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The wait for Driveclub could be a longer one than we’d expected. Speaking to IGN, Sony Worldwide Studios America’s PlayStation software product development head Scott Rohde said: What I will say is that it all comes back to that fundamental principle, and that’s that we want to build great games …
Read More »Jack Tretton to leave Sony at the end of March
SCEA president and CEO to leave PlayStation maker this month after more than 17 years
Read More »PS4 sales surpass 6m worldwide
And the records keep breaking. PS4 has smashed through 6m sales in less than four months, the company has announced. It follows the console’s Japanese launch, which saw 370,000 consoles sold in a little over a week. An impressive feat for a console released out of season in a territory …
Read More »‘PS4 defied expectations in Japan’
PS4 launched in Japan, but just how big was it? Marketing and consulting chief Ricky Tanimoto of video game giant Famitsu and Enterbrain explains all to MCV. PS4 has enjoyed a good start in Japan. Previous PlayStation consoles usually launch earlier in the Japanese market compared with other countries. But …
Read More »PS4 dominates Japan charts
PS4 games made up half of the Top 20 in Japan last week. The No.1 game of the week was Knack, which was bundled with the console. The highest charting new ‘non-bundle’ title is Yakuza: Ishin on PS3, with the PS4 version at No.3. 3DS still factors strongly in the …
Read More »PS4 sells 322k in opening weekend in Japan
The PS4 arrived in Japan on Saturday and has already sold in excess of a quarter of a million units. Famitsu, according to a Siliconera translation, reports that Sony’s new console sold 322,083 units in its first weekend in Japan. That’s far more than PS3’s opening weekend sales of 88,443. …
Read More »The PS4 has arrived in Japan
Sony has at long last launched the PS4 in its homeland of Japan. The 39,980 (234) machine officially arrives on February 22nd – which, as time buffs out there will realise, is in just a few moments (15:00GMT Feb 19th). The three-month wait was an unprecedented delays for a PlayStation …
Read More »PS4 surpasses 5m units sold worldwide
Sony’s latest home console has exceeded over 5.3m units
Read More »Global PS4 sales hit 5.3m
The PS4 has, as of February 8th, sold 5.3m units worldwide. The last time Sony released a sales figure was on January 7th when sales stood at 4.2m units. All of which means Sony has already hit its target of wanting to sell 5m machines by the end of March …
Read More »Sony London Studio seeking senior artist for new PS4 game
Successful applicant will be working on 'environment and vehicle assets' for unannounced title
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