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Sony's latest financials show key trends of its first-party game sales adoption compared to third-party video game sales.

Sony wants to make live games, and it needs to take the lessons its learned from the best in the business and deploy them.

Sony made 94% of its PlayStation video game revenues from digital thanks to a massive $2.1 billion microtransaction surge.

Sony's PlayStation Plus subscribers hit a record-breaking 48 million, but most PlayStation gamers aren't actual subscribers.

PlayStation made over $2.1 billion from add-ons (microtransactions, DLC) in 2021, more than physical and digital games combined.

Nintendo has sold an incredible 5.3 billion games in the last 39 years, making it one of the most prolific software-makers ever.

Naughty Dog might be working on as many as three new projects for Sony, including Last of Us Part II's standalone online game.

Sony's PlayStation 5 has reached 17.3 million shipments so far...and here's how that stacks up against other PlayStation systems.

Sony's latest financials confirm it has roughly $10 billion left of its total $18 billion budget to spend on strategic buyouts.

Sony's PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles have sold nearly 2 billion games combined, beat PS2 software sales handily.

Sony is offering Bungie employees a $1.2 billion incentive program in an effort to keep them at the company following the buyout.

Sony delivers updated PlayStation console sales figures and shows a significant decline in PS4 shipments as the PS5 slowly rises.

PlayStation 4 worldwide shipments are at their lowest point for the second consecutive quarter in a row at just 0.2 million units.

EA says it will keep watching the market for strategic acquisitions, but it's currently in 'digest mode' and build phases.

Destiny 2's new The Witch Queen expansion is already a thunderous success and it hasn't even released yet, pre-orders skyrocket.

Sony could use Discord as an shareable extension of a new breakthrough community-driven, cloud-powered PlayStation feature.

The Federal Trade Commission will closely scrutinize Microsoft's proposed $68.7 billion buyout deal for Activision-Blizzard.

Sony's $3.6 billion acquisition of Bungie shows Sony aspires to transform from just a platform-holder into a service-holder.

Bungie confirms Destiny 2 and all future games will remain multi-platform experiences that won't be exclusive to PlayStation.

Sony has purchased Bungie for $3.6 billion, but Bungie will remain 100% independent and continue self-publishing its own games.

Sony is buying Bungie, the creators of Destiny and Halo for $3.6 billion, will now be part of PlayStation Studios banner.

In the dawn of a new cross-platform era, Sony is releasing the first PlayStation Studios game on the Nintendo Switch handheld.

Sony's next big first-party game Horizon Forbidden West is officially 100% finished and ready to ship on PS4 and PS5 consoles.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and the next two mainline games from 2023-2024 will also come to PlayStation platforms as well.

A New York-based filmmaker has created a real-life doomsday scenario to prank select individuals for Netflix's 'Don't Look Up'.

Steam's playercounts hit new record highs, lifetime concurrent users are now at 29.2 million as PC gaming continues to grow.

Contrary to reports, new statement from Sony says the company had no intentions of ending PlayStation 4 production in 2021.

Microsoft's CEO of Gaming Phil Spencer confirms the company wants to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation, won't go Xbox exclusive.

Sony has been authorized by its board of directors to spend only $18 billion on acquisitions and share buybacks in next 3 years.

Will Call of Duty be exclusive to Xbox? How long is Activision's deal with Sony? If the past is any indication, for five years.

Sony will lose up to an estimated $260 million a year if Call of Duty leaves PlayStation and becomes a full Xbox exclusive.

Sony believes Microsoft will keep Activision's previous contractual obligations and keep specific games coming to PlayStation.

Apple will lead the AR market ahead of Samsung, which has been absolutely crushing the foldable smartphone market for years.

Microsoft's $68.7 billion buyout offer for Activision-Blizzard is the largest in games history, beats previous record by $56 bn.

Future Activision-Blizzard games won't all be Xbox exclusives...some are still coming to PlayStation too (likely Call of Duty)

Microsoft announces it is acquiring Call of Duty and World of Warcraft developer Activision-Blizzard, in huge $70 billion deal.

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger on AMD: 'AMD is in the rearview mirror, never again will they be in the windshield' - Team Blue dominance.

Sony's latest backwards compatibility patent isn't technically new, is just a revised version of patents stringing back to 2015.

New PS3 games popped up on PS5 store are remnants of PlayStation Now's rental days, not indicative of backward compatibility.

God of War comes swinging out of the gate on PC with powerful numbers: over 49,000 players in its first day of sale on Steam.

The video games market has shifted heavily toward digitalization and live services, and 2020 saw services beating products by 2:1.

Firesprite games, a Liverpool-based studio responsible for WipeOut, is reportedly developing a new Twisted Metal game for PS5.

A content-complete build of Guerrilla Games' new PlayStation exclusive Horizon Forbidden West has been leaked into the wild.

Sony originally planned to retire PS4 production in 2022, but now it will make 1 million PS4s to help offset low PS5 supply.

LEGO is currently evaluating its partnership with Activision-Blizzard over abuse allegations, may cut ties with the pubblisher.

Sony has filed a new trademark for The Order: 1886, hinting at a possibly new PlayStation 5 remake, remaster, or new release.

Sony's new powerful VENICE cameras could help power Epic Games' grand vision for the multi-interactive entertainment metaverse.

Raw sales data proves that Sony's VR ambitions are more focused on innovations in the console space rather than moving units.

Acer's new Predator CG48 gaming monitor rocks huge 48-inch 4K OLED panel, at an interesting 138Hz -- available Q3 2022 for $2499.

Sony just announced their next-gen PSVR 2 headset, and right off the bat rumors fly that Half-Life: Alyx would debut on PSVR 2.