This PlayStation Microtransactions Patent Sees Sony Going Full Evil

Sony's new PlayStation patent could arm publishers with their most powerful microtransaction tool to date. The post This PlayStation Microtransactions Patent Sees Sony Going Full Evil appeared first on CCN.com

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Microsoft’s Xbox Series X Strategy Could Give Sony an Easy Win

The Xbox Series X strategy fits into the larger idea of getting people to buy and play any Microsoft game, not just the consoles. It could also mean that Microsoft has handed Sony an easy win, helping it to get huge PS5 sales.

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Could Stubborn Sony Really Nintendo Switch-On PlayStation Remote Play?

PS4 Remote Play is already a pretty useful feature, but could it be about to get even more useful? Possibly so according to one user survey leaked by a user over on Reddit. The post Could Stubborn Sony Really Nintendo Switch-On PlayStation Remote Play? appeared first on CCN.com

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Hot New Rumor Hints at Late February PS5 Announcement Date

Sony PlayStation fans are eager to learn more about the its next-generation console, the PS5 and it could be revealed in its entirety in February. The post Hot New Rumor Hints at Late February PS5 Announcement Date appeared first on CCN.com

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How Sony Could ‘Future-Proof’ the PS5 with One Epic Feature

The PlayStation 5 is rumored to have six critical features - but Sony only needs one to "future-proof" the PS5 forever. The post How Sony Could ‘Future-Proof’ the PS5 with One Epic Feature appeared first on CCN.com

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PS5 Launch Could Include Japan. Here’s Why That’s a Bummer

This could be great for Japanese gamers and Sony, but it may not be as good for gamers in Europe and the United States. It could potentially lead to huge shortages when PS5 launches during the 2020 holiday season.

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Sony’s Car Points to a Future of Machine-to-Machine Crypto Payments

Could Sony's sensor-laden car be the future of blockchain-based mobility?

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Sony’s PlayStation 5 Could Be Dead Already: Here’s All You Need to Know

The PlayStation 5's lack of power, premium pricing, and Xbox Series X's backward compatibility could make the former a flop show. The post Sony’s PlayStation 5 Could Be Dead Already: Here’s All You Need to Know appeared first on CCN.com

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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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Death Stranding Sales Could Soar if Fans Don’t Read Terrible Reviews

Death Stranding could be the next sales success for Sony. Analysts expect the game to sell 5 million copies. However, the game has received mixed reviews. Speaking to GameDaily, two analysts have suggested that Death Stranding could sell millions of copies.

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PS5 Could Win the Console Battle for One Big Reason

A new statement made by Sony suggests that the PS5 has a good chance at winning the next-generation console battle. For one good reason, the PS5 could potentially find itself with a huge sales lead over Xbox Project Scarlett.

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New Rumors Heighten Fears Sony Will Delay Ghost of Tsushima

Two well-known industry leakers recently hinted at a possible delay to an unnamed first-party Sony title that fans fear could be Ghost of Tsushima. The rumor comes from Daniel Ahmad and Jason Schreier, two gaming insiders who’ve reliably leaked valuable information in the past.

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Microsoft pledges to fight climate change with carbon neutral Xbox

Microsoft is joining Sony on the efforts to combat climate change by switching things up on the console front. In the former’s case, it’s starting a pilot project to make 825,000 Xboxes carbon neutral.

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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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Sony’s acquisition of Insomniac mirrors Microsoft’s aggressive expansion

Sony this week revealed it’d acquired Insomniac Games, its perennial partner studio and the developer of Spider-Man, Ratchet & Clank, and the Resistance series. Insomniac joins a conga line of game studios that have been acquired by the console makers in the last few years — indeed, it almost seems like a response to Microsoft’s vacuuming up studios left, right, and center.

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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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CHEAP: Paint the town red with 33% off Sony’s DualShock 4 Wireless Controller

Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Few things in life are as satisfying as returning home from work and sinking into your favorite video games.

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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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Console makers warn Trump that tariffs could cost US gamers up to $840M

Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft collaborated on an open letter protesting the Trump administrations’s controversial proposition on Chinese tariffs. They warn that the worst case scenario would be that game consoles, are on the proposed product list, would get even more expensive.

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Microsoft’s Project Scarlett might be the most backwards-compatible console ever

In the midst of the rest of the news from E3, Microsoft quietly revealed it’d no longer be adding older games to its Backwards Compatibility program, but that it would be striving to make those games already part of its library capable of running on its next-gen console, codenamed Project Scarlett.

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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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We reviewed this $35K Sony projector with old internet videos

Remember the old days of the internet? When you had to actually load videos? Yes, those times sure were both magnificent and awful times. And this got me thinking – could we combine the worlds? And watch old internet videos on modern new tech? I mean, yes.

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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 Reveals Contactless Crypto Wallet, Prepping for Crypto Ecosystem?

A research and development division at Sony has unveiled a new contactless cryptocurrency hardware wallet for cold storage, which could indicate the consumer electronics giant may be eyeing a bigger move into the cryptocurrency space.

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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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North Korean Hacking Group Lazarus Behind $571M in Hacks Since January 2017

North Korean cybercrime hacking group The Lazarus Group is currently the biggest crypto hacking syndicate in the world, having stolen millions worth of cryptocurrencies from online exchanges.

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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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