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Company also reinforces MAUs over unit sales strategy at annual investor day
Read More »PlayStation shows the rollercoaster of console generations in one simple slide
PS4 is entering its sunset years, says PlayStation boss
Publisher will focus on ‘franchising successful IPs and refreshing existing IPs’ to ensure a strong exclusive lineup
Read More »Sony is going digital-only with PlayStation Vita
PlayStation Vita game cards will stop being produced in America and Europe by the end of March 2019
Read More »Sony 2017 results: full game digital sales make up 32% of total
PlayStation plus soars to 34m and PS4 sales exceed target by 1m
Read More »God of War: how Sony is rebooting Kratos
We talk to Sony’s product manager Jon Edwards about marketing an established franchise as a reboot and how the publisher hopes to expand the God of War fanbase with the most mature title in the series to date
Read More »PlayStation reshuffles management to prioritise first-party development and global co-ordination of sales and marketing
Shawn Layden to concentrate on first-party development, with Jim Ryan to take more direct charge of global sales and marketing
Read More »PS4 hardware sales slow to 9m in Q3 – while software sales grow
Though PS4 Pro and a favourable exchange rate have to be factored in
Read More »Kaz Hirai resigns as CEO of Sony
Current CFO Kenichiro Yoshida will take over on April 1, as Hirai becomes chairman
Read More »Patents point to new PlayStation VR controllers
Lends credence to expectations of a PlayStation VR 2 later this year
Read More »Sony sold 5.9m PS4 over the holidays – pushing global total to 73.6m
Christmas 2017 was not as jolly as the previous one for Sony. The platform holder announced that it has sold 5.9m PS4 consoles worldwide between the end of November and December 31st 2017. This figure include both PS4 and PS4 Pro consoles and is a slight decrease compared to last year’s …
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