Over 59 million people have purchased the PlayStation 5 consoles since it was released which is higher than the population of countries like Canada, Spain, and South Korea. On Tuesday (May 14) Sony released its earnings report as it wraps up its fiscal year 2023. In Q4 of 2023, PlayStation...
Sony has made a significant decision, responding to the concerns of the Helldivers 2 community. They have canceled their plans to force a mandatory link between the PlayStation Network (PSN) and Steam to play Helldivers 2. As we reported at last week's close, Helldivers fans were crestfallen that Sony was...
Players of Helldivers 2, the popular third-person shooter that launched in February, are discovering they need to have a PlayStation Network account if they want to access the game on Steam. Helldivers 2 is Sony’s biggest-ever launch on Steam, but there were no mandatory requirements to have both a Steam...
Sony has rolled out a massive new PlayStation 5 update that will allow players to help others. The new feature, named 'Community Game Help', will help PS5 owners to share their gameplay, which can then serve as tutorials for other players. In a statement on the PlayStation website, it is...
Sony has filed a patent for an auto-play feature, which allows AI to take the wheel for those monotonous grinding moments in video games. The patent, aligning with the trend of other companies transitioning to AI as it increasingly integrates into business models, has the potential to revolutionize the way...
Sony Group Corporation has allegedly put a stop to production of its PSVR2 headset, due to a backlog of unsold units. The news came from an article by Bloomberg journalist Takashi Mochizuki who claims that sales of the product have slowed ‘progressively since its launch and stocks of the device...
With the next-gen Samsung Galaxy S25 being in the works behind closed doors, there are rumors that Samsung may be changing up its camera in favor of Sony. Currently, Samsung largely uses their own camera sensors in its Galaxy phones but a recent move by Sony is said to be...
There have been reports that Sony has given full refunds for the first high-profile game since Cyberpunk 2077. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, which holds an AAA rating, received mixed reviews upon its release in January, with some players complaining about game-breaking issues and a low player count. Rocksteady...
Another huge player in the video game industry has today (Feb.27) declared significant layoffs will be needed. Sony has announced they will be laying off 900 employees from PlayStation - around 8% of the console maker's global workforce. Major PlayStation development studios affected include Naughty Dog, Insomniac, and Guerrilla Games,...
With recent news that the Nintendo Switch 2 is to be delayed into 2025, thankfully we may still have some new gaming hardware to play with this year as analysts are predicting that 2024 will see the launch of the new expected PlayStation 5 Pro refresh. “There seems to be...
Sony Interactive Entertainment has no plans to release 'any new major existing titles' for PlayStation before March 31, 2025. The announcement came during the company's Q3 briefing. "Regarding first-party software, we aim to continue to focus on producing high-quality works and developing live service games" Sony Group president, chief operating...
Sony’s European shipping targets could be hit before the end of the financial year -- which is in about a month. According to sale prices appearing in stores, several outlets that stock the PS5 slim console, such as Amazon’s European, have dropped the console price to €474.99 ($511.78). In the...
The Arrowhead and Sony game Hellldivers surpasses other record-setting titles such as God of War and Spider-Man on Steam. The two were eclipsed by the third-person cooperative shooter that now boasts the top spot and 155,000 concurrent users on the PC platform, according to SteamDB. The bug-blasting game is described...
At the end of last year, we ran a story that resonated with a lot of people when Sony lost the rights to some digital content it had previously been selling via its online store. This content was subsequently removed from PlayStation owners’ libraries even though they had bought it...
Kenichiro Yoshida, Chair and CEO of Sony Group gave a candid interview to Norges Investment Bank’s Nicolai Tangen, speaking openly about Sony’s approach to subscription gaming and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in the creative process. AI and game development When asked about the role AI plays in the...
At a press conference the day before CES 2024 kicked off in full, Sony steered the Afeela electric car on stage using a PlayStation 5 DualSense controller, reports CNET. It was being controlled by Izumi Kawanishi, COO and President of Sony Honda Mobility, the car being a joint venture between...
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) announced the PlayStation 5 console (PS5) has surpassed 50 million units sold to consumers. The PS5 was launched three years ago by the Japanese technology giant and has been the leading choice for console gamers, despite initial shortages of stock. Milestone for a generational console Jim...
The ransomware attack and subsequent release of a huge amount of files from Insomniac Games, not only highlighted the studio’s future plans for the next decade but also contained documents that were seemingly a lot closer to Sony’s chest. Insomniac is a Sony Studio but the hack included a set...
Sony, creators of the gaming behemoth Playstation, have filed a patent focused on adding virtual buttons to game controllers, reports GameRant. The patent is hardware-agnostic and not tied exclusively to their DualSense controllers. Described as 'multi-modal' by the patent, the technology would use multiple different sources to detect finger gestures...
A Sony takeover of Destiny developer Bungie is expected if financial targets are not met, in an ongoing period of upheaval at the company. As reported in detail by IGN, there could be further job cuts after a recent round of layoffs as part of the ongoing restructuring at Bungie....
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