Samsung/CNET Upgrading your home entertainment system is easy with a top-notch soundbar. With Prime Day just around the corner on July 16-17, now is the perfect time to grab one of our favorite soundbars. Take advantage of these fantastic Prime Day early deals to transform your living room into a home theater with incredible savings. … Read more
Despite the question marks over its profitability, Microsoft repeatedly assured journalists and consumers that its business model was solid and not supported by the obscene wealth of its parent company. This despite the fact that it switched to a financial reporting strategy that obscured the true nature of its numbers and focused on revenues rather … Read more
Was the PS5 a bad idea? (Sony/Metro) A reader suggests that Sony would have been better off releasing a more advanced PS4 Pro rather than starting the current generation with the PS5. We’ve had a lot of disgruntled PlayStation 5 owners writing in lately, but the one that caught my attention was last week’s Reader’s … Read more
Was the PS5 a bad idea? (Sony/Metro) A reader suggests that Sony would have been better off releasing a more advanced PS4 Pro rather than starting the current generation with the PS5. We’ve had a lot of disgruntled PlayStation 5 owners writing to us lately, but the one that caught my attention was last week’s … Read more
Former president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Shawn Layden, began predicting the current, apocalyptic state of the video game industry in 2020. In a piece of conventional wisdom that industry watchers will often cite, Layden himself says it wasn’t a remarkable achievement gathered by observational trend lines over decades. He even made some suggestions … Read more
Summer Game Fest 2024 has officially started, and as part of the Summer Play Days I got hands-on with the upcoming action-adventure game, Phantom Blade Zerowhich I wiped away. First shown at the 2023 PlayStation Showcase event, Phantom Blade Zero wowed audiences with its fluid, fast-paced action that honestly looked too good to be true, … Read more
After The state of PlayStation, we now have a good look at many of the PS5’s upcoming titles. Your mileage may vary depending on what the setup looks like, but the recurring question is where all the PS5 games are has not yet been fully answered. Some of the biggest games in the showcase were … Read more
Sony has announced details of a firmware roadmap for the BURANO. BURANO version 1.1 and version 2.0 will be released in the coming year. According to Sony, these updates will bring a host of new shooting modes, support for live event production, and a host of other improvements based on user feedback. Version 1.1, expected … Read more
Neil Druckmann is probably not too happy with Sony (Frederic J. Brown / AFP/Getty) After Neil Druckmann called out Sony for inaccuracies in a published interview, the company has now apologized to the co-creator of The Last Of Us. While you’d expect developer interviews published on official company platforms to be rigorously vetted to iron … Read more
Image: Push Square Sony has just held a business strategy meeting to outline its plans for the company’s future, but it’s a separate interview with PlayStation Productions boss Asad Qizilbash that caught our attention. You may remember Qizilbash from a few PlayStation events that took place a few years ago: a clearly charismatic speaker who … Read more