Microsoft’s Xbox Series X|S consoles outsold Sony’s PlayStation 5 in Japan last week.


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Microsoft’s Xbox Series X|S consoles outsold Sony’s PlayStation 5 in Japan last week.
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Sony revealed today the list of games that will be available with its all-new PlayStation Plus plans that are launching in June.
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As part of its quarterly earnings report, Sony announced that it sold just 2 million PlayStation 5 consoles in the most recent quarter.
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Just like Microsoft, Sony is reportedly working with partners to introduce ads in free-to-play games on PlayStation consoles.
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It’s now possible to update the firmware of Sony’s PlayStation 5 DualSense controllers on Windows 10 and Windows 11, no PS5 console required.
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Sony and Nintendo have agreed to follow Microsoft and change their auto-renew practices for gaming subscriptions in the UK.
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Sony is re-launching its PlayStation Plus game subscription service in June to better compete with Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass.
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An Activision Blizzard regulatory filing reveals that the FTC has asked for more information about its proposed acquisition by Microsoft.
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The current-gen version of Grand Theft Auto V is now available for pre-order on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S ahead of its March 15 release, and Rockstar Games is offering up to 75% discounts for a limited time.
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Sony has just taken the wraps of its PlayStation VR2 headset, which is the successor to the original PS VR system released during the previous console generation.
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The much-anticipated next-gen upgrade for Cyberpunk 2077 is launching today on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 consoles, and the new patch 1.5 also introduces several changes to the core gameplay on all platforms.
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Activision's 2022 roadmap for Call of Duty includes a sequel to the 2019 Modern Warfare game and a new Warzone experience, which are both being developed by Infinity Ward.
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Since we’re suddenly very interested in this company, Activision Blizzard earned a net income of $564 million on revenues of $2.16 billion.
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As part of its latest quarterly earnings report, Sony revealed that it sold 3.9 million PlayStation 5 consoles, for a total of 17.3 million.
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In a clear warning to Microsoft, Sony announced Monday that it would acquire Bungie, the game studio that created Halo and Destiny, for $3.6 billion.
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For most of its history in the videogame industry, Sony has wielded its PlayStation-exclusive games as a cudgel against the competition.
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Sony shares fell 13 percent on Wednesday, its biggest drop in over 12 years, thanks to Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard announcement.
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Sony confirmed this week that it will continue making its previous-generation PlayStation 4 console through the end of 2022.
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While Microsoft continues to ignore virtual reality on its own gaming consoles, Sony continues to push forward.
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After spending the past year preventing third parties from doing so, Sony will release PlayStation 5 console covers in 2022.
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Bloomberg reports something we’ve long suspected, that Sony will use some in-house DNA to better take on Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming.
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Microsoft’s Bethesda announced a major update to the recent Quake remaster that targets next-gen consoles.
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Activision this week confirmed that the next Call of Duty title, Call of Duty: Vanguard, will return to the World War II settings of the original games.
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While Microsoft is looking to its cloud-based future for videogame profits, Sony has consistently found them in the console market.
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Sony, like Microsoft, is now claiming that its latest videogame consoles are its fast-selling ever. It has sold over 10 million PlayStation 5s.
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Sony PlayStation 5 can’t. And Nintendon’t. And that’s because Microsoft has a two-year console exclusive on Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.
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During a call with financial analysts, Sony warned that it now expects PlayStation 5 availability problems to continue through the end of 2022.