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Adam Adamczyk, 09 August 2023, 14:52

The gaming market is growing strong. The increase in its value compared to last year is a good omen for the future.

Wiktor Szczesny, 05 April 2023, 11:31

For many months we have been watching the dispute between Microsoft and Sony unfold. The Japanese oppose the merger of the Redmond giant with Activision Blizzard for fear of it monopolizing the game market. Meanwhile, U.S. politicians are drawing attention to an interesting aspect of the issue.

Adrian Werner, 22 February 2023, 14:32

During a hearing before the European Commission, a Microsoft representative argued that Sony completely dominates the console market and therefore blocking the Redmond giant's merger with Activision Blizzard harms the competitiveness of the entire industry.

Przemyslaw Dygas, 10 March 2022, 15:34

According to Michael Pachter, PlayStation is doomed to fail. The analyst predicts the demise of the brand within 10 years.

Jacob Blazewicz, 12 November 2021, 15:07

The PlayStation 5 will remain barely available for a long time to come, at least judging by recent reports about Sony's plans.

Jacob Blazewicz, 22 October 2021, 17:34

Intel's CEO believes that component shortages (and thus high electronics prices) will be with us until at least 2023.

Adrian Werner, 19 October 2021, 14:36

For the first time in 33 months, more PlayStation 5 consoles were sold in the U.S. market than Nintendo Switch.

Jacob Blazewicz, 01 October 2021, 15:31

Would-be buyers of 9th-gen platforms shouldn't expect things to improve. Phil Spencer believes that the problems with console supply will be felt even next year.

Ignacy Ziarkiewicz, 15 July 2021, 15:51

Cory Balrog, the director responsible for the latest installments of the God of War series, claimed on Twitter that PS5 prices are too high and should vary by region.

Adrian Werner, 12 July 2021, 12:32

There have been big problems with getting new PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles and DualShock 4 gamepads in the U.S. for a while now, with most major stores not offering them, or used pieces of they do.

Konrad Sarzynski, 11 May 2021, 18:57

PlayStation 5 is still hard to buy even though it's been more than six months since its release. New predictions have emerged that Sony won't be able to meet demand for the PS5 in 2022 either.

Hubert Sledziewski, 06 May 2021, 19:42

During the lawsuit between Epic Games and Apple, a Microsoft representative admitted that the company does not make money on Xbox consoles. Profits are generated by paid services, games and add-ons, so there's no expectation that the Redmond giant will give up its 30 percent profit margin on Microsoft Store.

Jacob Blazewicz, 28 April 2021, 20:28

PlayStation 5 shortages will continue for a long time to come. Sony's Hiroki Totoki confirmed in an investor call that there's no chance of a drastic increase in shipments this fiscal year, even after the company considered redesigning the console.

Adrian Werner, 28 April 2021, 12:41

Microsoft's financial report showed great results for its Xbox division. It reported big increases in revenue from console, game and service sales.

Bart Swiatek, 28 April 2021, 11:33

Sony has released another financial report, which includes information on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 console sales.

Mikolaj Laszkiewicz, 09 April 2021, 13:23

Despite shortages, PlayStation 5 is selling great and exceeding the results achieved by other consoles.

Hubert Sledziewski, 08 April 2021, 20:09

In May, it will be half a year since the launch of PlayStation 5, and the purchase of Sony consoles remains difficult. The blame for the lack of hardware on the shelves turns out to be small chips, the production of which costs only a dollar.

Paul Musiolik, 12 March 2021, 16:22

The video game market is one of the few that has seen a lot of growth during the pandemic. Sales in 2020 were 19% higher than 2019, crossing the $50 billion threshold.

Paul Musiolik, 02 February 2021, 14:36

Microsoft is warning of availability issues for the Xbox Series X|S. Stock shortages could occur up to June this year.

Bart Swiatek, 01 February 2021, 13:35

We know the latest sales figures for Nintendo Switch and software dedicated to this platform. Customers around the world have already purchased nearly 80 million units of the console. Games for this device are also very popular.

Jacob Blazewicz, 08 January 2021, 13:41

The past year (although tragic in many respects) turned out to be extremely successful for Nintendo. Switch did well all over the world, and in the UK the console sold better than the PS4, PS5, XONE and XSX/S combined.

Tom Borys, 17 December 2020, 21:41

It turns out that groups of users wmo purchase PS5 from online stores in bulk can seriously damage the financial performance of the entire ninth generation.

Bart Swiatek, 05 August 2020, 16:26

Mike Rose from No More Robots said on Twitter that Nowhere Prophet sold on PS4 twenty times worse than on Nintendo Switch. This independent title is also doing better on Xbox One.

Bart Swiatek, 05 August 2020, 16:09

The sales of boxed versions of games are becoming less and less important for the PlayStation brand - in the past quarter it generated only 6% of revenues related to digital entertainment. 74% of games were sold through digital distribution and most of the money is earned by expansions and microtransactions.

Paul Wozniak, 22 May 2020, 19:31

The American company NPD shared the results of console and computer game sales last month in the USA. According to this information, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, these are the best April results ever.

Bart Swiatek, 16 September 2019, 11:29

30 million PlayStation 4 consoles were sold in the United States. The USA is by far the largest market for PlayStation, followed by Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Jacob Blazewicz, 07 August 2019, 22:48

Entertainment Software Association has revealed that Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft intend to change their policy on lootboxes. From next year, companies will impose the obligation to provide information about the chances of obtaining specific items from lootboxes in games published on their consoles.

Agnes Adamus, 24 May 2019, 12:02

On May 21 a meeting for Sony investors - Investor Relations Day 2019 took place. As part of the event, the CEO of the Japanese company - Kenichiro Yoshida - spoke on the establishment of cooperation with Microsoft. In his speech, he said that consoles are now a niche in the gaming market.

Bart Swiatek, 29 April 2019, 16:13

Jon Peddie Research analysts argue that by 2022, up to 20 million PC gamers may choose to abandon their platform in favor of a console or a streaming service.

Frozen, 01 March 2019, 23:22

The unavoidable has finally happened - PlayStation Vita went out of production. Information about the end of production appears on the official Japanese website.

Jacob Blazewicz, 19 February 2019, 10:36

Sony Japan has informed that the company will soon terminate the production of the PlayStation Vita console. The story of Sony's last handheld console will come to an end in a few months.

Bart Swiatek, 13 February 2019, 00:02

In a recent interview, Shawn Layden, the chairman of Sony Interactive Worldwide Studios, has presented his vision of the future for the industry and video gaming as such.

Frozen, 07 February 2019, 00:44

The popularity of digital distribution keeps on growing. As much as half of console games sold by EA last year were bought without a physical medium.