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.

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”.

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.

This was told by journalist Gary Whitta (Gary Whitta) as part of the podcast Kinda Funny Games. He did not go into details of the agreement and did not disclose his source.

A hint of this was noticed in the remaster of “Spider-Man”. In the code of the game, they found the line “PlayStation PC launcher”, which suggested that Sony is engaged in the launcher.

The corporation mentioned this in a report for the Brazilian regulator, which is checking the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard.

By March 2022, PS4 sales reached 117.2 million devices. According to analyst Daniel Ahmad, the circulation of this console is unlikely to grow much, since Sony no longer talks about fresh PS4 sales in its reports.

The PlayStation mobile division is looking for a senior business development director. According to the text of the vacancy, the new person, among other things, will have to look for companies that will then become part of Sony or become its partners.

Starting in the fall, owners of PS5 consoles will no longer be able to send each other rewards for participating in multiplayer games. Sony announced that this feature was not very popular, so the company will get rid of it soon.

Call of Duty is so popular that it depends on which console gamers will eventually choose, Sony is confident. Among other things, the company said this in response to a request from the Brazilian antimonopoly regulator, which is checking the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard.

The first quarter of fiscal 2022 was not very smooth for PlayStation. According to a recent report, the operating profit of Sony‘s gaming division decreased to $397 million (-37%), and sales — to $4.54 billion (-2%).

Indie developers will start receiving free PS5 devkits. Sony hopes that thanks to the new program, it will be able to improve the publishing process and lower the entry threshold on the PlayStation.

Square Enix sold Western studios for a relatively small $300 million, because Sony was interested in buying its Tokyo division. Stephane D’Astous, founder and former CEO of Eidos Montreal, said this in an interview GamesIndustry.biz .

The District Court of California was not convinced by the arguments of a group of gamers who accused Sony of monopoly a year ago. Judge Richard Seeborg upheld the company’s appeal, but indicated that the plaintiffs could still try to appeal the verdict.

Sony has received another class action lawsuit due to faulty equipment. This time, the PS5 is at the center of the dispute. According to dissatisfied users, sometimes the console suddenly turns off right during the game. Although almost two years have passed since the release of the PS5, the company has allegedly not yet released a patch that fixes this problem.

Сегодня Sony Interactive Entertainment объявила о запуске нового подразделения в Китае — China Software Business Department. О нем пока известно немного, но, согласно документам компании, возглавлять его будет Шон Келли (Sean Kelly), бывший глава китайского филиала PlayStation.

Таким прогнозом поделился аналитик гонконгской фирмы TF International Securities Минг-Чи Куо (Ming-Chi Kuo). Однако он отметил, что точная дата релиза VR-гарнитуры во многом будет зависеть от графика разработки игр.

У Sony новые проблемы. Как сообщают «Ведомости», в конце прошлой недели 28 россиян подали иск к компании в Хорошевский суд Москвы. Они недовольны, что с начала марта не могут пользоваться PlayStation Store и покупать игры.

During the presentation to investors, Sony also mentioned the sales of its PC games. Apparently, Horizon Zero Dawn is showing the greatest success so far.