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Indie developers do not sell consoles… right? Sony studios boss Shuhei Yoshida tells us why that just isn’t true in the current edition of MCV. It’s a packed issue once again, with Sega revealing its digital sales data in an effort to encourage more publishers to share theirs. We also …
Read More »PS Vita TV likely to get Western release, Sony suggests
Sony has calmed fears that the recently announced PS Vita TV will not be launched in the West. Much of the game press latched onto a comment made by PlayStation CEO Andrew House in an interview with TechOn in which he stated that Sony is planning to sell the PS …
Read More »PlayStation Europe boss on PS4, rescuing Vita and Sony’s relationship with EA
There’s something quite refreshing about the executives at Sony. They haven’t had their personalities media trained out of them. They will give you a straight answer (most of the time). They do appear nervous on stage in front of thousands of journalists. They are more than happy to mock their …
Read More »Sony explains Vita Slim strategy, but screen downgrade draws criticism
The re-designed PlayStation Vita has been constructed with a very simple premise in mind – make the system cheaper and more appealing. To put it differently, the Slim is about attracting more gamers without affecting the game experience” the machine’s head of design Mika Nagae told Famitsu, as reported by …
Read More »Indie title Pavilion pledges loyalty to PlayStation
PlayStation has landed itself another tasty-looking indie exclusive in the form of Visiontrick media’s Pavilion. The studio has confirmed a PS4 and Vita release for the game in spring 2014. Pavilion is a fourth person exploratory experience about guidance, influence and subliminal control,” according to the official blurb. Manipulate the …
Read More »The Quantic Dreamer: David Cage
Develop talks to David Cage about Beyond: Two Souls and wooing the mainstream
Read More »Sony unveils PlayStation Vita TV
New microconsole allows users to play Vita games on their TV screen
Read More »PlayStation Vita Slim revealed and dated for Japan
Lighter, slimmer version of Sony's sleek handheld arrives in the Far East this autumn
Read More »PS4 gets 2014 release in Japan
Sony's next-gen console arrives in its home country three months after the US and Europe
Read More »OPINION: PS Vita TV demonstrates Sony’s ambition, is dangerous for Ouya
Sony surprised the industry with the reveal of PS Vita TV this morning, but what does the device say about the company’s forward thinking? Put simply, it shows that Sony has ambitions to tap into what many perceive to be the biggest growth sectors open to core gaming. An alternative …
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