Tag: sony
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Sony Withdraws Its Interview with Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann Citing ‘Numerous Major Mistakes’
Sony recently retracted an interview with Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann. The tech giant found significant inaccuracies and errors that misrepresented Druckmann’s views on topics like animation, AI, writing, technology, and more. An apology was issued to Druckmann and decision for the interview’s removal was made in coordination with Naughty Dog and SIE. The interview stirred…
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Shipments of PS5 Surpass 59.3 Million
Sony reported in its Q1 2024 financial results that it has globally shipped 59.3 million units of the PlayStation 5, which constituted a decline of 1.8 million units as compared to the same quarter the previous year. However, considering the entire fiscal year, PlayStation 5 saw an increase of 1.7 million units, tallying up to…
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Sony Reverses Plans to Link PSN Accounts with Helldivers 2 Following 3 Days of Outcry
The initial update planned by Sony for Helldivers 2 would have required PC players of the game to create and link a PlayStation Network account to their Steam account, a move that angered many fans. The requirement, initially intended to be implemented at launch, was delayed due to server stability issues. However, when Sony attempted…
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Sony Confirms Reduction of Approximately 900 Positions, Shuts Down London Studio
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has recently announced layoffs of more than 900 employees, which is approximately 8% of its workforce. The company also announced the closure of PlayStation Studios London. Statements from President and CEO Jim Ryan and Head of PlayStation Studios Herman Hulst reveal that both US and European groups would be affected, including…
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Over 50 Million PlayStation 5 Units Sold
Sony Interactive Entertainment recently revealed that the PlayStation 5 (PS5) has crossed another salient mark with over 50 million units sold in just three years since its launch in November 2020. The spike in sales in 2023 is mainly attributed to the release of new popular games, solidifying its position in the global gaming community.…
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PS3 Error 8001050F Fixed
Playstation 3’s every where stopped working starting Sunday when a mysterious “Error: 8001050F” started occurring. The error prevented users from going online, as well as playing certain games offline. It affected all PS3 models except the newer slim PS3. From Sony: As you may be aware, some customers have been unable to connect to the…
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Sony Drops UMD Transfer Program For PSPGo
Sony has gone on the record and stated that the UMD conversion program for the PSP Go has been scrapped. Kotaku asked a Sony spokesman about the program: “We were evaluating a UMD conversion program, but due to legal and technical reasons we will not be offering the program at this time.” The PSPgo has…
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God of War 3 Demo Included In GoW Collection
Sony confirmed today that the E3 demo for God of War 3 will be included with the God of War Collection, which is scheduled to be released on November 10. The game will come with a voucher code to download the demo from the PlayStation Network (since it’s not on the disc, that might indicate…
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Sony Announces New Slim PS3 Coming This September
Today Sony announced that their rumored PlayStation 3 Slim will be in stores in early September. Kaz Hirai made the annoucment and noted that it will be have all the same features as the current PS3 and comes with a 120 GB drive. The big difference is it’ll be slimmer (obviously), 33% percent smaller and…
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The Last Guy
The Last Guy is a PSN game released yesterday in Japan, and soon to be released in the U.S. In the game you control The Last Guy and rescue citizens in a town overrun by giant insects and monsters. The cities are actually high-res satellite images from Google, which is kind of cool. As it…
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Sony’s E3 Conference
PS3 – Resistance 2 – Game play trailer, looks very nice. Fighting a GIANT Leviathan guy that’s bigger then most buildings. Showed another level, Twin Falls, Idaho. Giant battleships, all kinds of gigantic bad things, it looks very cool. – LittleBigPlanet – Used a level in the game to show sales graphs for Sony, basically.…
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Phil Harrison Resigning From Sony
Phil Harrison, President of SCE Worldwide Studios, will resign on February 29th. I wonder what he did to piss everyone off. Tokyo, February 25, 2008 – Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) today announced that Phil Harrison, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS), will resign from Sony Computer Entertainment Group as of February…