PlayStation Latest news (10)

Konrad Serafinski, 08 July 2019, 10:10

According to the Nikkei Asian Review report, Sony and Microsoft and Nintendo plan to limit their console production in China. All because of the political impasse between the USA and China, which will result in additional duties being imposed on goods from the latter country.

Paul Wozniak, 01 July 2019, 00:22

Japanese company Sony has made it clear that it wants to create games for the most demanding players, and their productions will outperform everything we have seen so far. In addition, we learned that PlayStation sees no potential rivals in the Google Stadia project or Nintendo.

Bart Swiatek, 27 June 2019, 23:11

The results of performance tests of AMD Gonzalo, which will be the basis for the next PlayStation console, have been released online. If we assume the results are true, will get a device that is four times more powerful than the basic version of PlayStation 4.

Paul Wozniak, 20 June 2019, 18:08

The former CEO of Sony, who has been the chairman of the supervisory board since last year, Kazuo (Kaz) Hirai, retired on June 18. Hirai has worked for 35 years in the company and has a lot of successes to his credit.

Bart Swiatek, 19 June 2019, 16:13

Head of PlatinumGames believes that PlayStation 5 and Xbox Scarlett will bring nothing new to the industry. The developer is convinced that more innovation can be expected from cloud-based platforms such as Google Stadia.

Conrad Hazi, 18 June 2019, 15:33

According to developers who have had the opportunity to work with next-gen console dev kits, PlayStation 5 offers greater performance than Xbox Scarlett. Game developers also point out that powerful consoles will allow the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Bart Swiatek, 05 June 2019, 16:22

In an interview for CNET, Jim Ryan, PlayStation brand manager for Sony, shared several new details about the next console of the Japanese manufacturer.

Conrad Hazi, 26 May 2019, 18:54

Sony's PlayStation Global Head of R&D, Dominic Mallinson, revealed that PlayStation VR 2 will not debut at the same time as PS5. However, the development works are in progress and we can expect that the new version of virtual reality goggles will be a big step forward.

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.

Frozen, 22 May 2019, 15:21

More and more people on the Internet are wondering whether the long-announced The Last of Us: Part II, Ghost of Tsushima and Death Stranding have been secretly transferred to PlayStation 5. Sony has dispelled these doubts at a recent investor conference.

Konrad Serafinski, 21 May 2019, 13:09

Sony praised the capabilities of PlayStation 5 and compared the loading times of Spider-Man on PS4 Pro and its successor at a presentation for investors. The results were impressive.

Christian Pieniazek, 16 May 2019, 23:42

The news of the launch of wide-ranging cooperation between Sony and Microsoft came out of nowhere. Under the agreement, the companies intend to exchange information and technology, jointly exploring opportunities for development in the fields of streaming and AI.

Michael Kulakowski, 15 May 2019, 00:26

According to the rumors, in the upcoming firmware updates PlayStation 4 will receive further long-awaited options, such as buying gifts for friends from PlayStation Store and viewing our activity log on the console.

Bart Swiatek, 10 May 2019, 12:26

During PlayStation's State of Play event, Sony announced a new model of PlayStation 4. The device will stand out with steel color and feature a 1TB hard drive.

Krooox, 09 May 2019, 14:13

It looks like Sony is already revealing what will be the most important point in its upcoming marketing campaign for PlayStation 5. This is indicated by another statement about SSD and loading screens.

Frozen, 07 May 2019, 11:20

On Thursday Sony will show the second ever State of Play stream. It was confirmed that among the presented games there will be MediEvil and a completely new, previously unannounced title.

Conrad Hazi, 29 April 2019, 17:57

Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki has recently released some interesting news about PlayStation Now. Among other things, we learned that the platform has 700,000 users and that the relatively recent introduction of the possibility to download games has become the preferred choice for the vast majority of players.

Bart Swiatek, 26 April 2019, 15:21

Takashi Mochizuki, a tech journalist at The Wall Street Journal, talked to the public relations department of Sony Interactive Entertainment. The conversation shows that the next-gen PlayStation will not be available on the market for at least 12 months.

Christian Pieniazek, 18 April 2019, 20:54

Mark Cerny, the chief designer of PlayStation 5, says the console will be sold at an "appealing" price. Some speculate that Sony may decide to release as much as three versions of the device.

Christian Pieniazek, 17 April 2019, 15:11

Unofficial reports about the potential release date of PlayStation 5 have surfaced on the web. It seems that the console will not be available in stores until the end of 2020.

Christian Pieniazek, 17 April 2019, 13:23

PlayStation 5 is going to be equipped with AMD hardware. Sony revealed that console is capable of running games in 8K resolution and even use the Ray Tracing technology.

Christian Pieniazek, 17 April 2019, 13:10

The new console by Sony will be equipped with a fast SSD to completely change the gaming experience. In addition, the Japanese giant shared first details about the new PlayStation, and also revealed that selected developers had already put their hands on PS5 dev-kits.

Jacob Blazewicz, 11 April 2019, 00:08

Sony has announced that it will make account renaming option available to all PlayStation Network users. The feature will be available from tomorrow.

Bart Swiatek, 03 April 2019, 14:33

TweakTown suggests – citing the CEO of Gamestop as its source – that the next-gen consoles are not very far.

Michael Kulakowski, 23 March 2019, 23:25

This Monday, Sony will hold its first State of Play broadcast, during which the company intends to present. The formula will resemble that of the long-standing Nintendo Direct event.

Bart Swiatek, 14 March 2019, 14:25

Bloomberg agency received confirmation from Sony – the Japanese giant does not plan on taking over the owners of Red Dead Redemption and GTA, Take-Two Interactive studio. The news was also denied by Wedbush Securities' Joel Kulina.

Jacob Blazewicz, 14 March 2019, 00:22

There are rumors about the possible acquisition of Take-Two Interactive by Sony. If these rumors are confirmed, Sony may gain exclusive brands such as Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption and Borderlands.

Michael Kulakowski, 05 March 2019, 23:01

Sony is searching for engineers experienced in ray tracing technology, who are to work in PlayStation lab in London. This, obviously, raised speculations about whether the spectacular technology will be supported by the yet unannounced PlayStation 5.

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, 12 February 2019, 12:37

For the first time in 24 years, Sony has decided to skip E3. After a long period of silence, the company has finally presented the official reason.

Michael Kulakowski, 02 February 2019, 13:51

Sony patents a backward compatibility system for PlayStation 5.

ElMundo, 01 February 2019, 20:59

PS4 sold like hotcakes in Q4 2018.

Bart Swiatek, 31 January 2019, 14:27

According to Daniel Ahmad of Niko Partners, Sony is already concentrating mainly on the development of PlayStation 5. The company has a few more games in store, but it is not clear which of the platforms they will be released.

Christian Pieniazek, 30 January 2019, 00:26

Quantic Dream started a cooperation with the Chinese company NetEase. From now on, the teams' works will be released not only on PlayStation but on all major platforms.

Bart Swiatek, 03 January 2019, 18:42

The gamesindustry.biz prepared an interesting compilation presenting predictions of well-known analysts for 2019. According to them, the next generation is not to be expected in the next 12 months, but a lot will happen anyway.

luckie, 20 July 2017, 13:50

PlayStation team is gearing up to launch 5.0 software update for PlayStation 4. Before that happens, the update will be beta-tested.

luckie, 17 March 2017, 15:04

According to the official Japanese PlayStation website, PS3 shipments are going to end soon, which most likely means the end of production of the console.

luckie, 25 October 2016, 11:54

Everyone seems to want a PlayStation VR nowadays. The device is already out of stock in both US and UK Amazon, while other markets report sales numbers going through the roof.