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Sony says its PlayStation Plus three-tier overhaul has “surpassed our expectations” and that the $160/year Premium tier has grown 18% in the past 12 months

Sony kicks off PS Plus' 15th anniversary by chatting with Game File about the past, present and future …

Sony reports Q4 revenue down 24% YoY to ~$17.7B, PlayStation 5 units sold in FY 24 down 11% YoY to 18.5M, and expects a ~$700M impact from US tariffs in FY 25

Silicon Valley Is Coming for the Pentagon's $1 Trillion Budget  —  The Trump administration wants startups to remake the US military …

An interview with Shuhei Yoshida, who led PlayStation Studios from 2008-2019 and left Sony on January 15, on his 31 years at PlayStation, early days, and more

Shu Yoshida has graduated.  He just completed 38 years at Sony, including 31 years at PlayStation, and he completed …

Take-Two estimates that 94M+ current generation consoles, excluding Nintendo Switch, were sold as of November 2024, implying sales of ~28.5M for Xbox Series X/S

Sales figures from Take-Two have unintentionally revealed the divide between the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, and it isn't looking good for Microsoft.

Netflix shut down AAA game studio “Team Blue”, which hired industry veterans and seemed set to pursue a big-budget multi-device strategy, amid a gaming shake-up

The SoCal studio boasted senior veterans from Halo, God of War and Overwatch  —  One of Netflix's most intriguing video game studios is no more.

The problem with Xbox's new vision isn't that it is moving away from console-exclusive games, but that its release strategy is confusing and inconsistent

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg :

The problem with Xbox's new vision isn't that it's moving away from console-exclusive games, but that its release strategy is confusing and inconsistent

Hi everyone.  Today we're trying to figure out just what the heck Xbox is doing, but first...  - Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz was really into Dreamcast

Q&A with ex-PlayStation boss Shawn Layden about his support for Web3 gaming company Readygg, blockchain games, mass layoffs, AI, controlling costs, and more

Xbox debuts a strike-based enforcement program, to improve “player transparency” and clear up confusion; eight strikes over six months results in a one-year ban

Xbox debuts a strike-based enforcement program, to improve “player transparency” and clear up confusion; eight strikes over six months results in a one-year ban

Ash Parrish / The Verge :

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says he does not “feel an imperative” from users to release a major Xbox upgrade, preferring instead the “hardware we have”

Microsoft Corp.'s video gaming chief Phil Spencer said he doesn't “feel an imperative” to come out with a major upgrade of its Xbox game console.

Microsoft plans to bring select games on PC Game Pass to Nvidia GeForce Now in the coming months, letting users stream games with RTX 4080 levels of performance

Tom Warren / The Verge :

Sources: Microsoft's legal team expects the UK CMA to oppose the Activision deal, which may show a new antitrust enforcement alignment across the US, UK, and EU

New York Times :

Microsoft plans to update all Xbox Series X and S consoles to an energy-saving Shutdown mode by default and is working on a smarter Sleep mode for active hours

Microsoft is planning to switch Xbox Series X and S owners over to an energy-saving power mode in a bid for sustainability and cost savings.

Sony unveils Project Leonardo, a PS5 accessibility controller kit with circular gamepads, for use on its own or with DualSense; pricing and release are TBC

Sony is building a better PlayStation 5 controller with Project Leonardo, a kit that promises to make games easier to play for people with limited motor control.

Sony and Tencent's Sixjoy acquire 14.09% and 16.25% of Elden Ring game studio FromSoftware, respectively; FromSoftware's parent company Kadokawa retains 69.66%

Chris Scullion / Video Games Chronicle :

Court docs in Brazil show Microsoft sold approximately 58.5M Xbox One units in total, or half of the PS4's 117.2M sales; Microsoft has long hidden sales figures

A high-profile case is ongoing in Brazil, as Microsoft attempts to defend its Activision Blizzard acquisition from CADE, the Brazilian competition authority.

In documents filed with Brazil's competition regulator, Microsoft says Sony pays for “blocking rights” to “prevent developers from adding content to Game Pass”

Tom Warren / The Verge :

Microsoft reports Q4 revenue up 12% YoY to $51.87B, net income up 2% YoY to $16.7B, Azure up 40% YoY, and LinkedIn up 26% YoY

REDMOND, Wash. — July 26, 2022 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal y...

In a bid to appease lawmakers and regulators, Microsoft outlines 11 app store principles, including equal treatment and allowing third-party payment processing

Microsoft hints it will open up Xbox store, changing its entire business model The Economic Times : Microsoft unveils new app store guidelines as it woos regulators on deal Financi...