 2015

If your PlayStation 4 packaging is a little plain, then it’s time to head to Taiwan where they have special art gracing the boxes of their PS4s!

Taiwan
(box art • limited edition • PS4 • special art • VOFAN)

Japanese netizens unsure about Dhalism’s new look in Street Fighter V

Jamie Koide
Nov 3, 2015

Leading up to the much-anticipated release of Street Fighter V early next year, trailers showcasing the roster of characters have gradually been popping up online. The most recent of which revealed that Dhalsim, the stretchy yoga master with a penchant for fire, would be making a comeback, something which left some players feeling rather underwhelmed since he’s not exactly a crowd favorite in Japan or abroad.

But whether or you’re a fan of the character or not, few could deny that Dhalsim’s new look is a little bit confusing.

Internet, Japan
(Capcom • characters • Dhalsim • PS4 • reactions • Street Fighter V • video games)

Capcom confirms Resident Evil Zero HD remaster for 2016

Anime News Network
May 28, 2015

CAPCOM confirmed on Tuesday that it will release an HD-remastered update of its Resident Evil Zero (Biohazard Zero in Japan) survival horror game. The game is slated for an early 2016 release for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC.

Global, Japan
(biohazard • Capcom • PC • PS4 • remake • Resident Evil Zero • video games • Xbox One)

PS4 20th Anniversary edition console sells at auction for jaw-dropping price

Oona McGee
Jan 27, 2015

When Sony released a special 20th Anniversary edition of the PlayStation 4, online pre-order slots were filled in minutes. Limited to a run of 12,300 consoles, gamers had to move quickly to secure a piece of gaming history.

The one thing missing from the December 2014 release, however, was the most important and prized possession of all: console number 00001/12300. That particular machine made its grand appearance at an online auction last weekend and sold for a price that is, frankly, jaw-dropping.

Japan
(gaming • limited edition • playstation • PS4 • Sony • video games)

Game dev berates gaming media on its “junior high school” analysis of PS4’s performance in Japan

Krista Rogers
Jul 26, 2014

In the battle to determine the supreme video game console of the eighth generation, Sony’s PlayStation 4 has been doing incredibly well so far – or at least it has outside of Japan, anyway. The console was released in the West in November of last year and quickly became the fastest-selling console ever at its launch in the UK. In contrast, since its February release in Japan, the PlayStation 4’s sales numbers have been decidedly underwhelming.

Any number of articles on the web can seek to explain the reasons behind the PS4’s popularity overseas and Japanese consumers’ apparent indifference, but it seems like one game developer CEO is fed up with nonsense articles full of fluff and no depth. In fact, according to him, even junior high school students could have written most of the stuff that has appeared on some gaming sites! He, at least, is hoping for a more substantial analysis of the situation. More details to come after the jump.

Global, Japan
(analysis • consoles • PS4 • reasons • video game market • video games)

Sony Japan to release Destiny and The Last of Us Remastered bundles

Michelle Lynn Dinh
Jul 19, 2014

Sony has just announced the release of two new PlayStation 4 consoles featuring designs from soon-to-be-released games Destiny and The Last of Us Remastered.

We’re not going to lie, they look pretty sweet.

Japan
(bundle • Destiny • Play Station • PS4 • Sony • The Last of Us • white)

Disney’s Frozen gets its own limited-edition PlayStation 4

Anime News Network
Jul 12, 2014

After topping the Japanese box office for 16 weekends in a row, Disney’s Frozen can add one more feat — its very own PlayStation 4. The PlayStation 4 Frozen Limited Edition takes the standard jet black console with a 500GB hard drive and adds a Frozen laser-etched hard drive bay cover with the sisters Elsa and Anna.

Global
(Anime News Network • Disney • frozen • playstation • PS4)

Looking to make your PlayStation 4 stylish and unique? This real wood case may be just the thing!

Kay
Mar 12, 2014

We’re sure many PlayStation fans in Japan have been happily playing away on their newly acquired consoles since the long-awaited launch of the new PlayStation 4 here last month. But electronic appliances and gadgets can sometimes be awfully difficult to coordinate with the rest of your interior decor, can’t they?

If that’s been a concern for you, here’s something from German wood product manufacturer balolo that not only looks lovely but also may help your PS4 blend more smoothly into the setting of your room — a PlayStation 4 cover made from natural high-quality wood!

Europe, Global, Japan
(balolo • cover • natural • Playstation 4 • PS4 • video games • wood)

Sony gives PlayStation 3 game cases a facelift, netizens complain they can’t tell games apart

Philip Kendall
Mar 11, 2014

Stroll into virtually any games store and, alongside a wall of lime and dark green that marks the domain of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Xbox One, you’ll now find the sea of blue that is the PlayStation section. With its latest console, Sony went with dark blue for the majority of its packaging, with all games shipping in cases with dark blue headers stamped with the stylish “PS4” logo. The cases are the exact same colour as those for Sony’s portable console, PlayStation Vita, though since Vita game cards are so ridiculously tiny the cases are roughly half the size of the PS4’s.

But now, PlayStation 3 games wearing the same colours as their PS4 and Vita brethren have begun showing up in stores. Clearly Sony is aiming for a unified look across its PlayStation brand, but some gamers in Japan are not exactly pleased about the change and say that the new packaging is confusing.

Japan
(box art • playstation • PS Vita • Ps3 • PS4 • Sony • video games)

We try to get the first PS4 sold in Japan, and so does this guy dressed like a Move controller

Master Blaster
Feb 24, 2014

For many 22 February was Cat Day in Japan, but for video game fans it meant something much greater. This was finally the day Japanese gamers could get their hands on Sony’s next-gen console, the PlayStation 4.

Prior to this, at the Sony Building in Ginza a celebration was to be held where 100 people who purchased their consoles in advance would get a chance to be the first person to own a Japanese-sold PS4.

The tickets were handed out at 11:00 in the morning of 21 February for the event which took place that evening. Our own first Docomo iPhone5 buyer in Japan, Mr. Sato was hoping to make lightning strike twice and got in line for tickets two days in advance.

Japan
(launch party • PS4 • Sony)

How epic is PlayStation 4? The specs of Sony’s newest console explained through Dragon Ball

Fran W
Feb 20, 2014

Readers in North America, Europe and Australia, where the PlayStation 4 was released back in November, might be surprised to learn that Japanese gamers are still waiting for Sony’s next-gen console. But this Saturday February 22, the PS4 is finally unleashed on the video game capital of the world!

As we’ve discovered before, Dragon Ball can be used to explain just about anything, and this clever infographic shows how the PS4 compares to its predecessor – with specs converted into battle strength! So if Frieza was a PS4, just how powerful would he be?

Japan
(Dragon Ball • Frieza • Japan • PS4)

Cute little gamer knows the score【Video】

Philip Kendall
Nov 29, 2013

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the weekend has finally arrived! We know exactly how we’ll be spending ours, and we have a feeling that gamers in Australia, Europe, Central and South America will also be spending theirs much the same way following the arrival of Microsoft’s Xbox One and, finally hitting stores outside of the US this very day, Sony’s PlayStation 4.

Of course, one little gamer already knows exactly what’s up, and despite being barely 22 months old and the PS4 having only been released a week or two ago, is already more than familiar with the hardware if this video is any indication.

Global
(cute • playstation • PS4 • video • video games)

We try swapping out the hard drive of a PS4, let the Xbox One hold the beer

Master Blaster
Nov 29, 2013

Our resident food writer Kuzo loves travelling the world in search of new and exotic McDonald’s food. However, he’s also been known to experiment with game consoles in between meals.

When the Nintendo Wii U came out he tested its online capability while riding nearly 300 km/h on the Shinkansen. Now with his newly acquired PS4, he’s going to attempt to upgrade the built-in hard disc drive (HDD) with a faster solid state drive (SSD). The following is his report.

Global
(hard drive • how to • PS4 • SSD • video games)

Microsoft announces Xbox One release date!

Michelle Lynn Dinh
Sep 5, 2013

After months of speculation as to when the Xbox One will become available to gamers, Microsoft has just announced the release date of the much-anticipated console. Finally.