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This time last year, Sony revealed that it had managed to sell over 50 million PS4s so far this generation. This announcement closely followed the launches of the PS4 Pro and PSVR, so how has Sony's hardware been doing since then? Well unsurprisingly, it is still selling at an incredibly …

Although Sony has revealed quite a lot of exclusives throughout 2017, padded out through events such as E3 and its Paris Games Week, it has one more event to close out the year. PlayStation Experience 2017 lands on December 9th, and Sony has announced its full line-up of what to …

Sony is cooking up a brand new rewards scheme, offering any PlayStation Network user the potential to earn discounts on its PlayStation Store. This is done by earning trophies in-game, but as you might expect, there are a few catches to begin with. Firstly, users must link their PSN account …

Sony teased its PlayStation Paris Games Week conference last week by stating that “E3 was only half the story” in a Tweet. It seems that the post was telling the truth, as an overwhelming amount of release dates, trailers, DLC and new titles have now been revealed, including The Last …

Although Sony and Nintendo are undoubtedly rivals, but the two firms aren’t strangers to collaboration from time to time. While it’s unlikely that we will see any strange hybrid consoles again any time soon, Sony has revealed a new studio dedicated to innovative Switch games alongside its first entry. In …

Sony has announced that it is going to be releasing a new revision of its PlayStation VR headset. The new version includes some overall design tweaks and an improved processor unit, paving the way for HDR support. Sony confirmed the new version of PlayStation VR over on its blog. Here …

Nintendo has arguably reinvigorated the handheld gaming market this year with the launch of the Nintendo Switch. The two-in-one console is already getting a ton of third-party support from big publishers but it seems that Nintendo will be free to go uncontested, as Sony is still uninterested in pushing back …

Virtual reality walks the line between an innovative, immersive piece of technology and a passing fad, namely due to the lack of content in comparison to the higher-end price point. Although prices are slowly coming down, Sony are intent to get ahead of the curve, with the company “doubling down” …

330TB of uncompressed data all squeezed on to a cartridge that can fit in the palm of your hand. This is just the beginning too, IBM reckons it can double capacity in just a couple of years.

Those of you who own a PlayStation 4 and like to play online from time to time will soon find it more expensive to do so. Today, Sony began sending out emails to PlayStation Plus subscribers in Europe to inform them that as of the 31st of August, a 25 …

Last year, Sony expanded PlayStation Now compatibility to include Windows PC, effectively paving the way for PC-only gamers to enjoy some of last generation's console exclusive games, like The Last of Us, or Infamous. Now this week, Sony is expanding PlayStation Now even further, with plans to add 50 PS4 …

Sony had two masterful E3 presentations in a row over the course of 2015 and 2016. Unfortunately, at some point you will run out of things to show and it seems that Sony felt that this year. The Sony E3 press conference took place last night and while it was …

E3 is consistently the most exciting time of the year for gamers everywhere and this year should be no different. The event kicks off in just a handful of days, so if you want to tune in to any of the major conferences to catch the announcements live, then look no …

With the launch of the Nintendo Switch, we are starting to see a resurgence of interest in handheld gaming. This has given hope to some of Sony's dedicated Vita fans but unfortunately, it doesn't seem like Sony is planning on getting back into the handheld arena any time soon. At …

It looks like Sony’s efforts to bring virtual reality to consoles has been paying off as more than one million PlayStation VR headsets have been sold since launch back in October, despite the lack of big game launches outside of Farpoint and Resident Evil VII. The new milestone was reached …

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It looks like things are still going strong over at Sony's PlayStation division as the PS4 had its best year yet, with 20 million consoles shipped between April 1st 2016 and March 31st 2017. In all, the Sony ‘gaming' division (consoles, software, online services) managed to increase sales by more …

Sony has had its PlayStation Now service available for quite some time and over the years the service has been thrown onto plenty of devices, from Samsung and Sony smart TVs, to PS4/PS3/Vita and PC. Unfortunately, it looks like that list of compatible devices is going to get a lot …

To celebrate the upcoming launch of action adventure game, Nier: Automota, Sony is launching a special edition of its PlayStation 4 console with a creepy looking cover. The large, smiling, moon face covers one whole side panel of the console and comes with a downloadable wallpaper to make the carpet …

It looks like Microsoft isn't the only bearer of bad news this week as it turns out that Sony has made the decision to close down Guerrilla Cambridge, the UK branch of Guerrilla Games as part of a restructuring of its European studios. All of the employees will be laid …

When it comes to mobile gaming, Sony's efforts have been hit and miss. The PS Vita handheld rarely gets any attention these days and as far as smartphone games go, Sony actually shut down its PlayStation Mobile division last year to help cut costs. However, with Nintendo starting to succeed …

During the build up to No Man's Sky's launch, a lot of the marketing push came from interviews with Sean Murray, the game's director. Unfortunately, once the game came out, a lot of people felt like the game was over promised and ultimately under-delivered. It turns out that even Sony …

While the PS4 Pro is Sony's biggest announcement in recent months, it did reveal a minor detail during the debut of that generation-and-a-half system: that all PS4s would soon support HDR lighting. It will come as part of a firmware update in the near future, presumably around the November launch …

We have been hearing about the codenamed PS4 Neo since as far back as March of this year but today, Sony made the console official. The original PS4 will now be repackaged and sold as a cheaper slim model, meanwhile, the PS4 Pro will enter the scene, offering a twice …

Around eight years ago, a man named Vincent Deroo-Blanquart set out to buy a Sony laptop in France for €549. Like most laptops, it came with Windows pre-installed, something that he wasn't planning on using, so he contacted Sony to see if he could get a refund for the software. …

The PlayStation 4 Slim leaked a few weeks ago now and despite the mountain of evidence, there are still those who don't beleive that the leaked console is real. Some think its 3D-printed, others think it is possibly an early prototype rather than the final product. However, another peice of …

Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation Neo exists but so far, it has also avoided talking much about it or showing it off publicly. However, it looks like Sony might finally be ready as a report this week is claiming that the PlayStation Neo will be officially revealed on the …

While Sony has been struggling in other areas recently, the company has been able to rely on its PlayStation division for profit, which is now responsible for 58 percent of Sony’s operating income. Besides that, the PS4 has now passed another milestone with 43.5 million consoles shipped. This is according …

One of the biggest debacles of the last-generation of consoles was the way Sony handled its Other-OS feature. After cracks were found in the console's security, it pulled the feature entirely, leading to a lawsuit that has lasted six years. Now though it's coming to a close and if the …

The hackers behind the recent attack on a Bangladeshi bank that saw over $81 million siphoned away, may have also been responsible for the 2014 attack on Sony's servers, which has previously been blamed on North Korea. The anti-malware company behind this latest claim, also believes the group was behind …