E3 2014: Sony's New PS4 App Brings You Even Closer to the Greatest Show on Earth

Front row seats

by Sammy Barker Sat 7th Jun 2014

Sony’s got so little to show at E3 2014 that it’s built a brand new application for PlayStation 4 owners in the United States that will bring you closer to the action than ever before. Available to download from the PlayStation Store right now, the digital download feels like an evolution of the PlayStation Home-based experiences that it’s built in the past.

Indeed, in addition to allowing you to stream the platform holder’s press conference live, you’ll also be able to peruse trailers and partake in challenges, which will enable you to accrue a total of 250 Sony Rewards Points. And that’s not all: you’ll also be able to grab 30-day trials to both Amazon Prime and proprietary audio streaming service Music Unlimited.

And just to sweeten the deal, the manufacturer will also be giving out PlayStation Now betas to the first 6,000 people to assume their seats for the press conference from 12:00PM PDT on 10th June. With this and the theatre initiative, the company’s sure going to a lot of effort to stand on stage and say absolutely nothing, don’t you think?

[source blog.us.playstation.com]

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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Mrskinner
Sat 7th Jun 2014

Damn, would have liked this in the uk!

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Carl-G
Sat 7th Jun 2014

It's time for me to moan I downloaded this from my USA PSN account but it won't let me play it on my UK PSN account :-/ Just like if i download a demo off my USA PSN account(or Japan PSN account) there is a lock icon and i can't play them unless i go to the account I downloaded them from?!?! Totally stupid that is and i could do that on the PS3. I do hate these pointless stupid restrictions :-/ Anyway the App looks Cool(when i viewed it on my USA account)

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Victor_Meldrew
Sat 7th Jun 2014

Sucks bad.

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ztpayne7
Sat 7th Jun 2014

I might get this to stream the show - but don't worry - I'll still have pushsquare handy. I just would like to view it on a machine other than my computer to my tv. It just makes it easier.

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JJ2
Sat 7th Jun 2014

@ztpayne7 Just use your browser in your PS4.. I already bookmarked Twitch Im usually not really interested in Apps (a lot of them are just crappy and best to use the site link)

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Dohv
Sat 7th Jun 2014

I'm glad I don't have to watch a stream on the computer now. I downloaded the E3 app last night.

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Shaolin
Sat 7th Jun 2014

To be honest Sony has always been a bit lacking with regards to streaming their events. However, this app does represent a real step forward though so fingers crossed that better availability of next year's E3 comes to all PlayStation fans.

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Jaz007
Sat 7th Jun 2014

Sweet, now I can watch it on my TV, and I've already downloaded it. Thanks for the news Sammy!

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longshot28
Sat 7th Jun 2014

I uploaded a video so people could see it here..

http://youtu.be/GZa-lsTt8kg

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Demi_God
Sat 7th Jun 2014

This is Sony's way of telling spike TV to take a hike for what they pulled last year, I don't think they aired Sony's press conference last year, or was it the year before? This should have been released everywhere that the PS4 is supported in.

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ThreadShadow
Sun 8th Jun 2014

Every console (MS/Sony/Nintendo) should have been doing this long ago, but they never did. Real missed opportunities.

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Wickedkitten
Mon 9th Jun 2014

@Carl-G You have to have your PS4 activated as the primary console for those accounts in order to use them on other accounts. Once you get that sorted, it works.