Sony’s PlayStation 4 has sold 18.5 million units worldwide according to a recent announcement by PlayStation Japan (courtesy of Gematsu). These are sales as of January 4th and it seems that 4.1 million units were shifted during the 2014 Holiday season.

Sony also revealed that PlayStation Plus subscriptions are now at 10.9 million units. Whether you’re a fan of Sony or not, there’s no denying that these are some highly impressive figures. In fact, during its CES 2015 keynote, Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai stated: “I’m liking those numbers. This is a remarkable success for this next generation console, and, actually, exceeding the rate of adoption of any other PlayStation platform [to date].”

This certainly puts other services like PlayStation Now into perspective. When the PS4 has sold so many units despite the paucity of exclusives in 2014, who’s to say that several millions of consumers won’t jump on PlayStation Now’s All Access subscription when it arrives later next week? Regardless, let us know what you think of the PS4’s success in the comments.

Console peripheral manufacturer Nyko had plenty to showcase at this year’s CES. For the PlayStation 4, it revealed the Intercool, which attaches to the back of your console in order to keep things chilly, along with a PowerPak battery that replaces the DualShock 4’s normal battery. The PowerPak features a 1000 mAh cell that doubles the DualShock 4’s standard battery capacity making for twice the play time.

The pricing for the peripherals is also pretty fair, with the Intercooler to launch for $25 and the PowerPak to cost $20. Both items will be released this Spring but stay tuned for a more concrete release date in the coming months.

Though there haven’t been that many issues with the PS4’s cooling – aside from the few defective consoles that came up during the launch period – the Intercooler is looking to be a strong option down the line. Which one are your interested in? Let us know your thoughts below.

Sony finally unveiled its Cloud-based, game streaming service for the PlayStation 4 in the form of PlayStation Now at CES 2014. The service allows gamers to stream PlayStation 3 games – with titles such as The Last of Us, Beyond: Two Souls and Puppeteer to be made available at launch – to their PS4, Bravia TV and PlayStation Vita.

You’re gonna need a fairly good internet connection though, with a minimum of 5 Mbps broadband recommended. Speaking to Polygon, Sony Computer Entertainment vice president of marketing John Koller stated that the current focus is to make PS3 games available for PS Now.

“We’ve come to a point where we feel very comfortable with the technology in terms of the latency and the types of games that are playable [through PlayStation Now]. PlayStation 3 is the tip of our spear in terms of software because we believe it’s still very current and has the largest library. The goal is trying to get a wide variety of quality and quantity of types of games.”

Eventually, we’ll be able to play PS One, PS2 and PS4 games on PS Now, with a closed beta scheduled for the end of January. Thoughts? Let us know below.

At CES today, Nvidia unveiled a lot of goodness, including the Tegra K1, a mobile GPU that apparently far outclasses the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in terms of its visual prowess.

With a whopping 192 CUDA cores (no, you read that right), the Tegra K1 is a new mobile chip that reaffirms the company’s belief in an Android gaming future.

“We believe the Android operating system will be the most important console operating system in the future,” said Nvidia CEO and co-founder Jen-Hsun Huang said at the company’s CES 2014 presentation.

To demonstrate what can be done on this chipset, check out the new Unreal Engine 4 demo above as demonstrated by Epic Games. It looks staggeringly good, and if Nvidia is indeed serious about pushing mobile chipset based gaming as hard as they seem to be, we might be looking at an all new kind of console/handheld war in the coming years.

Only time will tell. For now, stay tuned to GamingBolt for more coverage.

Oculus VR made headlines last year for the astronomical amount of funding raised, the employment of former id Software co-founder John Carmack and much more. It’s been promising for quite a while that we’d be seeing the latest version of Oculus Rift, its VR headset for gaming, in 2014 and it appears the company is wasting no time in granting our wishes.

Engineer Tom Forsyth recently tweeted to confirm that the latest Oculus Rift will be at CES 2014, Las Vegas. “We’re showing the latest Rift kit at CES. Should be pretty interesting. I’m looking forward to the feedback.”

Currently, Oculus Rift is capable of showcasing a 1080p resolution and has a 1000 Hz Adjacent Reality Tracker for the lowest latency possible while tracking. Several games such as Team Fortress 2 support Rift, and that number will only increase in the coming months. Are you excited for the device? Let us know in the comments below.

Nvidia finally revealed its gaming ambitions for the year at CES 2014 with the Tegra K1, a mobile CPU that is apparently more powerful than the Xbox 360 and PS3 according to CEO Jen-Hsun Huang.

As reported by Polygon, Huang described the 192 CUDA core, Keplar architecture-based CPU as “all fully programmable, all massively parallel. We’ve brought mobile computing to the same level as desktop computing. We’ve brought mobile computing to the same level as super computing. We’ve brought the heart of GeForce and the soul of Tesla to the Tegra family.”

Just how impressive is the power of the CPU? It’s apparently capable of running Unreal Engine 4 with Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney stating that, “We can take absolutely anything that runs on PC or high-end console and run it on Tegra. I didn’t think that we’d be at this level on mobile for another three to four years.”

All this power will of course consume far less power than both current-gen consoles and while the K1 will appear in smartphones and tablets, don’t be surprised to see it used for Smart TVs and Smart Cars. Your thoughts? Let us know below.

It was announced earlier today that Kaz Hirai, the CEO of Sony will be delivering the keynote speech at the 2014 Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas, or CES. CES is known as the largest interactive technology event in the world, where tech companies from around the globe come to show off their latest products.

Gary Shapiro, the President and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association made a statement regarding Hirai’s election as keynote speaker on the CES website:

“Sony is a global brand synonymous with innovation and cutting-edge technology. There is no better way to kick off the world’s greatest innovation event than a keynote from one of the leading brands in the industry, bringing content and technology together to transform the way we live, work and play. We are thrilled to welcome Kaz Hirai to the 2014 CES keynote stage and are excited to hear his insight surrounding the next generation of consumer technology.”

Hirai was originally the president of Sony Computer Entertainment, but as of 2012 was made president and CEO of the entire company.

Source: CES