Sony AI Could Do Amazing Things for PlayStation

Sony has announced Sony AI, its new R&D AI division. This new…

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Leak Suggests $499 PlayStation 5 Could Launch A Year From Today

New leak marks Nov. 20, 2020 as PlayStation 5 launch date. Sony…

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5 Lessons PlayStation Now Needs to Learn from Xbox Game Pass

Xbox Game Pass is a great service, as evidenced by its user base. PSNow has struggled to compete. There are at least five lessons PSNow could take away from Game Pass. Xbox Game Pass is a pretty stellar service.

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MediEvil’s Poor Reception Could Derail PlayStation 1 Nostalgia Wave

MediEvil has had a pretty lukewarm reception from many critics. Despite its current place at #5 on the PlayStation 4 sales charts, it seems likely that the sales may drop off sharply. This poor reception and possible poor sales could cause a lack of faith in the PS1 remake market.

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This Sony patent could mean the PlayStation 5 will actually be the PlayStation V

Sony Interactive Entertainment reportedly filed a recent patent for what appears to be a new gaming console, complete with drawings indicating it will have a radical design featuring a V-shaped indent on top.

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How Trump's Trade War Could Decimate the PlayStation

The Sony PlayStation 5 launch remains at least a year away, but speculation over its price point has already become a hot topic among gamers. One Swedish retailer appears to be already taking PlayStation 5 pre-orders at a jaw-dropping price of more than $1,000, while some industry analysts believe that the console will be priced […] The post How Trump's Trade War Could Decimate the PlayStation appeared first on CCN Markets

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PlayStation 5 Will Be Dead on Arrival with Sony's 'Hardcore Gamer' Strategy

Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter recently painted a wild price tag on Sony’s next-generation PlayStation 5 console. He said that the Japanese giant could price the successor to the PlayStation 4 at a whopping $800.

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Xbox Two Could Thrash Sony PS5 in the Next Round of the Console Wars

By CCN: Sony’s PlayStation 4 dominated this round of the console wars, leaving Microsoft’s Xbox One in second place year after year. The lifetime sales of the PS4 just crossed 94 million, while the Xbox One is way behind with just over 42 million in sales since launch.

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Sony reveals the PS5 will come with an SSD and PS4 compatibility

So it begins: after months of rumors and speculation, the first details of the next-generation PlayStation console have finally come to light. In addition to the predictable nuts-and-bolts updates, we have new information on the most desirable upgrades, namely that the new console will be fully backwards compatible.

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How to mess with the PlayStation Classic’s hidden settings using only a USB keyboard

We need to update the infinite monkey theorem. This states that a monkey hitting keys on a typewriter will eventually type out a complete published text, you know, like Hamlet or something. Things are different these days.

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Sony’s cartridge patent raises questions about the PS5 (and the Vita)

A recently-discovered patent implies Sony might be working on a new kind of game cartridge. Whether this is an idea for its upcoming console, tentatively called the PlayStation 5, or an as-yet-unknown successor to the poor old PlayStation Vita, we don’t know — but it’s also possible it could be both.

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Sony warns gamers could lose saves, progress, DLC access after changing PSN name

When Sony revealed earlier this year it was working on a way for PlayStation gamers to change their IDs after 12 years, most — including us — were excited about the prospect. Now, as more details surfaced this week about exactly how name changes will work, it’s got use more than a little nervous.

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Sony will finally let you change your PlayStation ID

Sony officially announced that, after twelve years and countless user requests, it’s finally allowing users to change their PlayStation Network names. It’s opening the feature to the PlayStation Preview program so certain users can test it.

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