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Microsoft suggests that Sony should disrupt its current business model that emphasizes premium games in order to provide more value to PlayStation Plus.

Sony has tried to bring PlayStation Plus on Xbox, but Microsoft 'will not permit' the service on their ecosystem--Sony has likewise 'blocked' Game Pass.

Microsoft's statements on Grand Theft Auto 6's release date in 2024 cannot be taken at face value because they are sourced from an industry rumor article.

Sony says that Xbox would become the 'one-stop shop' for shooters post-merger thanks to the wide variety of FPS franchises that Microsoft would own.

Sony tells regulators that the Microsoft-Activision merger would outright 'threaten the gaming ecosystem at a critical moment' in a digital games industry.

Microsoft expects the next generation of console hardware including the new Xbox and PlayStation 6 to release in fall 2028 'at the very earliest'

The PlayStation 5 just turned 2 years old, but what about the next generation PlayStation 6? Sony outlines when it could release its new PS6 console.

Both Sony and Microsoft continue to use press websites to argue over the Activision merger and attempt to control public discourse about the deal.

As a possible pre-emptive strike against regulatory concessions, Microsoft has made Sony an offer that's almost too good to be true.

As Sony raises PlayStation 5 prices for the holiday season, Microsoft lowers the Xbox Series S price to $249, half of a disc PS5 or Xbox Series X.

Microsoft reiterates that Call of Duty will stay on PlayStation, with new releases launch as native games and will not require Game Pass or streaming.

Sony's latest patent would create a token-based economy where gamers could buy, sell, and even rent digital assets including user-generated items.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer says he's not taking away Call of Duty from PlayStation, casually mentiosn Sony's next-next-gen PlayStation 7 console.

Thanks to massive surges in Q4 holiday periods from Call of Duty game sales and earnings, Activision generates more revenue and operating income than King.

European Commission Deputy Head draws ire for public comments regarding the Microsoft-Activision merger, but he is not involved in the merger unit.

Final Fantasy XVI is only exclusive to PlayStation 5 consoles for six months after release, and may launch on PC and or Xbox throughout 2023 as well.

TSMC is expected to reduce its production capacity utilization of its 7nm process node, and will continue to wind things down moving into Q1 2023.

Dragon Age producer and ex-BioWare game developer Mark Darrah believes Microsoft buying Activision-Blizzard is 'probably a bad thing in the long run'

Razer's new ultra-premium Wolverine V2 Pro PlayStation 5 controller comes with an ultra-premium price that's half as much as a PS5 console's MSRP.

Hideo Kojima and the team at Kojima Productions celebrate Death Stranding's third anniversary with some big sales figures--10 million on PlayStation & PC.

Nintendo Switch Online subscribers have reached 36 million as of Q2'23, beating Xbox Game Pass by 11 million and 9.4 million subscribers away from PS Plus.

If Nintendo's next hardware system is an upgraded Switch, then it absolutely needs to be backwards compatible with existing Nintendo Switch games.

Sony is taking its live service game plan very seriously--first it bought Bungie for $3.7 billion, and now it is recruiting and partnering with big talent.

Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive has no concerns about the $68.7 billion Microsoft-Activision merger, says 'this business is fragmented'

Sony is reportedly teaming up with mighty South Korean online experts at NCSoft to make a new MMORPG based on the PlayStation first-party Horizon series.

Xbox Game Pass' day-and-date releases are a 'big missed opportunity for publishers,' GTA parent company sides with Sony's idea of game subscriptions.

Modern Warfare 2 is now the king of Call of Duty and has made $1 billion in game sales alone in its first 10 days on the market, breaking all records.

PlayStation lifetime video game software unit sales have broken 5.8 billion across all generations, PS4 and PS5 software to break 2 billion sales soon.

Total PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5, PS Vita and PSP hardware unit shipments have exceeded 579 million worldwide as the PlayStation 5 ramps up new sales.

Despite the largest PlayStation Plus subscriber loss since 2014, Network Services game revenues are stable, indicating wider adoption to new PS Plus subs.

Sony loses nearly 1.9 million PlayStation Plus subscribers during a critical time when the service makes significant expansion with a three-tiered model.

Elden Ring's massive worldwide success has help boost FromSoftware parent company Kadokawa Group's gaming operating profit by an astronomical 1000%

Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft should become more creative in how they add value to their respective PS Plus, Switch Online, and Game Pass subscriptions.

PlayStation's digital add-on content revenues drop to their lowest point since 2019 as total monthly active users, subscribers, and total earnings drop.

PlayStation's monthly active users (MAUs) drop to the lowest point in 3 years as game sales drop and consumers adapt to a post-COVID inflation market.

Sony's games division delivers weaker Q2 earnings as metrics fall across the board due to tough year-ago earnings comparisons and a diminishing yen.

Sony's Chief Financial Officer says that Q2 game sales were sluggish all around, but big third-party games like Modern Warfare 2 will help prop earnings.

Sony says the new PS5 price increase has not impacted consumer demand for the console, despite the PlayStation 5 cost increasing nearly worldwide.

HBO reveals the premiere date of its new dramatic The Last of Us TV show adaptation produced in conjunction with Sony's new PlayStation Productions.

Sony's new PlayStation VR2 is expected to launch with less games then the original PlayStation VR headset, with 25 PSVR2 games planned vs 31 PSVR1 games.

Sony's new next-gen PlayStation VR2 headset will cost $549, with the PSVR2 costing more than an actual PS5 console, and will release in February 2023.

Sony's PlayStation 5 console has sold-in (or shipped) 25 million units worldwide since launch in 2020, but it's still shipping slower than the PS4.

Sony is producing new PlayStation 5 consoles faster than expected and now says it could exceed the 18 million PS5 shipment goal for this fiscal year.

Xbox gamers want more first-party titles, and Phil Spencer hears the community loud and clear, says big games like Starfield are tracking well for 2023.

Microsoft now says it will continue bringing and shipping Call of Duty games to PlayStation as long as Sony has a PlayStation console on the market.

Sony has confirmed that Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 is the biggest PlayStation Store launch in franchise history, 2022 should deliver new earnings highs.

Xbox's Phil Spencer comments on the cloud, says it won't replace traditional games hardware and comments about Google Stadia's failure.

Microsoft probably will never lower its 30% royalty fee on Xbox as long as consoles exist, Microsoft takes a substantial loss from console production.

Xbox's Phil Spencer reiterates Microsoft's public commitment to treat Call of Duty similar to Minecraft when it comes to cross-platform content access.

Xbox gaming CEO Phil Spencer says that Microsoft will continue shipping Call of Duty on PlayStation platforms post-merger as long as it makes sense.