Kazuo “Kaz” Hirai (Kazuo Hirai) is no longer the main person at Sony Corporation. Hirai handed over the position of CEO and president of the company to his deputy Kenichiro Yoshida.

Sony Corporation is waiting for 130 fresh projects for PlayStation VR this year in addition to the 150 available games. If the forecast comes true, the library of PSVR-compatible games will grow by 80% by the end of 2018.

Sony Corporation is increasing production of PlayStation Move motion controllers to promote the PlayStation VR virtual reality helmet. Its closest competitor in the person of Microsoft’s Kinect system dropped out of the race the day before.

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot predicts the appearance of the next generation of consoles no earlier than 2019 due to the release of “enhanced” versions of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

In the first half of the year, sales of Sony’s Games and Network Services division increased by 131% to $6.9 billion compared to the same period last year.

Sony Music Entertainment has launched a new gaming label, Units, to publish titles on the Nintendo Switch console and other platforms.

Microsoft is negotiating with Bluehole Studio to extend the exclusive period of the PvP shooter version of Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds for the Xbox One platform amid negotiations on the release of the game on PS4.

The president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Andrew House, announced his departure. He worked at Sony Corporation for almost 27 years.

Sony will not compete with Nintendo Switch in the portable console market after weak demand for the PlayStation Vita handheld console outside Japan and Asia.

The operating profit of Sony’s gaming division in the first quarter of this year amounted to $160 million, which is 59.7% lower than in the same period of 2016. At the same time, sales increased by 5.6% to $3.15 billion.

Versus Evil publisher refused to port a strategic game The Banner Saga for the PS Vita portable console after two years of development.

Psyonix studio employees said that every day they ask Sony to allow owners of the PlayStation version of the Rocket League auto-action to play with users of other platforms.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has reported 60.4 million PlayStation 4 consoles sold.

Sales of the PlayStation VR virtual reality headset exceeded 1 million sets, according to Reuters, citing the head of the Japanese branch of the company.

Sony has introduced The Creators initiative, in which well-known game developers recommend games to PlayStation Network (PSN) users.

Sony is disappointed with the sales of PlayStation VR (PSVR) virtual reality systems and has thought about alternative markets for the technology — such as local gaming halls.

Consoles, games and services of the Japanese corporation Sony occupied 57% of the console segment of the world market. Gamers spent $19.7 billion on them.

Gaming companies in February spent on airtime in In the United States, $73.6 million, $5.4 million of them fell on the authors of World of Tanks.

Sony has announced the release of Playstation 4 games in the Playstation Now cloud gaming service. Gamers will be able to pay for a subscription and play on their console or PC.