Sony Group will ramp up R&D spending in its game business, as it seeks to hone technology in live service games and the emerging field of "extended reality" that blends physical and digital worlds. The company will pour 300 billion yen (about $2.13 billion) into research and development for its game segment for the fiscal year ending in March 2024. The amount, which will account for around 40% of its total R&D spending, now surpasses spending in electronics and semiconductors.

Most of the changes on the Sega Retro wiki every day are tiny things, like single-line tweaks to game details or image swaps. Early Monday morning, the site got something else: A 47MB, 272-page PDF full of confidential emails, notes, and other documents from inside a company with a rich history, a strong new competitor, and deep questions about what to do next.

Leaked documents from the '90s shed light on Sega's struggles with the Sega Saturn console, revealing a contrast to initial claims of outperforming Sony's PlayStation. Here's the document.

Microsoft also thinks Sony’s PlayStation handheld will be less than $300

Jim Ryan was asked about PS5 exclusives during an interview with Famitsu.

Reports indicate that PlayStation users are buying less games, and Sony's data suggests that higher costs are a reason why unit sales have dropped.

VGCartz estimates that Sonys new console, the PlayStation 5, which is part of the ninth generation of video game consoles, has outsold the Nintendo 64s lifetime sales. In February 2023, approximately 33,54 million PS5 units sold worldwide and 32,93 million units sold over the lifetime of the Nintendo 64.

As we grow closer to the finish line in the months-long struggle for Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard, things are getting tense. Governments are getting involved, weird promises are being made and the people at the centre of it all—like Activision CEO Bobby Kotick—sound like they’re starting to feel the strain.

In letters obtained by Axios, reps blast an “imbalanced Japanese video game market.”

On the occasion of the current dispute between Sony and Microsoft over the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, very interesting information about the activities of both console manufacturers comes to light. A good example of this are the latest reports of the Japanese corporation on the proceeds from the sale of games from the Call of Duty series . It turns out that this is a real goldmine.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has shattered records for its most profitable quarter yet, pulling in a whopping $8.8 billion during the three-month period ended December 31, 2022. This is a record figure for the PlayStation hardware business during Q3 FY222, with console earnings firing past $3 billion thanks to the PS5‘s ever-growing success. Sony’s gaming business generated revenue of $8.797 billion, with total Games & Network Services revenues growing 23% year-on-year, representing a $1.6 billion increase.

These were the 40 highest-scoring games released for PlayStation consoles in 2022.

Sony has made a new update to the games that are coming to PS Plus on their launch with a new badge that will display alongside their artwork in promotions.

Microsoft shared this information as part of the UK’s investigation into the Activision Blizzard merger

The first portion of a game is of the utmost importance. It sets up the premise and introduces gameplay elements to give insight into the upcoming adventure. While some ease you in, others brutalize you with intense action sequences. God of War Ragnarök looks to do both in its epic opening 15 minutes.

Sony Santa Monica has confirmed the resolution and frame rate for God of War Ragnarok on PS4 and PS5. Here’s what you need to know about it. According to Sony Santa Monica Studio, God of War Ragnarok will support an unlocked frame rate on the PS4 Pro with a performance mode. This mode will run at an unlocked 30 FPS. It has a dynamic resolution that ranges from 1080p to 1656p. There is also a quality mode that locks the frame rate to 30 and runs at a dynamic resolution of 1440p to 1656p on the PS4 Pro. As for the standard PS4, the game will support 1080p at 30 FPS.

It sounds like Microsoft will treat Call of Duty like Minecraft.

Naughty Dog game director has clarified that the masked loading areas God of War Ragnarok aren’t due to a PS4 hardware limitation. Kurt Margenau, game director at Naughty Dog, took to Twitter to share his thoughts on an earlier statement from game journalist Gene Park regarding God of War Ragnarok being held back by slower data streaming and loading capabilities of the PS4 hardware.

“Ragnarok” on the PlayStation 4 is barely compromised and highly optimized.

The PS5 has been jailbroken and can now install custom packages. This marks the first major hack in the console lifecycle since its launch back in 2020.