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The Last of Us – when games meet video

Blog post by Sam Griffin

26 Jan 2023

The HBO Original production of Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us is solidifying the foundations of modern expectations for games video crossovers. With the games market increasingly saturated and seemingly...

Can afforfable MOCAP help with VR adoption?

Blog post by Sam Griffin

16 Dec 2022

Sony

MOCAP

Avatar

Motion capture (MOCAP) has been synonymous with big-budget productions such as Avatar and The Lord of The Rings since their respective releases. Sony hopes to change that. Sony’s January 2023 release...

Will PlayStation Tournaments deliver on Sony’s hopes?

Blog post by Perry Gresham

9 Dec 2022

Playstation

competitive gaming

multiplayer

PlayStation recently announced “ PlayStation Tournaments ”, a new on-console tournaments platform designed to centralise events. Participants can enter a range of tournaments and win prizes based on...

PlayStation and Xbox exchange PR blows amid the Activision deal approval process

Blog post by Karol Severin

19 Aug 2022

Playstation

xbox

Activision

Sony and Xbox exchanged PR salvos last week as Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision came under regulatory scrutiny in Brazil. Within it, companies got an opportunity to comment on the impacts of the...

PlayStation Plus overhaul: a defensive catch-up move, or foundation for growth offensive?

Blog post by Karol Severin

9 Dec 2021

Playstation

xbox game pass

games subscriptions

According to Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter, Sony plans to weave PlayStation Now (its on-demand games streaming offering) into PlayStation Plus (subscription necessary to access multiplayer...

More consumers intend to buy PS5 than Xbox Series X, but both companies will be content with their trajectory

Blog post by Karol Severin

16 Oct 2020

xbox

Playstation

games consoles

With both PS5 and Xbox Series X having sold out their pre-order stock, the winter holiday race is heating up. Following Microsoft’s acquisition of ZeniMax Media, we wrote that the acquisition is unlikely...

Microsoft’s Zenimax acquisition is about the future of Games Pass more than console sales

Blog post by Karol Severin

30 Sep 2020

Games

games consoles

Zenimax

With the acquisition of ZeniMax Media, Microsoft is gaining an important content asset for its portfolio – Bethesda’s games. And while the timing of the announcement certainly won’t make Sony too...

Sony buys stake in Epic Games: Small equity, large impact

Blog post by Karol Severin

13 Jul 2020

Games

Epic Games

Sony

Sony has made a strategic investment of $250 million to acquire a minority stake in Epic Games. According to Venture Beat , Sony will own 1.4% of the company, valuing Epic Games at $17.86 billion. While...

Dealing with Crises During The Crisis Is a Part Of New Normal

Blog post by Karol Severin

2 Jun 2020

call of duty

crisis management

Games

Sony , EA , and Activision were among companies to postpone marketing events and product release efforts in light of the current protests against police brutality and racism in the United States. The current...

Quick take: Games companies try discounts, delays, and self-disruption

Blog post by Karol Severin

7 Apr 2020

amazon games

Games

Amazon might delay games streaming service launch to 2021 The New York Times has reported that Amazon’s games streaming proposition (now deemed Project Tempo) may be delayed to 2021 due to coronavirus....

The COVID Bounce: How COVID-19 is Reshaping Entertainment Demand

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

27 Mar 2020

amazon music

Amazon Prime

apple tv

The economic disruption and social dislocation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is not evenly distributed. Some business face catastrophe, while others thrive. Across the entertainment industries the same...

Things to Watch Out for at E3 2019

Blog post by Karol Severin

3 Jun 2019

consoles

exclusive games

E3 is approaching fast, and it’s shaping up to come out with a number of announcements which will significantly impact the games landscape as the platform- and device-agnostic games streaming revolution...

Games Console Incumbents Sony and Microsoft Join Forces Against Tech Majors’ Entrance to Games Streaming

Blog post by Karol Severin

17 May 2019

cloud-gaming

Games

games industry

The enemy of my enemy is my friend – a phrase that nicely sums up the latest major development in games streaming and the console gaming industry. “ Sony and (Microsoft) announced on Thursday that...

Can PlayStation 5 Compete Successfully Amid the Coming Games-Streaming Disruption?

Blog post by Karol Severin

2 May 2019

Games

gaming

Playstation

As Mark Cerny, the lead system architect of PlayStation, implied in an exclusive interview with Wired , PS5 is coming likely in fall 2020 – and it is not just meant to be a mere upgrade of the PS4. The...

‘Hard Drive Share’ As A Strategic Weapon For Console Publishers (Until Streaming Kicks Off)

Blog post by Karol Severin

2 Nov 2018

console games

console games strategy

game developers

As you could tell from the social media frenzy about having to delete other games to accommodate the new Red Dead Redemption 2 (RDR2) release, hard drive space is a real issue for many console gamers,...

Why Sony Can (And Should) Play The Walled Garden Game

Blog post by Karol Severin

15 Jun 2018

cross-platform

Fortnite

Games

The majority of the gaming industry is pro cross-platform gaming and truly sees it as the natural evolution of the industry. Sony, however, is retaining the walled garden model as manifested by the recent...

Quick Take: Will PlayStation’s growing VR games catalogue move the needle for its VR hardware?

Blog post by Karol Severin

1 Nov 2017

Games

Playstation

Playstation VR

We have written on the potential of VR in the past , specifically about our concern that gaming VR headsets will not take off en masse, until there is content mix compelling enough to justify device price...

Why Oculus Rift Will Struggle in its UK Launch

Blog post by Zach Fuller

22 Sep 2016

facebook

htc

oculus rift

Four years after its near-mythical Kickstarter campaign introduced the name Oculus Rift into the consciousness of virtual reality believers worldwide, the headset finally launches in the UK this week....