GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

It's been a little while since we saw a glimpse of the Bad Old Sony – the company that priced the PS3 at $200 above its closest competitor and retorted to criticism by saying that consumers would get a second job to be able to afford the console. Remember those guys? Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It was called project 'Revolution', which was a surprising moment of hubris for a company that had been soundly defeated (again) by PlayStation. Not only had Sony trounced sales of Nintendo's console for a second consecutive generation, but it had also extended its lead and Nintendo had fallen further behind.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In all the furore over Microsoft's record-breaking acquisition of Activision Blizzard, it's almost been possible to forget that Sony recently had a major acquisition of its own – a far cry from the scale of the Activision deal, certainly, and not even a match for the price tag of Microsoft's earlier Zenimax acquisition , but Sony's $3.6

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 1, 2023

As Sony Interactive Entertainment's head of third-party portfolio and acquisitions, Shawne Benson is in a good position to trace the platform holder's evolving strategies when it comes to – in her words – "making PlayStation the best place to play."

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Sony has released its second quarter results for the financial year, showing an increase in overall revenue due a rise in its movie, music, and gaming businesses. million copies sold across PlayStation consoles. billion) with the PlayStation 5 shifting 4.9 Software sales were up 26% to ¥479 billion ($3.16 trillion ($28.85

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Sony is rolling out a redesigned PlayStation 5 system for the holidays. The company today announced the new smaller PS5 will arrive at US retailers in November, followed by a global rollout in the months to come. Like the original PS5, the new system will be available in disc and digital-only models.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 26, 2023

One of the games shown during Sony’s latest PlayStation Showcase this week was Alan Wake 2. In an FAQ on the developer’s website, the company explained its decision, and began by stating: ‘You can buy a Sony PlayStation 5 without a disc drive and Microsoft’s Xbox Series S is a digital only console.

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iXie gaming

MAY 3, 2024

Sony’s PlayStation 5 has been dominating console sales charts ever since its release back in 2020. The company has since complemented the console with various accessories such as wireless headsets, charging docks, a media remote, and earbuds creating a mini eco-system of devices that enhance the overall experience.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 10, 2023

That's more or less true, although the lines are more blurred than these definitions suggest; Sony definitely sees PlayStation as a generation-spanning digital platform to some extent, while Microsoft is clearly invested in the fortunes of the Xbox Series X/S consoles as hardware platforms. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 4, 2024

Take Sony, for example. As his own tenure comes to a close, Jim Ryan, President & CEO at Sony Interactive Entertainment, found himself tasked with announcing an 8 percent workforce reduction. This is despite Sony reporting $9.3 This is despite Sony reporting $9.3

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 3, 2023

If you have new appointments or transitions in your company that belong here, please send the names of the appointees, new role and company, and prior role and company to newhires@gamesindustry.biz. Christine Brownell has joined Sony as game director of an unnamed project at PlayStation London Studio. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 31, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Sony has reportedly made a dramatic reduction in its projects for PlayStation VR 2, and even warned supply partners that manufacturing may decrease as well.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 31, 2023

Ember Lab has been around since 2009, starting out as a company specialising in commercial animation and digital content. So how did its co-founders, COO Josh Grier and chief creative Michael Grier, go from wanting to become filmmakers to making a game that would catch the attention of Sony just as it was preparing to unveil PlayStation 5?

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Today sees the launch of Sony's latest virtual reality headset, the PlayStation VR 2, which aims to offer a generational step up on the company's original VR headset. Announced in February 2022 , the PSVR 2 follows up on 2016's PlayStation VR, which had sold 4.2 million units worldwide as of March 2019.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 16, 2023

Microsoft, Sony and Activision Blizzard's response to the findings have been revealed in full, and repeat many of the arguments that the companies have made already. It repeats its pledge to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation, regardless. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 21, 2023

One peculiar aspect of Microsoft's battle to stave off regulatory intervention in its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard – now seemingly in its final stretch, following the slapping down of the FTC's frankly ill-conceived case for blocking the deal – is that it has required the second largest company ever to exist, a $2.7

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 6, 2023

The success of The Last of Us is, according to analysts, more than just a successful adaptation of a gaming franchise; it is the culmination of Sony’s gradual transition to becoming a media company. PSVR2 More broadly, Sony’s combined operating income for games, music, and pictures accounts for roughly 48 percent of its total.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Climate Action Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, publicly disclose their annual carbon emissions, marking an initial step toward comprehensive climate action. Set Targets : Encourage video game companies to establish science-based targets aligned with the 1.5°C

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 28, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Sony plans to sell 25 million units of PlayStation 5 into retail in the current fiscal year.

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Game Daily

JUNE 24, 2023

It makes for a compelling series of revelations that remind us how much these companies loath one another, and the high stakes game of controlling the vast console games sector. bosses of Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo? Sony is also accomplished, with blockbuster adventures like The Last of Us, and God of War.

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Gamesbrief

AUGUST 22, 2022

Sony was more, and the two main mobile platforms were about 1/3 of the total. (As As an aside, and looking at 2020, we see that the 4 main platforms of Apple, Google, Sony and Microsoft represent 57% of Activision’s revenue. I guess the goal would be to get Xbox revenues up to the same level as PlayStation.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Following good values and trends are essential for any mobile game development company. Hashbyte Studio is a leading mobile game development company that focuses on providing high-quality games to our audience. Hashbyte Studio For Passion and Transparency Hashbyte Studio is a prominent mobile game development company.

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Rampant Games

MAY 1, 2023

Most of the people there were engineers and artists from a simulation company called Evans & Sutherland. They had a ton of code in common between them as we frantically worked toward a release date matching the release of the original Sony Playstation console. I was Employee #16.

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Big Games

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Uncharted – Legacy of Thieves Collection Uncharted – Legacy of Thieves Collection, developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, brings the beloved Uncharted series to Android devices. Moreover, as a game development company , we help you create beautiful games.

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Nvidia

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Gran Turismo (GT) Sport competitors are facing a new, AI-supercharged contender thanks to the latest collaborative effort from Sony AI, Sony Interactive. This group collaboration in which we have built a game AI for gamers is truly unique to Sony as a creative entertainment company.

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Game Dev Unchained

MARCH 4, 2022

The studio founder and CEO Jenova Chen said that game company wants to create a title that emotionally appeals to people of all ages, identities, and backgrounds within the single player experiences. So unless your company is hardcore and is an established mobile developer, it was a sector that was very hard to break in, essentially.

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Game Daily

JUNE 1, 2023

In March of this year, the top Xbox and PlayStation games by monthly active users were Fortnite (36 million), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (22m), Grand Theft Auto 5 (19m), FIFA 23 (18m), and Minecraft (15m). Harding-Rolls shared how much live service and multiplayer games have come to dominate the console landscape.

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Game Daily

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

A culture of paranoia surrounds game companies, who guard their secrets with a care bordering on fanaticism. Of course, companies like Microsoft – which is this week in the agonizing throes of a self-inflicted leak – have good reason to be secretive.

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Game Daily

MARCH 17, 2023

In this session, company co-founders Dustin Kochensparger and Blake Gross will share some of the lessons they’ve learned creating the game, with an emphasis on technical challenges, and onboarding players. Presenter Dana Ware is creative director at VR company The Void.

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Moonmana

JULY 25, 2022

Cross-platform video game development (in other words multi-platform) is an inevitable advantage that any game development company should leverage nowadays. For example, Sony announced a new PlayStation VR headset, which will level up gamers’ experiences to a new level. . How Game Developers Can Embrace the Challenges?

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This is in line with the macroeconomic situation where companies that possess the pricing power are making consumers carry the cost of inflation. Companies typically reduce prices to capture the biggest audience possible. That it’s not going to change the landscape between Microsoft and Sony. raises $8.4M

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 21, 2022

In the past, fans debated which would be the winner gaming platform among many warring ones, with every new generation bringing in new contenders (Sony, Microsoft…) and removing some (like Sega or Atari). Some reminiscence of those conflicts still remains nowadays a PC, PlayStation and Xbox fans continue to clash over supremacy.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Diverse Competition: Innovations were highly distributed amongst many different companies In this past age of the video games industry, we can broadly describe this age as defined by enablement: new genres and new capabilities largely powered by advancing technology. So it’s exciting to look forward to these kinds of cloud services.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2023

Every game company out there is looking for an IP to support their UA pipeline, and Tactile is sitting on one that feels like a perfect match! I’m sure Tactile can come up with an original story that the players will enjoy discovering instead of something that was already told. The makeover theme could still be applicable.

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