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PlayStation 5 price could be about to drop in US - ahead of the release of a new PS5 model?

A price cut would be welcome, and it might just be making way for the rumored revamp of the PS5 - though that refresh won't be a PS5 Slim, we're assured.

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PlayStation Pro: 'Project Trinity', 2024 launch, 8K performance mode

Reports indicate that Sony's new PlayStation 5 Pro model may target 8K upscaled gaming, more consistent 4K performance, and may release in November 2024.

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TikTok rolls out music streaming service to directly challenge Spotify and Apple Music

TikTok has announced that its new music streaming app is being rolled out in three markets in an effort to challenge Spotify and Apple Music.

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New Xbox Game Pass Core has a surprising benefit for classic games

Microsoft is packing more value to the new Xbox Game Pass Core subscription that we originally thought, including an awesome bonus for Gen7 games.

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Cyberpunk 2077 has a 'Very Positive' user review rating on Steam after two years of updates

After two years of updates and countless bug fixes, Cyberpunk 2077's Steam user review rating finally hits that 'Very Positive' milestone.

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Every Call of Duty game is on sale on Xbox as Microsoft prepares to merge with Activision

Every Call of Duty game ever released on Xbox is currently on sale on the Xbox store as Microsoft prepares to merge with Activision Blizzard King.

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Sony signs Call of Duty deal with Microsoft

Sony has officially signed a contract with Microsoft to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation once Microsoft closes its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision.

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Judge assumes Call of Duty will be Game Pass exclusive despite Microsoft's PS Plus offer

Federal judge overseeing the FTC v Microsoft case believes it is likely that Call of Duty will be Xbox Game Pass exclusive, contrary to Microsoft's offers.

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Hollywood studios seek eternal rights to AI replicas of actors

Hollywood actors have joined the picket line in a stance against studios that want to scan actors to create AI replicas to be used in new content.

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New study finds that 87 percent of games released before 2010 are no longer available

If it wasn't for the retro gaming community doing its part, pretty much all video games released before 2010 would be lost to time - forever.

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Federal judge identifies eight reasons why Microsoft has no incentive to withhold Call of Duty

California district court judge Jacqueline Scott Corley identifies eight major reasons why Microsoft has no incentive to withhold Call of Duty from Sony.

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Call of Duty Modern Warfare II sold 4.4 million copies on PlayStation 1 week, beat FIFA 23

Modern Warfare was a huge success on PlayStation, selling 4.4 million copies in its first week, accounting for around 30% of $1 billion record sales.

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Big 3 earnings compared: PlayStation vs Xbox vs Nintendo

Nintendo's latest annual report gives more insight on the performance comparisons between gaming's big 3 triumvirate: Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo.

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FTC: Activision and Microsoft identified 'large financial benefits' to ATVI games on Game Pass

FTC's pre-hearing findings of fact document says that Activision and Microsoft 'identified large financial benefits' from Activision games on Game Pass.

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GTA V returns to Game Pass for the third time, Take-Two obviously a believer in subscriptions

Grand Theft Auto V has returned to Xbox Game Pass for the third time, showing that publishers are interested in taking advantage of the subscription.

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Game Pass effect: Xbox's game subscription service is changing consumer buying habits

Xbox Game Pass isn't just a subscription--it's a new transformative business model that is changing consumer buying habits in a very interesting way.

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Call of Duty has 70 million daily active users, more than Roblox

Based on testimony from Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, the Call of Duty franchise has 70 million daily active users, which is 4 million more than Roblox.

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Forget Microsoft and Sony leaks here are 200+ pages of classified Sega documents from the 1990s

A treasure trove of documents from Sega from the 1990s has emerged revealing inside info surrounding the company's 32-bit Sega Saturn console.

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Starfield's 2023 release may not have been possible without Xbox exclusivity

Starfield may not be launching this year if it also had to release on PlayStation 5 and was not exclusive to Xbox consoles, ZeniMax's Pete Hines says.

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Xbox Series X/S Gen 9 console sales break 21 million, push modern Xbox sales to 79 million

A recent Xbox developer briefing reveals Xbox console sales data, pinpoints current sales figures for both Gen 8 Xbox One & Gen 9 Xbox Series X/S consoles.

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Nintendo conquers console publishing revenues, beats Sony by $3 billion, Xbox by $3.8 billion

Data from the FTC v Microsoft evidentiary hearing shows how much of a lead Nintendo has over PlayStation and Xbox in terms of first-party revenues.

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FTC's narrow high-performance console market undermined as economist finds substitution effects

FTC's narrow high-performance console market undermined as economist finds substitution effects that indicate the Nintendo Switch is indeed a competitor.

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FTC explains how Microsoft-Activision merger will harm consumers and competition

In the FTC v Microsoft federal case, the Federal Trade Commission outlines harms to consumers that could arise from the Microsoft-Activision merger.

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PS5 quality games will eventually be playable natively on phones, Activision CEO says

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick is a big believer in native mobile gaming, and believes that phones will eventually be able to play demanding games like MW2.

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There are very good reasons why Final Fantasy 16 didn't sell as much as Final Fantasy 15

Final Fantasy 16's launch was very different than Final Fantasy 15's and the two mainline game releases are difficult to compare for a number of reasons.

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Sony's PSVR2 headset works on PC but it requires additional hardware

Some progress on the 'will PSVR 2 work on PC' front, yes it does work. But there's a catch, it requires specialized hardware that doesn't exist yet.

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Microsoft tried, and failed, to persuade Activision to put games on Game Pass

New reports show that Microsoft has tried and ultimately failed to convince Activision's management to put its games on Xbox Game Pass subscriptions.

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ZeniMax buyout used a sliding scale Neutrino Model to determine effects of platform exclusivity

The ZeniMax acquisition, codenamed Project Atom, used a sliding-scale 'Neutrino Model' to determine the effects of taking ZeniMax games exclusive to Xbox.

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Internal Microsoft doc hints advertisements could come to Xbox games or Game Pass

An internal Microsoft report shared with employees may hint that advertisements may become a bigger part of Xbox's video games business in the future.

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Sony says it 'does not typically require subscription exclusivity' for games on PS Plus

In a poorly-redacted report that was uploaded to a public federal court folder, Sony admits that it does sometimes require subscription exclusivity.

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Satya Nadella wants to remove all game exclusivity: 'I have no love for that world'

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has a radical idea about game exclusivity--if it were up to him, there would be no platform exclusives, Xbox or otherwise.

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Bobby Kotick indicates Activision games could come to subscription if the price is right

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick strongly indicates that Activision games could be made available on content subscriptions & streaming if the price is right.

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Sony's Jim Ryan: Kotick asked to negotiate Call of Duty to 'cover himself' if merger fails

Sony PlayStation boss Jim Ryan tells federal courts that he believes Bobby Kotick wanted to make a backup deal for Activision in case merger failed.

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Sony's Jim Ryan: 'I believe Microsoft will use Call of Duty to damage us'

In sworn testimony in the FTC v Microsoft court case, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan says he believes Microsoft will use Call of Duty to damage Sony gaming.

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Microsoft's buyout consideration list included 100+ game devs: Bungie, CD Projekt, FromSoftware

Microsoft's internal mergers and acquisitions consideration list from 2021 includes 100+ devs/publishers like Bungie, CD Projekt RED, Hello Games, SEGA.

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Minecraft is the highest-earning Xbox game and it delivers 'significant profits'

Minecraft is the top-earning Xbox game of all time, and that's largely because of the game's availability on PlayStation,Switch, PC, and other platforms.

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Xbox's Phil Spencer says he wouldn't use Sony's own exclusivity tactics against PlayStation

Xbox gaming CEO Phil Spencer says he has no interest in using Sony's tactics of paying third-party studios for exclusivity deals to skip PlayStation.

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Activision acquisition not expected to grow Xbox's console business

Microsoft does not expect Activision's 8x separate billion-dollar franchises to help it grow the Xbox console business on a post-acquisition basis.

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Call of Duty negotiations likely to end mutually, Sony needs COD and Microsoft needs Sony

Despite the current friction, assessment indicates that Microsoft and Sony are likely to strike a mutually beneficial agreement for Call of Duty licensing.

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Starfield exclusivity was the last straw for Microsoft, led to $7.5 billion ZeniMax buyout

Having already bought timed exclusivity for two Bethesda games back-to-back, Microsoft bought ZeniMax for $7.5 billion to stave off Sony's 'hostile' deals.

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Xbox views PlayStation as a hostile competitor

Microsoft Xbox sees Sony PlyStation as a hostile competitor, with Xbox gaming CEO Phil Spencer outlining how Microsoft is iadvertently funding its demise.

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Microsoft still expects PS6, next Xbox by 2028

Microsoft lawyers reiterates that the company still expects next-gen Gen10 consoles like the PlayStation 6 (PS6) and next Xbox to launch sometime in 2028.

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Sony wouldn't share PS6 details with Activision following Microsoft acquisition

If Microsoft acquires Activision, then Sony will stop sharing details and info about its new PlayStation consoles with the Call of Duty publisher.

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Jim Ryan private emails show he doesn't think Call of Duty will be made exclusive to Xbox

In private emails Sony's CEO Jim Ryan says that Sony will be 'more than okay' if the merger goes through and that he didn't believe COD would be withheld.

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Xbox Game Pass: Next stages in the service's evolution cycle

By introducing a price increase in its console subscription model, Xbox Game Pass is entering the next phase of its value-oriented business cycle.

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Microsoft increases Xbox Game Pass prices

Microsoft is reportedly raising the price of its Xbox Series X consoles and Xbox Game Pass subscriptions in major worldwide regions outside of the U.S.

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PlayStation's fledgling mobile business loses head executive

PlayStation's mobile business may be floating rudderless as the head executive for the fledgling segment has left Sony's PlayStation Studios banner.

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Sony not ready to disrupt virtuous cycle with day one first-party games on PlayStation Plus

Sony follows Microsoft's lead on many video games business decisions, but the company is still unwilling to disrupt its virtuous cycle business model.

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The Sony WF-1000XM5 wireless earbuds are coming with some big upgrades.

The Sony WF-1000XM5 wireless earbuds are expected to be announced pretty soon and a new leak has shared details of what we can expect when they are.

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PS5 games coming to PlayStation Plus Premium cloud streaming

PS5 game streaming is coming to PlayStation Plus Premium's cloud offering, punctuating Jim Ryan's comments on 'aggressive and interesting' cloud expansion.