Sony has completed its acquisition of Crunchyroll streaming service. We first learned about the deal back in October last year. The deal cost Sony $ 1.175 billion. Anime-focused Crunchyroll has approximately 5 million paying subscribers and approximately 120 million registered users. That being said, Sony already has a similar asset in the form of the […]
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PlayStation 5 can be bought in Russia today from 10:00 Moscow time
The well-known Russian DNS network announced that today, on August 6, the next generation PlayStation 5 game consoles will again appear on sale in Russia. Representatives of the DNS chain of stores confirmed that the start of sales of the new batch is scheduled for 10:00 Moscow time. The information was published in a blog […]
PlayStation 5 consoles will be enough for everyone despite the shortage
During Sony’s quarterly teleconference for investors and analysts, CFO Hiroki Totoki announced that the company had stocked up on spare parts to produce enough PlayStation 5 consoles. In response to a question about the ongoing semiconductor shortage, Hiroki Totoki said the company has set a target for PlayStation 5 shipments this year and has already […]
EBay tried to sell Sony PlayStation 5 to developers. Before deletion, the price reached almost 250 thousand rubles
The developer version of Sony’s PlayStation 5 was thrilling gamers’ imaginations long before Sony revealed the official design of the commercial PS5 as it hit store shelves. It’s almost impossible to buy such a custom PlayStation 5. And now, enthusiasts have found on the famous site for online auctions eBay a couple of lots with […]
Sony PlayStation 5 is no longer sold at a loss
Sony no longer sells the $ 499 Sony PlayStation 5 at a loss. Sony’s CFO Hiroki Totoki shared the news just a week after the company announced it had sold 10 million PS5 consoles. So the PS5 with an optical drive is now making enough money to offset the production cost. At the same time, […]
Finally, blockbusters for virtual reality will go mainstream. Sony PS VR 2 headset for PlayStation 5 revealed
We know for sure that the Sony PS VR 2 virtual reality headset for the PlayStation 5 is already in development. According to the latest data, Sony plans to reveal more details about the headset in early 2022. concept But some new details have already become known. In particular, the headset will receive a pair […]
Average user tests show if PlayStation 5 performance really doesn’t suffer from the addition of an SSD
Users of the PlayStation 5 beta firmware can already install an additional internal SSD in their consoles. And today we will look at one of the first, if not the first, test of such a bundle on the Web. But before that, remember that Insomniac Games has already stated that Sony-compliant drives do not degrade […]
Sony bans distribution of “fast food” McDonald’s controllers for PlayStation 5
The Australian division of fast food chain McDonald’s is about to delight its fans with an exclusive DualSense controller for the PlayStation 5 for its 50th anniversary. However, the action already announced on social networks and online media was canceled due to the Sony ban. The promotion involved the drawing of 50 McDonald’s-designed controllers as […]
PlayStation 5-ready SSDs began to appear on the market. So far, these are all old models.
So, as expected, manufacturers began to advertise some of their SSDs as suitable for the PlayStation 5. One such drive is the Gigabyte Aorus Gen4 7000s M.2 2280 2TB. The model has been on the market for some time, but the manufacturer began to focus on the fact that such an SSD is ready for […]
Using a suitable internal SSD in the PlayStation 5 does not degrade performance or load times in games
Using a fast add-on SSD in the PlayStation 5 seems to have little or no effect on game load times. This was written by a representative of the studio Insomniac Games, responsible for the exclusive Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. According to him, Insomniac has already tested various SSDs. When used with Sony-compliant drives, the […]
