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Rumor: Journey and Unfinished Swan confirmed for PS4

I can confirm this is a rumor of a confirmation.

Should someone think it is a rumor I confirmed it, please tell him I can confirm it is not a rumour I confirmed it being a rumor of a confirmation.

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Oh boy I bet Journey will be "if you buy on PS3, you get it for free on PS4" too :O

I think might depend on who is doing it. I know some others that are porting but cannot do cross buy because of who is publishing. Velocity Ultra going from Vita to PS3 as one example of several.
 
Only drawback is I guess all these ports are part of the 20 (or whatever it was) first party PS4 games that Yoshida talked about. Unless it's been confirmed otherwise.
 
I would happily buy both of these again but they'll likely be CrossBuy anyway! I can't imagine how good Journey will look on the PS4 at 1080p and 60 fps.

What other downloadable first party Sony games could end getting a re-release like this?I wouldn't be that surprised to see some of the PS2's HD remasters getting this treatment too, I would imagine much of the work has been done for the PS3 versions.

You're bringing you're game library forward but with improved versions of the games and for people who don't already own them there would be a hell of an incentive to buy the PS3/Vita versions knowing that they also have the PS4 version for free when they upgrade.
 
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I think might depend on who is doing it. I know some others that are porting but cannot do cross buy because of who is publishing. Velocity Ultra going from Vita to PS3 as one example of several.

Yeah but Flow and Flower are, no way GameCompany's other PS3 game is going to be left out...
 
That flower pic has got me interested. I haven't played that game yet. Hoping I like it since I loved Journey.
Flower was fantastic for me, still not particularly game like but the experience of playing it was amazing.
 
That flower pic has got me interested. I haven't played that game yet. Hoping I like it since I loved Journey.

I loved Flower on the PS3. It's such an odd experience when you compare it to all the other games out where you are killing something or scoring a goal or whatever. Just the idea that someone once thought "a game where I'm a flower petal, and I collect other flower petals, and to move I command the wind" and then that someone else went "brilliant idea".


Yeah but Flow and Flower are, no way GameCompany's other PS3 game is going to be left out...

Do we know if it's TGC that are porting or if its someone else like Curve?
 
I hope Sony waves the Playstation Plus requirement for this game.

This game should not be played without online, and I can imagine a lot of people playing it without PS+, and being completely ignorant of what they're missing.
 
Great news. While i think that new releases would be even better, i will welcome these little gems with open arms into my PS4 library. I'm especially happy for Journey since that was probably my game of this generation. The thought that i will still be able to do the journey once in a while in the future is fantastic.
 
So with Sound Shapes, Flow, Flower, Escape Plan and now Journey and Unfinished Swan (I'm taking it for granted) being ported over... what else can we hope for?

Puppeteer? Guacamelee? Last of Us? Tokyo Jungle? Noby Noby Boy?
 
Why would they do all these cross buy? Surely most people already played them on PS3? Are they hoping that people that didn't buy a PS3 might be aware of these games and buy a PS4?

Other than fanservice (which is good for us), I'm not sure why these exist?

Oh, so 80 million PS3 owners bought Journey and Unfinished Swan! Those are amazing sales.
 
Unfinished Swan probably needs a PS4 remastering the least, since it was already running at 60 fps, but I'll take it. It's such a charming game.
 
Hyped for Journey but could not get into The Unfinished Swan at all.

In any case, the more games that get these "remasters" the better, especially if they're free.
 
Rumor Confirmed, good name for a podcast.

I'm liking this though. If you bought these, they're backwards compatible on PS4 and that's pretty sweet :D
 
Hopefully it is true and is also cross-buy. Unfinished Swan is unfinished for me and I bought Journey on sale but haven't played it yet. Having them both available on PS4 will definitely push me to play and finish them.

I would also love if Sony just released all of their PSN first party hits as cross buy games for PS4. I would also love a PS4 sequel to Tokyo Jungle too
 
I don't often double dip but if Journey is not cross buy, I'll gladly pick it up again to see it in 1080p. That would be gasm worthy.

I hope the trophies are cross platform so I can start my second playthrough on PS4.
 
By all accounts the motion on the DS4 is much better.

It was the motion that Shu used on stage when he was demoing the UI when he typed that message, not the trackpad.

It's the same motion sensors as in the Vita. Which has incredibly precise motion control.
 
I guess Sony porting these known ps3 games to ps4 with crossbuy even is targeted toward x360 owner who switch to playstation 4?

because ps4 don't have backward compatibility
 
While decent games, they were never games I felt like I would want to play again. Good for people that haven't played them.
 
Hope they're cross buy as well, but I'd buy Journey again and again.

The human eye can't tell the difference between 720p and 1080p. Just like it can't tell the difference between 30fps and 60fps.

If your sitting far enough that is.
 
Is GAF going to be down for a whole week during both launches?
Or are things such as GIFs going to be blocked to relieve the strain?

I think the load will be halved with everyone browsing twitch, ustream and youtube. It's going to be a glorious Friday into the weekend.
 
Is GAF going to be down for a whole week during both launches?
Or are things such as GIFs going to be blocked to relieve the strain?

People posting GIFs doesn't add any stress to Gafs servers because the images are embedded, not hosted.

It's just more demanding on your computer.
 
People posting GIFs doesn't add any stress to Gafs servers because the images are embedded, not hosted.

It's just more demanding on your computer.

I was under the misconception that images could be uploaded.

But yeah, the load will be high regardless.
 
Jenova Chen mentioned earlier this year that he didn't know if the Vita could even handle Journey as it's a very SPU-heavy game.

So was Flower and Bluepoint managed to get it done. Here's hoping they can pull a repeat job.

I think might depend on who is doing it. I know some others that are porting but cannot do cross buy because of who is publishing. Velocity Ultra going from Vita to PS3 as one example of several.

It doesn't matter who is doing it at all. Sony own the game and will be funding the port, so it's their decision. Cross-buy is practically guaranteed once these two games have actually been announced.
 
Wait!
I... I bought both of these games but have not played them. Surely I get some sort of discount! Don't I Sony? Don't I!? :(
 
People posting GIFs doesn't add any stress to Gafs servers because the images are embedded, not hosted.

It's just more demanding on your computer.
Hmmmm. In the word of Auston from the BackYardeins " realllllly? "
 
YES. I bought a PS3 in January and these are the two first exclusives I played before The Last of Us came out. They're among my favourite titles made in 2012 (+Nintendoland +Sleeping Dogs).
 
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