Pinball Arcade coming to PlayStation 4 tomorrow

The Pinball Arcade is coming to PlayStation 4 tomorrow, with a free "Tales of the Arabian Nights" table.

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Look, we all saw the initial rush of shooters, racing, and sports games to show off the new generation of consoles. But we all know the real reason you make an investment of more than $400: more realistic pinball. Rejoice, for your long pinball-less nightmare is finally nearly over. Pinball Arcade is launching tomorrow on the PlayStation 4, with a free table to get you started.

The free table is a recreation of what FarSight lead designer Bobby King dubbed "one of the best pinballs of all time" on the PlayStation.Blog. The "Tales of the Arabian Nights" table was put out by Williams in 1996, and apparently remains a respected classic in the hardcore pinball circuit.

Pinball Arcade is launching digitally this week, and the announcement says that the physical version is also getting delivered to "a few retailers." Sounds like you'll have better luck finding it online, then. The launch content includes all of Season One, which is composed of more than 20 tables. King points out that nine of the top-rated 14 pinball tables on enthusiast site Pinside will be available from day one.

If you happen to already own all the Season One tables on PS3 or Vita, you can get either of the two Season One Packs at half-off. PlayStation Plus members will also enjoy a 10% discount on the packs for the next two weeks.

As previously reported, the next generation lets FarSight pull off some lighting tricks and reflections for more realistic tables.

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    December 16, 2013 11:22 AM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Pinball Arcade coming to PlayStation 4 tomorrow.

    The Pinball Arcade is coming to PlayStation 4 tomorrow, with a free "Tales of the Arabian Nights" table.

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      December 16, 2013 12:14 PM

      so i have to buy the tables again?

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        December 16, 2013 1:46 PM

        haha yeah I'm tired of buying their tables for every device I own.

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          December 16, 2013 3:16 PM

          I was buying the tables on vita and ps3 for cross platform play :-\

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            December 16, 2013 3:46 PM

            I think they carry over to ps4.

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              December 16, 2013 4:22 PM

              Never mind.

              http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/12/16/pinball-arcade-out-tomorrow-on-ps4/ says there's a discount. Yawn.

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                December 16, 2013 6:45 PM

                Lol, fat chance I'm rebuying at all.

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                  December 16, 2013 8:17 PM

                  Seriously. I should have seen this coming, what with them already trying to resell the tables in the form of "pro" versions. :/

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                December 16, 2013 6:46 PM

                Too bad because I may have bought more tables and now I will buy none. I wonder how crossbuy with the vita works.

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                December 17, 2013 8:08 AM

                So you only get a discount if you have every table from S1 on the PS3? Fuck that shit. I didn't buy every goddamn table because I don't care about many of them. I bought a bunch of tables from S1 & S2 though, but I guess that doesn't mean anything. Cocksuckers.

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      December 16, 2013 1:25 PM

      THIS is the reason Sony has sold so many PS4s. All of those players wanted to be ready for Pinball Arcade.

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        December 16, 2013 2:54 PM

        You underestimate the power of metal balls and electromagnetism.

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          December 16, 2013 2:56 PM

          This solves my problem of creating the next gun! Magnetic force applied to tiny metal balls... or rifled missiles. Thanks sir, you will be the first to perish.

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      December 16, 2013 1:26 PM

      are the graphics any better? because they look like poo on my touchpad. i can't wait for the pro pinball timeshock table to be finished after the dev team met their kickstarter goal.

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        December 16, 2013 3:57 PM

        That new IGN app on the PS4 had a video review of the game running on the PS4 this weekend and it looked really good.

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        December 16, 2013 4:20 PM

        Theres a new lighting mode only available on the ps4 version.. wanna see how much of a difference it makes compared to pc.

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      December 16, 2013 3:53 PM

      I lived for that Arabian Nights bonus sitar sound

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZcXl7oxgTo#t=836

      The longer it went the better my Pavlovian response to it was.

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      December 17, 2013 8:02 AM

      Hope this looks better than the PC release. Ugh.

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