The former technical director of Oculus* tweeted a thread about PS VR2, which is due to be released this month. John Carmack said that despite the excellent technical characteristics, Sony‘s VR headset is unlikely to be very successful.

Sony has published another financial report today. In it, the company disclosed the results of the third quarter of fiscal 2022.

Yesterday, Bloomberg, citing sources, reported that Sony is going to produce only one million copies of PS VR 2 in the first quarter of 2023 instead of the previously planned two million. However, Sony later issued a denial.

PS VR2 pre-orders did not meet Sony‘s expectations. According to Bloomberg, because of this, the company has revised its plans for the production of the headset, and now it is going to produce only one million devices in the first quarter. Initially, there should have been 2 million of them .

In 2023, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo are going to skip E3, IGN reports, citing sources. If the portal’s information is confirmed, it will be the first time that all three companies do not participate in the exhibition.

On January 25, Jim Ryan met with Margrethe Vestager, the European Commissioner for Competition. This is reported by Reuters with reference to sources.

Microsoft has subpoenaed Sony‘s gaming division in court as part of proceedings with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on the purchase of Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. The corporation demanded Sony to disclose information about the volume and schedule of game development.

Microsoft continues to try to appease antitrust regulators. Bloomberg sources report that the corporation has offered Sony the right to distribute Call of Duty series games as part of a PS Plus subscription.

This was stated by Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, in a column for The Wall Street Journal. He also confirmed that the corporation offered Sony to sign a contract for a period of 10 years for the release of Call of Duty on the PlayStation.

The corporation reported this in a 111-page report for the British regulator.

In the first five days of sales, God of War Ragnarök sold 5.1 million copies.

Sony sent out a letter to the developers, in which it announced the tightening of the rules of the PS Store. A copy of the letter was published by the portal Dex.Exe .

Sony is going to strengthen its position in the Chinese market. Bao Bo, head of the regional PlayStation, said that now the company will finance not only small studios, but also large teams.

Microsoft Corporation, in an interview with The New York Times, reported that it made such an offer on November 11, 2022. Sony declined to comment on it.

This was stated by the head of Xbox in the framework of the Decoder podcast. He did not name the approximate period for which Call of Duty may linger on Sony consoles, but noted that it is a bit silly to expect Microsoft to sign a contract with the word “forever”.

The network noticed a Sony patent for a system that can use the blockchain to track the history of in-game objects like skins, objects or characters. The company filed a patent in May 2021, but it has only now appeared in the public domain.

The information is still, however, unofficial. Sony has not made any announcements. Data on the launch of a new division was found by the GamingBolt publication in the description of one of the latest PlayStation Global vacancies.

Microsoft continues to claim that Sony pays developers for refusing to release games as part of third-party subscriptions. In a report for the British antitrust regulator, the corporation told about a possible deal between Sony and Activision Blizzard.

Journalist Tom Henderson, citing his sources, said that the company expects to sell 18 million consoles in fiscal 2022. This means that according to Sony‘s plan, PS5 shipments will grow by 70% in 2023.