How Scalpers Threaten the Development of PlayStation 5
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.
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Tom Borys
December 17, 2020
PlayStation Direct Coming to Europe; PS5 Available Directly From Sony
PlayStation Direct coming to Europe. This is evidenced by the job offer for a Sony Store Director (directly linked to PlayStation Network) on our continent.
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Jacob Blazewicz
December 14, 2020
PS5 Second-hand Sales Much Better Than Xbox Series X/S
On the aftermarket PlayStation 5 sells almost twice as well as Microsoft's competitors. Almost 60,000 copies of next-gen consoles have found their way to the StockX auction website.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
December 11, 2020
Project Athia a Two-year PS5 Exclusive; Sony Presents Other Games
Sony presented a new trailer containing games that are heading for the PS5. Among the featured titles we find Horizon: Forbidden West, Gran Turismo 7, Destruction AllStars and Project Athia. Interestingly, the Japanese company has 2 years of exclusivity for the last of the games.
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Agnes Adamus
December 7, 2020
Parody of Eminem's Song Mocks PS5 Shortages
A parody of a song by the famous rapper Eminem appeared online. The spot refers to Christmas and ridicules problems with the availability of PlayStation 5 consoles.
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Bart Swiatek
December 7, 2020
PS5 Pro May Have A Dual GPU
A patent filed by Sony indicates that PS5 Pro with two GPUs is under consideration. The console would offer a significant increase in computing power.
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Paul Musiolik
December 3, 2020
Dirty Spots Are Definitely Not The Black PS5 Users Hoped For
Some owners of Sony's next-gen platform report strange, dirty spots on their console. Worse still, the dirt cannot always be removed.
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Bart Swiatek
December 1, 2020
Single Player Games More Popular Than Ever, Claims Sony's Research
Activities in PS5 are one of the biggest surprises of the console's system. It is a direct response to the ever-increasing popularity of single player games and a solution to their most common problems.
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Paul Musiolik
December 1, 2020
PS5s Differ in Noise Volume Depending on Installed Fan
The editors of French website Les Numeriques have put several PlayStation 5 consoles together and discovered that some PS5 sub-models are equipped with a different, slightly louder fan.
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Bart Swiatek
December 1, 2020
PS5 With Record-breaking Launch in the UK
PlayStation 5 breaks sales records. Information from the UK market shows that Sony's latest console has outbid the great result achieved by PS4 and bested its direct competitor, the Xbox Series X|S.
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Paul Musiolik
December 1, 2020
eBay Battles Offers Selling PS5 Photos
Continuation of the story about PlayStation 5 shortages. This time, unfair users are auctioning console's photos. They hope that those looking for the device will not read the description and make a impulsive purchase. eBay decided to tackle the problem.
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Krzysztof Kaluzinski
November 29, 2020
Sony Blocks PS5 for Selling Access to PS Plus Collection
Thousands of players have been banned and a few PlayStation 5s have lost access to online features in recent days. The reason? Selling access to games from PlayStation Plus Collection by some „resourceful” gamers.
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Jacob Blazewicz
November 28, 2020
PS5 Update Removes Spontaneous Game Uninstallation and Controller Issues
PlayStation 5 received update 20.02-02.26.00. Thanks to it, the console will no longer remove games from the drive without our knowledge. Also problems with charging the controller will disappear.
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Adrian Werner
November 27, 2020
PS5 Shortages Ridiculed in Fan-made Advertising
A short film, prepared by PlayStation fans, who ridicule console shortages, appeared on the web.
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Bart Swiatek
November 26, 2020
PS5 With Best Debut in PlayStation's History
The launch of PS5 was a great success. The device recorded a better debut than any previous PlayStation family console.
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Adrian Werner
November 26, 2020
Scalpers are Buying Up PS5s; Their Stocks Are Bigger Than in Stores
There have been reports of organized groups buying up PS5 consoles to sell them later for profit.
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Tom Borys
November 24, 2020
Coil Whine in Your PS5? You Might Look for A Displaced Sticker
Are you having problems with the volume of PlayStation 5? There's a chance that the discovery of Frank Keienburg from Supercell might help. After dismantling the console the developer found a rather unexpected cause of coil whine.
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Jacob Blazewicz
November 22, 2020
Amazon Customers Get Cat Food and Massage Devices Instead of PS5
Amazon customers report that instead of the PlayStation 5 they receive parcels containing cat food and toys.
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Paul Wozniak
November 20, 2020
HDMI in PS5 Slower Than in Xbox Series X
Info has come to light that the HDMI connection in PlayStation 5 is not fully compliant with the 2.1 standard and has lower bandwidth than Xbox Series X. Is Sony offering a worse cable, or are the console or its software at fault?
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Arkadiusz Strzala
November 20, 2020
„Other” Takes Up to 100 GB of PS5's Storage; What's That and How to Free It?
PlayStation 5 has a relatively small SSD, with sometimes as much as 100GB of SSD being taken up by mysterious 'Other'. As it turns out, there is a simple way to get rid of most of this mysterious data.
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Christian Pieniazek
November 20, 2020