Get this 55-inch Sony 4K TV for $450 at Best Buy
It may finally be time for an upgrade with the 55-inch Sony X75K 4K TV, which you can currently purchase from Best Buy for just $450 following a $50 discount.
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Beats Studio 3 vs Sony WH-1000XM4: Are they still worth buying?
These last-gen headphones often go on sale, making them a great value. Let’s determine which ones are right for you.
Studio Working on Secret PlayStation Game Hit by Layoffs as Sony Reevaluates Portfolio
Deviation Games is working on an exclusive game with PlayStation but has implemented layoffs amidst Sony reevaluating its portfolio.
Sony is shutting down PixelOpus, the studio behind ‘Concrete Genie’
PixelOpus, a small in-house studio within PlayStation Studios, is closing down next month. In a statement to Engadget, a PlayStation representative confirmed, “PlayStation Studios regularly evaluates its portfolio and the status of studio projects to ensure they meet the organization’s short and long-term strategic objectives. As part of a recent review process, it has been decided that PixelOpus will close on June 2.” Earlier today, the studio tweeted that its “adventure has come to an end.” The developer of imaginative passion projects Concrete Genie and Entwined, PixelOpus had reportedly been working on a new PS5 game with Sony Pictures Animation.
The Santa Mateo-based studio was founded in 2014 under the Sony Interactive Entertainment umbrella in response to the surprise success of indie studio thatgamecompany’s Journey on the PS3. PixelOpus’ two games strived for the same kinds of original ideas: Entwined was a dual-stick rhythm game with a distinct art style about a blue bird and orange fish soaring through the cosmos, while Concrete Genie is a story about using street art to stand up to bullying. Engadget’s Andrew Tarantola found the latter a “surprisingly pleasant and laid-back experience.”
Dear friends, our PixelOpus adventure has come to an end. As we look to new futures, we wanted to say a heartfelt thank you to the millions of passionate players who have supported us, and our mission to make beautiful, imaginative games with heart.
We are so grateful! ❤️🙏 pic.twitter.com/rQO2Cgvhnq— PixelOpus (@Pixelopus) May 5, 2023
Sadly, it’s often the experimental studios with outside-the-box ideas that are first on the chopping block when mega-corporation parent companies look to cut costs. Although PixelOpus will soon be gone, the original and stylistic Concrete Genie remains available on the PlayStation Store for $30.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/sony-is-shutting-down-pixelopus-the-studio-behind-concrete-genie-210303026.html?src=rss
Sony promises more PC ports, so Bloodborne’s only a matter of time, right?
Sony has confirmed that it plans to bring more of its games to PC in the future, notably because its games are doing quite well on computers.
Since 2020 Sony has been steadily adding some of its biggest titles to PC, finally catching up with the times in making its games more accessible to a broader range of players. That all started with Horizon Zero Dawn, with games like God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man, and The Last of Us Part 1 coming to PC further down the line. As part of Sony’s recent FY2022 financial report, Sony also confirmed that it plans to continue releasing its games on PC, which isn’t surprising in the slightest because it’s making plenty of money through the process (thanks, PCGamer).
In the report, Sony notes that it plans to release Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 this year, a title currently without a release date, and it also wrote of its plans to continue making new IP, as well as “rolling out catalogue titles for PC.” The line does make it sound like it still won’t have its games launch simultaneously on console and PC, but it’s something I guess.
Sony tops 38.4 million in PS5 sales with a record-breaking fiscal year
Despite a slow start due to supply constraints, Sony has managed to pull off a win with the PlayStation 5. The best-selling home console has sold 38.4 million units since launch, doubling Microsoft’s Xbox Series X|S sales of 18.5 million and smashing all quarterly records by moving 6.2 million PS5s…
Sony Closes In On 40 Million PS5s Sold
Sony says it sold a total of 38.4 million PlayStation 5 consoles, according to the company’s latest earnings release. In the first three months of the year, it shipped 6.3 million units — “more than triple what the company shipped in the same quarter the previous year (2 million),” reports The Verge. From the report: On the software side things were more mixed, Bloomberg notes. Revenue from game software was up overall, but units shipped fell from 70.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 to 68 million in the same quarter of 2022. PlayStation Network monthly active users were up slightly from 106 million to 108 million, but the number of PlayStation Plus subscribers were flat at 47.4 million.
This disparity partly reflects the lack of major first-party games releases in the quarter. But there are also concerns that the PS5’s earlier hardware supply issues are having a knock on effect on software sales and subscriptions, which are important if the company wants to build a “virtuous cycle” of mutually reinforcing console and game sales. CNBC notes that the company reported an operating profit of a record 1.21 trillion yen (around $8.9 billion) for the year, with revenue in the quarter rising 35 percent to 3.06 trillion yen (around $22.5 billion).
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Sony confirms more PC ports are coming, because it’s making a ton of money
Sony reaffirmed that it will continue to release first-party games on PC, and it’s not hard to see why.
Sony says Triller has admitted it owes the major $4,574,250
Sony Music has told a US court that video-sharing app Triller has conceded that outstanding payments are due under its former licensing agreement with the major and that – as of 4 Apr – $4,574,250 is owed. To that end, Sony’s lawyers are requesting that the court issue a final judgement on the breach of […]
PlayStation VR2 Will Soon Be Available at Local Retailers, Sony Says
Sony has announced that the PlayStation VR2 will be coming to local retailers, but stopped short of giving the exact date of when they’ll be in stock.