Sony‘s official blog has information about how much it plans to sell games from its internal studios for the new generation of PlayStation. Prices will range from $49 to $69 per title.

At the PlayStation 5 Showcase, Sony named not only the price tags for the next generation, but also announced an important component of its PlayStation Plus subscription. Its users on the PS5 will have access to the line of hits of the previous generation of the console.

During the PlayStation 5 Showcase, Sony released information about how much the console will cost and when it will be released.

Newzoo analyzed the MAU of the main games on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 over the past month. The report not only shows the popularity of projects like Fortnite and GTA V in different countries, but also gives an idea of Sony’s dominance in specific regions (especially on the example of Japan).Analysts say that this year the total revenue from games in the world will be $ 159.3 billion.

Neither Sony nor Microsoft are in a hurry to officially announce the cost of future consoles yet. But the American retailer Best Buy has already put a preliminary price tag on the PS 5 and the new Xbox. Judging by it, it won’t be cheap.

Analysts from SuperData published a report on digital sales of games for July, detailing the data on the most successful projects. Among them are Ghost of Tsushima, Pokémon GO and others.For the first time in a long time, SuperData did not give a cumulative assessment of the market, limiting itself only to the chart of the most successful projects on the main platforms.

By 2020, digital copies have become more in demand in console retail. Major publishers now sell more digital than disc versions.

The latest big exclusive for PS4 is rapidly gaining popularity. But while gamers from Europe rejoice at the quality of the picture, in China they massively criticize the plot. It’s all about disrespectful attitude to the image of the Mongols.

On Thursday, Sony became a minority owner of Epic Games. A Japanese company bought 1.4% of the Unreal Engine developer for a quarter of a billion dollars. Based on the deal, the market value of the entire Epic Games is now an astronomical $17.86 billion.

The new blockbuster Naughty Dog for the opening weekend (June 19-21) sold 4 million copies. According to Sony, no exclusive PlayStation 4 game has ever been sold out at the start at such a rate.

Sony has introduced a new generic brand for its in-house game developers. Its name is PlayStation Studios.

The American PS Store presented the charts of the most downloaded games for April. As always, separate tops are compiled for PS4 titles, freeplay, DLC and PlayStation VR games.

New details about the PlayStation 5 release were revealed by Bloomberg. According to him, the Sony console will be released on time, but in a limited edition. COVID-19 should be blamed for the latter.

Japanese giant Sony will support indie developers during the pandemic. The corporation will create a special fund for $10 million. The funds from it will go to help independent studios that are suffering losses due to the coronavirus.

Sony overestimated Kojima. The project of the “Japanese genius”, according to rumors, did not stray. Now the company plans to entrust Kojima Productions with the development of a more budget game based on the popular IP.

Sony will offer players to beat difficult bosses using IAP. The company is trying to patent the corresponding AI assistant.

The purchase of Insomniac Games cost Sony $229 million. The deal was reported in the summer, but its value became known only now.

Sony has reported on the results of sales of the gaming segment for October-December 2019. It sold products for ¥158.5 billion ($1.4 billion) less than in the same period a year earlier.

In the USA, the PlayStation 4 has become the most popular console of the last decade. She topped the sales tops both in pieces and in money.