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Mark Cerny: When making consoles, we're not trying to build low-cost PCs

From arcades to architect, the development legend discusses his 42-year career, PS5 surprises and the job of building games consoles

June 7, 2024 Christopher Dring

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PSVR 2 PC adapter to launch on August 7

The device will give access to Steam's VR library from PlayStation's headset

June 4, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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PlayStation kicks off industry's Not-E3 season in muted style | Opinion

A focus on live games is likely to set the tone for other events over the next weeks – while a lack of major announcements for 2025 could leave a rare open goal for Xbox

May 31, 2024 Rob Fahey

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PlayStation announces date for State of Play | News-in-brief

Broadcast will take place on Thursday, May 30, and will feature updates for 14 titles

May 30, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Report: Sony planning mobile games platform

Games firm posts job listing for mobile platform architect

May 23, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Polish regulators to investigate PS Store and Steam for anti-competitive practices

An inspection has already taken place at Sony's headquarters in Poland

May 15, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Death Stranding 2 and new Kojima stealth game headline PlayStation's State of Play

Other announcements included Sonic x Shadow Generations and surprise release of free Silent Hill title

Feb. 1, 2024 James Batchelor

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Sony acquires Returnal developer Housemarque

"Housemarque is a highly-accomplished studio and we couldn't be more thrilled to officially welcome them to the PlayStation Studios family"

June 29, 2021 Danielle Partis

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Sony is supportive of cross-platform play on PlayStation

“We support and encourage cross-play,” says Jim Ryan

June 21, 2021 Danielle Partis

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Sony charges developers for cross-platform play, court documents reveal

Tim Sweeney claims that Sony is the only platform holder to do this

May 4, 2021 Danielle Partis

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PlayStation details recyclable packaging for PS5

Packaging per unit is between 93-99% plastic-free

April 14, 2021 Danielle Partis

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New PlayStation update adds USB storage and cross-generation Share Play

PS5 owners will be able to save game data onto an external drive, but the games won't be playable from there

April 13, 2021 Danielle Partis

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Newzoo: Catering to families with Xbox Game Pass could be key to closing gap on Sony

Game subscription services are markedly more popular among families, but most packages don't provide family plans

Sept. 27, 2018 Ivy Taylor

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PSVR designer Richard Marks joins Google's advanced technology department

Marks leaves Sony after nearly 20 years working on experimental projects

July 31, 2018 Ivy Taylor

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PS2 classics added to PlayStation Now

Sony matches Xbox by making three generations of video games available through subscription service

May 2, 2018 James Batchelor

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PlayStation VR receives $100 price cut

Sony's headset now cheapest on the market

March 28, 2018 Ivy Taylor

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Sony patents suggest VR-driven redesign for PlayStation Move

Updated motion controllers will include analog sticks and finger tracking technology

Jan. 30, 2018 James Batchelor

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Uncharted series sales pass 41 million

More than a quarter of total units sold in the the past 18 months

Dec. 11, 2017 James Batchelor

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PlayStation 4 has sold over 70 million units worldwide

Current generation console approaches lifetime sales of PlayStation 3

Dec. 7, 2017 Ivy Taylor

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Crafting believable VR characters in Blood & Truth

Sony London's VR director Stuart Whyte on the need for stage-trained actors and truly interactive conversations in virtual reality

Nov. 16, 2017 James Batchelor

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Sony ramping up Move production for PSVR push

Platform holder also reports virtual reality attach rate highest on PS4 Pro, five games sold per headset

Nov. 9, 2017 James Batchelor

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PlayStation drives Sony's Q2 2017 revenues up to $18.25bn

Game and Network Services division saw sales more than double on 2016, PS4 shipments up to 67.5m units

Oct. 31, 2017 James Batchelor

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Sony: Planet of the Apes and PlayLink will help us reach non-gamers

Platform holder expects recognisable IP to play a big role in selling PlayStations to the masses

Oct. 20, 2017 James Batchelor

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Andrew House leaving Sony after 27 years

Will remain as chairman until the end of the year, is immediately succeeded by Tsuyoshi ' John' Kodera

Oct. 3, 2017 James Batchelor

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Sony releasing updated PlayStation VR in Japan this month

Western release to follow, introduces stereo headphone cable support and new Processor Unit with HDR pass through

Oct. 2, 2017 James Batchelor