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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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%).