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With companies like Sony struggling badly in the consumer electronics market, it's interesting to see that one area where the CEO does not want to back away from is 4K TVs. As 3D interest cools (awaiting the next instalment in the Cameron blockbusting Avatar series for renewed energy), 4K looks …

Sony Corp. on Thursday said it would implement additional reform measures to return its TV business to profitability. The company said it would shift its focus on high-margin premium-class TV-sets, including those with 4K resolution and will continue to cut-down its costs. The latter will effect in optimizations, outsourcing and …

Although Steve Jobs always wanted to build his own universe around Apple and its products, he carefully examined devices made by other companies and in many cases liked them. One of the companies he admired was Sony, so, he frequently visited its headquarters, looked at new products and shared his …

Sony Corp. and Japan Industrial Partners on Thursday announced that they have entered into a memorandum of understanding under which Sony plans to sell its PC business currently operated under the Vaio brand to the JIP investment fund. The terms of the deal are expected to be concluded next month …

Sony Corp. may sell its money-losing PC business to a Japanese investment fund, according to a local news-paper. The new owner of the unit will likely retain the Vaio brand, but will have to completely reorganize the business in order to become profitable. Nikkei daily news-paper reported this week that …

Nintendo's latest quarterly financial results came in just last week adding to the company's recent string of losses but Sony UK boss, Fergal Gara, feels that if the gaming giant falls it could be “detrimental to the market”. Talking to Trusted Reviews, the Sony executive explained that no other major …

It is known that leading makers of personal computers are reducing their shipments goals for the year. Since lower targets mean higher prices of manufacturing (due to increased costs of components), it is logical to expect certain PC makers to consolidate in order to become more competitive. According to unofficial …

The first rumours about a virtual reality helmet for the PlayStation 4 emerged well before the announcement of the console last February, however, they did not look really credible since nothing particular was known about the system. However, since then they have not only re-emerged, but have now even been …

Sony Corp. this week acquired a semiconductor manufacturing facility from Renesas Electronics which, among other things, makes Nintendo “Latte” graphics processing unit with 32MB eDRAM cache that is used inside Nintendo Wii U game console. While there are long-term supply agreements in place, over time Nintendo may lose the supply …

Top notebook PC manufacturers have reduced their 2014 shipment estimates as the market faces some challenges on both the supply and demand fronts. It is not a secret that media and business tablets are cannibalizing sales of traditional notebooks. Meanwhile, Intel Corp. delayed shipments of its low-power Core i-series “Broadwell” …

Rumours about possible Xbox One with lowered price-tag emerged well before the launch of the game console itself. Now, less than three months after the console hit the market, they returned. According to unofficial information, Microsoft Corp. is working on a version of Xbox One that would match the price …

With the release of new-generation consoles, interest towards the previous-generation systems drops rapidly among core gamers. Nonetheless, platform owners continue to sell outdated systems for some time after that. An executive from a leading game publisher believes that the current-gen PS3 and Xbox 360 will stay on the market for …

The mysterious “V1” device which Amazon reportedly demonstrated late last year behind closed doors may be its video game console, which is due later this year, according to unofficial information. In case the information is correct, then Amazon may become an arch-rival for Microsoft Corp., Nintendo and Sony Corp. later …

Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox One does not have as powerful graphics processing unit (GPU) as Sony PlayStation 4 does. Moreover, it actually reserves 10% of GPU performance for needs of Kinect 2 motion sensor. A new patch for Xbox One is anticipated to cease reserving GPU horsepower for Kinect and boost …

Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday reported its financial results for the fourth quarter as well as for the while fiscal year 2013. Thanks to sales of chips for video game consoles, such as Microsoft Xbox One and Sony PlayStation 4, the company managed to return to profitability and boost its …

Since the initial launch period, we haven't really heard of any problems on either the Xbox One or Playstation 4 but now a pretty worrying PS4 error has surfaced and it seems to be spreading and affecting a lot of users. Many users are suffering from Error CE-34878-0, if you …

It's no secret that the PS Vita hasn't enjoyed the same level of success that the original PSP had, there's very few games for the hand-held and sale figures are often disappointing.  So why has this happened?  Sony UK Managing Director, Fergal Gara, has an explanation: “In all honesty, higher sales …

Despite all the buzz regarding 4K ultra-high-definition format in general and UHD televisions in particular, Kazuo Hirai, chief executive officer of Sony Corp., believes that the technology is years away from becoming a mainstream one. Nonetheless, he is already thinking about time when 4K TVs become commodity and his company …

It's no secret that Sony bought the Gaikai streaming service a while back and that we would see the streaming service return some time after the Playstation 4's release but I don't think many people expected an announcement so soon. Sony has just announced its new Playstation Now service which …

Sony Corp. said on Wednesday that global cumulative shipments of its latest PlayStation 4 video game consoles have reached 4.2 million as of December 28, 2013. With sales of the PS4, the company has already beaten sales of PlayStation 3 during the launch window and will likely exceed its initial …

If you've been living in China for the past near decade and a half, you'll have been restricted to PC gaming as your main source of video-game entertainment, since console sales were completely illegal. However it now looks like – temporarily at least – China has lifted its ban on …

Sony managed to design a pretty powerful console in the PlayStation 4. High performance and a friendly approach to game developers are expected to result in higher sales of the system compared to its competitors – and it's already resulted in that. But by how much? According to an analyst …

Crank up the rumour mill folks, it's time for a doozy. According to some unnamed sources (who as usual, are within a reasonably proximity to the situation at hand) over at The Information, Microsoft might be teaming up with Sony for its next Windows based smartphone. Why would Sony high-five …

Despite probably containing the biggest number of devkit and prototype versions throughout the console's development – since Sony is based in Japan – the PlayStation 4 still has yet to launch there. With the release date looming however, Sony has begun to hype up the marketing and has now debuted …

Sony is going to start shutting down online support for a few of its older first party Playstation 3 titles throughout 2014. Starting on the 28th of January, MAG along with two PlayStation 3 SOCOM games, Special Forces and Confrontation, will be the first titles to go and since neither MAG or SOCOM have offline …

Did you think the Xbox One was expensive at launch? Well, it was and is, but it's far from the worst culprit on the chart this Redditor put together, listing all of the consoles from the past near four decades and adjusting their prices for inflation. Without scrolling down, take …

Sony is sending out emails to users across the world recommending that they change their passwords. Two members of staff at The Verge received these warning emails, which included the following statement from Sony: “The Sony Entertainment Network team routinely monitors for any irregular activity, and if such activity is …

If you didn't know I'm sorry to break the news to you, but the next Gran Turismo game is going to have micro-transactions. That's right if you want to you can play the game as usual and earn your way to the newer cars, or you can just pay to …

If you thought that Sony was off to a good start because it has already sold over two million of its PlayStation 4s, apparently you ‘aint seen nothing yet. According to analyst Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities, the PS4 is going to continue selling at a rate of around a …

Sony looks to have firmly secured round one in this heavyweight matchup between previously next-gen, now current-gen consoles, managing to sell over 2.1 million consoles since its launch earlier this month. While Microsoft's Xbox One hasn't had quite as long to sell in the US, it's been available in more …