Sony continues to selectively abandon the exclusivity of some of its titles. The MLB baseball simulator The Show 21, which was previously released only on PlayStation, will also appear on Xbox for the first time. This is hinted at, among other things, by the cover of the game merged into the network.The covers of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox One versions of the game were shared by a well-known insider Anerdydad.

PlayStation is probably planning to actively develop the mobile direction and develop new games for it. This is also hinted at by the new vacancy of the European division of the company.Uncharted: Fortune Hunter

Sony‘s ranks may soon be replenished by Bluepoint Games, a studio that recently released a remake of Demon’s Souls. According to rumors, the Japanese company is already negotiating a purchase. The network also suggests that upon completion of the deal, the developers will be engaged in remakes of Metal Gear Solid exclusively for PS5.

Sony announced that the launch of PlayStation 5 sales turned out to be the most successful — both in the history of the brand itself and the entire console industry.

PlayStation suffered heavy losses in the Japanese market. For the whole of 2020, less than a million Sony consoles were sold in the country. The last time this happened was in 1994 — during the launch of the PS1.

Tonight Sony decided to temporarily remove Cyberpunk 2077 from the PS Store and return the money to those who have already bought the game. When exactly the CD Projekt RED project will appear again in the store is unknown.

Shares of Sony and Nintendo began to grow rapidly and reached record levels for more than 10 years. Experts attribute the increased interest of investors to the second wave of coronavirus and the upcoming holidays.According to Bloomberg, today Nintendo shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose by 6.6% and reached a value of 67,850 ($658) for each paper.

A lot of noise has been raised around the problematic release of Cyberpunk 2077. The gaming community blamed the title’s shortcomings on its developers, testers and, eventually, the owners of the platforms that certified the game — Sony and Microsoft. Rami Ismail, a well-known indie developer, explained how the certification process goes and why Sony and Microsoft should not be responsible for the shortcomings of Cyberpunk 2077.

While multiplayer GTA V and Call of Duty: Black Ops III are leading in the top sales for PS4, Sony itself says — in fact, players like single-player games much more. That’s just that users have almost no time for them. The company offers developers to disclose information about the length of quests and allow gamers to run tasks in a convenient sequence.

On paper, the Xbox Series X is more powerful than the PlayStation 5. However, the first tests show that the multiplatform now works better and more stable on the Sony console. The reasons are banal. First: game developers had less time to optimize games for a Microsoft device. Second: less convenient tools and weaker documentation for it. This was told by The Verge, after talking with various teams that were preparing new releases for the latest…

New IP’s don’t often appear on Sony consoles. PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan explains this with one, but significant reason — it’s expensive.

In some countries, the start of sales of the new PlayStation began a week ago, but it reached Russia today. But it’s still not easy to buy a console – no major retailer has it available.

The new generation consoles have just gone on sale, but Newzoo has already prepared a report on the most popular games on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in the USA. Sony’s audience traditionally prefers exclusives, while Microsoft users prefer subscription games and multiplatform.Note: The MAU data only counts players from the USA and is taken as of November 15.

The number of copies of Ghost of Tsushima sold exceeded 5 million. This allowed the game to gain a foothold in the status of the fastest selling new IP for PS4.Herman Hulst, head of PlayStation Worldwide Studios, told about this on Twitter.

The PlayStation 5 was officially launched today, but only in some regions. Russia is not among them. Sales of the new generation console in our country and in the rest of the world will start in a week.

A drama is unfolding in the Japanese market. Sony is unhappy with PS4 sales in Japan and is focusing on the American market. At the same time, Microsoft is interested in local development studios and plans to make Xbox the second console in the market of the “land of the rising sun”.

Sony has published a financial report for the second fiscal quarter (July-September 2020). The gaming division turned out to be the most successful and earned almost $5 billion. At the same time, most of the revenue came from digital versions of games and in-game purchases.Basic figures

After Sony denied the creator of Return of the Obra Dinn the right to introduce a temporary discount, attention was drawn to the problem on English-language forums and social networks. It turned out that this is not the first time the company does not allow indie developers to arrange sales.Lucas Pope, the creator of the detective indie game Return of the Obra Dine, decided to arrange a sale in honor of the two-year anniversary of…

The conflict between Epic and Apple could turn into problems for console manufacturers, according to judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers. Now the court wants to get more information about the principles of closed platforms.