Sony Employees Get a Hefty Bonus for PS5
PS5 sales have remained at record levels for months. More than 4.5 million units were purchased in 2020 alone, and Sony wants to produce another 18 million in 2021. This will benefit Japanese company's employees, who will receive hefty bonuses due to the good sales of the 9th-gen console.
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Ewelina Krzykala
March 29, 2021
Frustrated Parents Sold a PS5 Drawing to Bots
On the German version of eBay, a couple managed to sell a hand-drawn image of the PlayStation 5. The buyer was probably one of the owners of the hated bots.
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Witold Ciemierz
March 26, 2021
PS4 Won't Launch Games if Internal Battery Dies
A clock error can render the PS4 nearly useless. All it takes for this to occur is for the console's internal battery to die, effectively rendering it incapable of running games.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
March 25, 2021
Sony is About to Close Digital Store With PS3, PS Vita and PSP Games
Sony may block digital distribution for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation Vita. If The Gamer's sources are to be believed, the company is expected to announce this later this month.
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Jacob Blazewicz
March 22, 2021
PSVR 2 Appearance Revealed, Pictures Available
The appearance of Sony's new controllers designed for the PlayStation VR 2 has been revealed, and their design is very different from the PS Move.
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Karol Laska
March 18, 2021
Jade Raymond Establishes Studio Haven for PS5 Games
Sony has taken care of another small studio that will be developing games with PlayStation consoles in mind. This time it's the newly formed Haven Entertainment Studios founded by Jade Raymond.
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Karol Laska
March 16, 2021
PS5 Becomes the Best-selling Console in US History
The NPD Group reports that the PlayStation 5 is now the best-selling console in U.S. history when considering total sales in USD during the first four months after its debut on the market.
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Paul Musiolik
March 13, 2021
DualSense as Responsive With Cable as Wireless
Thanks to a test preapred by a certain Reddit user, we learned that PS5's DualSense controller has the same latency over cable as it does wirelessly.
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Paul Musiolik
March 9, 2021
PS4 Beta Update 8.5 Patch Removes Communities From Menu
The PS4 system update 8.5 has been released aa open beta. Those who have received the code from Sony can share it with others. What changes does the new firmware introduce?
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Paul Musiolik
March 4, 2021
Chinese Troll Scares the Internet Claiming PS5 Mines Ethereum (It Doesn't)
The news that the PS5 is able to mine Ethereum was proven to be false. The prankster from China responsible for the rumor was quickly found. But not before scaring the living daylights out of a lot of people.
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Paul Musiolik
March 1, 2021
PS5 Overheating With Second SSD? Sony Wants to Improve Cooling
Sony may soon make it possible to install an additional SSD into the PlayStation 5. According to Bloomberg, the new firmware will speed up fan operation due to the possibility of console overheating when a second drive is installed.
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Jacob Blazewicz
February 26, 2021
Joe Biden Wants to Know the Reason for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S Chip Shortage
The new US president, Joe Biden, has signed an executive order, which is expected to result in an investigation to explain the shortage of chips for the production of the PS5, Xbox Series X/S and GeForce RTX 3000 GPUs, among others.
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Witold Ciemierz
February 26, 2021
Sony Japan Studio Disbanded. Bloodborne Co-creators Without Job
Sony Interactive Entertainment decided to close one of its Japanese development studios, Sony Japan Studio. Most of the employees were laid off.
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Bart Swiatek
February 26, 2021
No PS5 for Christmas, Stock Shortages to Last Until 2022
Problems with the purchase of PS5 may continue for several more months - until the beginning of 2022. The head of PlayStation, Jim Ryan, promises to improve this aspect, but is unable to promise that all willing to buy the console under the Christmas tree this year will be able to do so.
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Paul Musiolik
February 24, 2021
75% of PS5 Buyers Switched From PS4
Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan announced in a press interview that 25% of PlayStation 5 owners have not previously owned a PlayStation 4 console.
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Bart Swiatek
February 24, 2021
Sony Announced PSVR 2. Unfortunately, It's Wired
Jim Ryan, the CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, has revealed some details about PlayStation VR 2. They're seemingly few and far between, but we've at least learned that the kit will come with one cable instead of two.
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Karol Laska
February 23, 2021
PSP 5G - Sony May Create a Mobile PS5
It is possible that Sony is working on a portable console with support for 5G technology. The new version of the PSP would be based on game streaming associated with the PS Now service.
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Przemyslaw Dygas
February 23, 2021
Censorship on PlayStation - Sony Edits Violent Content
According to recent reports, Sony has decided to introduce censorship of violent scenes in some PlayStation games. It has to do with the desire to reach a wider audience.
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Lukasz Stefaniak
February 23, 2021
Indian Gamers Go to War With PS5 Scalpers
Scalpers continue to be a nuisance for people looking to purchase PlayStation 5. However, gamers from India want to make life a bit harder for scalpers and have found a way to at least curb their operations.
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Jacob Blazewicz
February 22, 2021
John Carmack: PS5 and Xbox Series X Should be Auctioned Off by Manufacturers
Legendary game developer John Carmack has spoken out on the low availability of GPU, as well as PS5 and Xbox Series X consoles. He proposes a controversial solution to curb the activities of scalpers.
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Lukasz Stefaniak
February 22, 2021