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Horizon Zero Dawn's price changes signal why consoles are pushing for no discs

Rhys Elliott

10 Oct 2024

Playstation

playstation 5

PlayStation recently launched a remaster of 2017’s Horizon Zero Dawn forPS5 and PC. As part of a specialpromotion from Sony, anyone who already owns the original Horizon Zero Dawn can paya $10 upgrade...

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Sony's $700 PS5 Pro is for superfans – it won’t really grow PlayStation’s playerbase

Rhys Elliott

10 Sep 2024

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xbox

console gaming

Sony just announced its worst-kept secret, the PS5 Pro. It's launching for $700 in November 2024, four years after the debut of the original PS5. Compared to the original, PS5 Pro will offer better visuals...

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Filling in the IP blanks: Sony’s State of Play underlines PlayStation’s family-friendly ambitions and IP strategy

Rhys Elliott

6 Jun 2024

Playstation VR

playstation 5

Sony

Sony’s second State of Play marketing event of 2024 has increased anticipation for the company’s upcoming game releases. The roughly 30-minute presentation advertised 14 games consumers can look forward...

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Why PlayStation’s earnings point to strategy learnings, short-term growth challenges, and brighter horizons

Rhys Elliott

16 May 2024

Playstation

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PlayStation Plus

Sony released its earnings for the 12 months ending March 31, 2024 (FY2023). As always, gaming was Sony’s biggest vertical and the heart of its cross-media strategy . Revenues grew +17% in FY2023 to...

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PlayStation’s Helldivers 2 fiasco underlines that publishers should nudge gamers, not push them

Rhys Elliott

10 May 2024

playstation 5

Sony

helldivers 2

Helldivers 2 is one of the most popular games of the year so far and has been PlayStation’s biggest PC and live-service success story to date. But PlayStation drew the ire of the game’s PC fanbase...

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Steam is the unlikely winner of the modern console wars – for now

Rhys Elliott

4 Apr 2024

xbox

playstation 5

Sony

Thanks to console manufacturers and third-party publishers moving content to Steam, Valve now boasts one of the most diverse AAA offerings on the market, benefitting from new strategies adopted by Xbox...

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What PlayStation 5 Tells Us About Sony's Trajectory

Karol Severin

12 Jun 2020

Games

gaming

playstation 5

PlayStation put on an impressive showcase of 20+ upcoming titles, culminating in presenting the design of its new console, PlayStation 5, due to launch later this year. Though no launch date, price or...

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

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...

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