As consumers have begun to shift away from physical media, the way gamers play games has shifted significantly in a rather short amount of time. The perfect example of this shift is Xbox, which has begun to bring some of its marquee first-party franchises, like Gears of War and Forza Horizon, to PS5 to continue to grow its audience. Game …
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In what comes as no surprise, a viral tweet misrepresented a Sony statement to suggest that PlayStation is going multiplatform. The confusion stems from an earnings call held yesterday, where the company talked about “moving away from a hardware-centric business.” Without the full quote, this was widely interpreted as Sony admitting that PlayStation is following Microsoft’s footsteps. Not quite. Is …
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A big headline from Sony’s recent earnings call was the news that Bungie was going to start losing some of its independence as it gets folded more fully into the PlayStation studios network. What that means for the future of Destiny 2 is unclear and was not discussed, but Bungie’s other multiplayer game, Marathon, did come up. Marathon’s rollout has …
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Earlier today, Sony announced the quarterly financial results for Q1 2025, where we learned that the PlayStation 5 console had shipped 80.3 million units as of the end of June. The whole Game and Network Services (G&NS) segment registered an 8% year-on-year increase in sales of 936.5 billion yen ($6.35 billion), primarily due to the rise in third-party software sales, …
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Sony WH-1000XM6 specs Color options Black, Blue, Silver Audio SBC, AAC, LDAC, LC3Sony DSEE, 360 Audio Noise cancelation ANC, Transparency Connectivity Bluetooth 5.3, multi-device, Fast Pair, Swift Pair Battery life Up to 30 hours Ingress protection No IP rating You may have noticed that the Sony WH-1000XM6 set features a new-ish audio codec — LC3. It was included with Bluetooth …
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Sony Xperia phones make up just a tiny fraction of the overall smartphone market, and the brand isn’t exactly exuding confidence in its future. Sony, however, says that Xperia is a “very important” part of its business and that it will continue to “nuture” it. During Sony’s latest financial results presentation this week, Sony CFO Lin Tao addressed the state …
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It sounds like in the long term Sony is eventually moving away from a hardware centric business model according to the company’s senior vice president. We have already had LEGO Horizon Adventures grace the Nintendo Switch and by the sounds of it more games could eventually come to the Nintendo Switch 2 and future Nintendo platforms. Sony has been releasing …
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Sony’s chief financial officer Lin Tao has admitted PlayStation’s live-service strategy – which has seen a string of high-profile flops, delays, and cancellations after a bullish start back in 2022 – is “not entirely going smoothly”. Tao has also confirmed Destiny developer Bungie’s independence is to be reduced as it’s folded into PlayStation Studios. Former PlayStation boss Jim …
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In the same earnings call, Tao stated Sony expects Marathon to release by the end of this fiscal year, which finishes at the start of April 2026. “But, having said that, this is not a commitment. No official announcement has been given yet.” Tao explained that “modifications [are] in development” and the intention is to communicate a new release date …
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Sony’s chief financial officer says the company will learn from its live service failures, but insists that progress has been made despite them. In a Q&A session following the company’s latest financial results, one caller asked its panel of executives for an update on the current status of PlayStation‘s live service plan, and where it sees the issues when it …
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