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PlayStation Reaffirms PS5 Game Concord Releases This Year
Sony's 2023 fiscal year ended on March 31st, and the company has shared its Consolidated Financial Results (CFR) for the year. Noting the surpassing expectations of success that the live service game Helldivers 2 has seen since its launch in February and celebrating the 12 million copies up to the beginning of May, Sony mentioned additional live service titles coming in the future, including ...read more
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Sony Teases PlayStation Event Is Happening in May
Sony has teased that it should be having a new PlayStation event at some point in May. In recent months, rumors and reports have all indicated that PlayStation has been eyeing May to hold a new Showcase or State of Play broadcast. However, with the month now roughly halfway over, some fans started to believe that this timeline might have shifted just a bit. Fortunately, Sony itself has released a ...read more
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Mortal Kombat 1 Teaser Shows Off Ferra's Fatality
Mortal Kombat 1 director Ed Boon took to Twitter to ask fans a series of questions about what they'd like to see from the game. While Boon made it clear that these questions aren't necessarily hints about what's coming next for MK 1, he couldn't help but filter in a few teases for upcoming content. One of the more notable Mortal Kombat 1 teases posted by Boon was the first look at Ferra's ...read more
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Research Firm Estimates How Much PS5 Outsold Xbox Series X/S in Q1
According to estimations from a research firm, Sony shipped nearly five times as many PlayStation 5 consoles as Microsoft did Xbox Series X/S consoles in the first quarter of 2024. Sony's latest earnings call revealed staggering sales numbers for the PS5, with the console surpassing 59.3 million units sold in its lifetime so far. Since their near-simultaneous launches in November 2020, the PS5 ...read more
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PlayStation’s Focus Has Shifted From Sales to Actual Play Time - Sony
Sony has said that due to changes in consumer behavior during the PS4 era, PlayStation‘s focus has shifted to increasing play time on the PS5 rather than increasing the number of games sold. This isn’t to say that there’s no emphasis on the number of software units sold, but that Sony wants to improve profits via player investment into the PlayStation ecosystem. Are PS5 players buying ...read more
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Former XCOM Developers Form New Studio, Midsummer Studios
Veteran developers from various studios, including developers from the team behind XCOM, have established a new game development studio, dubbed Midsummer Studios. Headed up by former XCOM creative director and game director Jake Solomon and Will Miller respectively, Midsummer Studios is based out of Hunt Valley, Maryland. The duo is joined by Nelsie Birch, who is taking on the role of the ...read more
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Monster Hunter Franchise Reaches Huge Sales Milestone
Capcom announced that its Monster Hunter franchise has sold more than 100 million copies. The gaming company also commented on sales for some individual titles in the Monster Hunter series. These sales figures have been bolstered by recent entries like Monster Hunter World and Monster Hunter Rise, and sure to keep going strong with the upcoming Monster Hunter Wilds. Released in 2004 for the ...read more
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Sony Committed to Better First-Party Games, 'Richer' Experiences, More
Sony is focusing on expanding its PS5 install base, the "enhancement of first-party software and PC deployment", and giving players "richer gaming experiences" as part of a three-year plan detailed in its latest financial results. The mid-term focus was quickly covered during the earnings call, revealing that Sony is preparing a significant first-party lineup once the current drought is ...read more
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Sony Attracting More PSN Users Year-on-Year Despite Quarterly Dip
Sony's online PSN service is growing year-on-year at the moment, as 118 million monthly active users for the Q4 period of fiscal year 2023 represents an increase of 10 million compared to Q4 FY2022. The result beats all totals in the past fiscal year, with the only blemish on the record being it could have been even better for Sony. In Q3 of FY2023, it had 123 million active users, meaning it ...read more
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Resident Evil 1 Remake is in Development – Rumor
New rumours have popped up indicating that Capcom might be working on a remake of the original Resident Evil. According to industry insider and leaker Daniel Ricthman, a remake of Resident Evil that would follow in the footsteps of other remakes in the franchise—namely Resident Evil 2, 3, and 4—is being developed. Unfortunately, no real details about the Resident Evil remake have been ...read more
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