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PlayStation Camera Supply Depleted, So “Please Be Patient”

Ben-Dutka 9 Comments

If you're still looking for the PlayStation Camera, you're hardly the only one.

Sony senior staff developer support engineeer Chris Norden confirmed at the Game Developers Conference that the PS4 camera is "severely supply constrained."

Norden also revealed that the Camera had an attach rate of around 15 percent, which – considering the PS4's 6.3 million sales – comes to about 900,000 units. He also said Sony underestimated demand for the peripheral, so Norden asks seeking consumers to "please be patient," as he doesn't know when retailer stock will be replenished. If you didn't already know, Microsoft's Xbox One comes with its camera, Kinect.

Then again, it's also $100 more than the PS4, which is proving to be a major stumbling block.

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Dual Shock 4, PS4 Camera Unveiled In New Unboxing Video

Ben-Dutka 18 Comments

As you may have noticed in checking around the Internet recently, a lot of people are already coming home with the advanced Dual Shock 4 and the new Eye camera.

If you don't have yours yet, how's about checking out an unboxing video for both accessories? This is courtesy of Arm Length Interviews and it shows off both the DS4 and the camera, both of which feature obvious improvements.

Personally, I don't care much about that central touch pad on the front of the PS4 controller, but the rest of it looks great. The concave triggers and analog sticks should make control that much better (no slippety-slipping off the R2/L2 buttons any more), and I like that Sony maintained the standard format. I know they toyed with the idea of ditching the iconic X, O, Square, Triangle setup and I'm really glad they didn't.

As for the camera, I probably won't use it much but it certainly looks like it's well designed. What do you think?