PS5 is Sony's most profitable console gen ever after just 3 years, beating PS4 by over $36 billion in sales
The PS5 is Sony's most profitable PlayStation console generation ever.
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PlayStation Studios Will Continue to Focus on Live Service Games, With Nine Teams Working on Them
PlayStation Studios will continue to focus on live service games in the future, with nine development teams working on them, as opposed to the seven focusing on single-player games with a narrative focus.
Arrowhead's new CEO says the studio 'knew it would be impossible' to keep up with Helldivers 2's demand for new content, is now focussed on adjusting 'so that in the long term we can make more and better stuff'
Following months spent reacting to Helldivers 2's unexpectedly huge success, developer Arrowhead Game Studios recently appointed a new CEO, Shams Jorjani, to replace Johan Pilestedt as part of broader structural changes to the company. Now, Jorjani has taken to reddit to introduce himself to the Helldivers 2 community, and outline the direction for the company going forward.
Helldivers 2 may have triggered a wave of bans for 20,000 Russian and Belarusian Steam accounts
Steam appears to have been cracking down on rule violations recently, particularly towards users who attempt to bypass regional restrictions by the use of VPNs and Steam code and gift reseller sites.
Sony's Senior Vice President says the company's live service games will release 'simultaneously' with PC, but single-player launches are designed to 'bring new players' onto PS5
Sony's policy toward PC has shifted noticeably over the last few years. The publisher has gradually been bringing more of its exclusive titles to PC, and more recently, launching games like Helldivers 2 concurrency on PC and PS5. Now, the company's soon-to-be co-CEO Hermen Hulst has outlined the whys and wherefores of its current strategy, and how we can expect them to approach releases in the future.
Sony Wants PC Players to Play PlayStation Single-Player Narrative Game Sequels on a PlayStation Console
PlayStation live-service titles will release day and date on both PlayStation 5 and PC, PlayStation's upcoming (co)CEO Hermen Hulst has said.
PlayStation State of Play, May 2024: How to watch and what to expect
Sony is off to a fairly strong start in 2024, with games like The Last of Us Part II Remastered, Rise of the Ronin, and Stellar Blade, but the PS5’s lineup for the back half of the year is still shrouded in mystery. Thankfully, a new State of Play stream is imminent. We’re hoping that the 30-minute presentation gives us a new look at Until Dawn’s remake and Firewalk Studios’ multiplayer game Concord, as well as some surprises.
Sony retracts controversial Neil Druckmann interview due to inaccurate quotes
Sony has removed an interview with Naughty Dog’s co-president Neil Druckmann after the Uncharted and The Last of Us creator noted that some of his quotes were inaccurate and misrepresented in the article.