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News November 22, 2022

Media: Sony threatened to block developers of dummy games in the PS Store

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 .

News November 22, 2022

Sony will significantly expand the China Hero Project, a program to support Chinese developers

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.

News November 22, 2022

Microsoft has offered Sony to release Call of Duty on PlayStation for 10 years

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.

News November 15, 2022

Phil Spencer is ready to discuss with Sony and regulators a longer stay of Call of Duty on PlayStation

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”.

News November 15, 2022

Sony may be interested in blockchain and NFT. The company’s patent hints at this

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.

News October 26, 2022

Sony is assembling a new internal team that will create an AAA title together with Visual Arts and Naughty Dog

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.

News October 19, 2022

Microsoft: Sony paid Activision Blizzard to keep Call of Duty Out of Game Pass for several years

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.

News October 11, 2022

According to rumors, Sony plans to ship 30.5 million PS5 for the 2023 fiscal year

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.

News October 6, 2022

PlayStation Stars members will have to spend $1,750 to get a Free AAA Game

Sony recently launched the PlayStation Stars loyalty program in Asia and America. The program has already been criticized by some gamers who accused the company of stinginess.

News October 4, 2022

Sony doesn’t mind investing more in mobile, PC and game services

Herman Hulst, head of PlayStation Studios, shared the company’s plans in an interview with Reuters. He did not go into details and did not say what specific projects Sony might invest in.

News October 3, 2022

Bloomberg: Sony is going to produce 2 million copies of PS VR2 by next March

Bloomberg sources claim that the company has already started mass production of a new VR headset. But according to them, Sony may adjust the plan depending on how well the PS VR2 will sell.

News September 27, 2022

Totilo: the release of PS exclusives on PC significantly increases game sales

Sony‘s strategy of porting console exclusives to PC is bearing fruit. Last week, journalist Stephen Totilo from Axios looked at how the company’s game sales have changed in the United States after the PC versions appeared.

News September 12, 2022

A Moscow court has accepted a lawsuit against Sony related to the company’s departure from Russia

According to Vedomosti, a preliminary hearing on the case is scheduled for October 31.

News September 8, 2022

PlayStation was the most monetary platform for Activision Blizzard in 2020

Two years ago, the Sony platform was responsible for 17% of Activision Blizzard‘s net revenue, or approximately $1.37 billion. This is reported by analyst Daniel Ahmad.

News September 7, 2022

Sony has allocated $3 million for scholarships to “underrepresented” Americans interested in game development

The company transferred the money to the Gerald Lawson Charitable Foundation at the University of Southern California. More than 60 university students will be able to receive a scholarship.

News September 6, 2022

Sony is leaving the vice president who led the development of consoles. He worked for the company for 36 years

Masayasu Ito will retire on October 1. He will be replaced by Lin Tao, vice president of finance and strategy at Sony Interactive Entertainment.

News August 31, 2022

Tencent became the second largest shareholder of FromSoftware — it bought 16.25% of the studio’s shares

The Chinese giant acquired shares through a subsidiary of Sixjoy. Together with him, Sony invested in the authors of Elden Ring, which now owns 14.09% of the studio.

News August 29, 2022

Sony has agreed to purchase mobile Savage Game Studios

The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. The studio will join the new division of PlayStation Studios Mobile, which will develop “innovative mobile games” based on the company’s fresh and already existing IP.

News August 25, 2022

Analyst: the rise in price of the PS5 will practically not affect console sales

Sony has announced an increase in prices for the PS5 in most regions. The company did not delve into the reasons and explained everything by the “global economic situation”.

News August 22, 2022

Sony has filed a class action lawsuit for £ 5 billion due to the commission in the PS Store

The initiator of the lawsuit is human rights activist Alex Neill. She claims that the company abused its position in the market, imposed a 30% commission on developers and inflated prices in the PS Store. As a result, over the past six years Sony has “robbed” 9 million gamers.

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Media: Sony threatened to block developers of dummy games in the PS Store

Sony will significantly expand the China Hero Project, a program to support Chinese developers

Microsoft has offered Sony to release Call of Duty on PlayStation for 10 years

Phil Spencer is ready to discuss with Sony and regulators a longer stay of Call of Duty on PlayStation

Sony may be interested in blockchain and NFT. The company’s patent hints at this

Sony is assembling a new internal team that will create an AAA title together with Visual Arts and Naughty Dog

Microsoft: Sony paid Activision Blizzard to keep Call of Duty Out of Game Pass for several years

According to rumors, Sony plans to ship 30.5 million PS5 for the 2023 fiscal year

PlayStation Stars members will have to spend $1,750 to get a Free AAA Game

Sony doesn’t mind investing more in mobile, PC and game services

Bloomberg: Sony is going to produce 2 million copies of PS VR2 by next March

Totilo: the release of PS exclusives on PC significantly increases game sales

A Moscow court has accepted a lawsuit against Sony related to the company’s departure from Russia

PlayStation was the most monetary platform for Activision Blizzard in 2020

Sony has allocated $3 million for scholarships to “underrepresented” Americans interested in game development

Sony is leaving the vice president who led the development of consoles. He worked for the company for 36 years

Tencent became the second largest shareholder of FromSoftware — it bought 16.25% of the studio’s shares

Sony has agreed to purchase mobile Savage Game Studios

Analyst: the rise in price of the PS5 will practically not affect console sales

Sony has filed a class action lawsuit for £ 5 billion due to the commission in the PS Store