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The bigwigs at Sony are currently discussing a proposal to split the corporation’s entertainment and electronics divisions into two separate entities. Bloomberg reports the firm is considering whether or not to adopt billionaire investor Daniel Loeb’s proposal for an initial public offering of its entertainment business – which includes all …
Read More »No self-publishing for indies on Xbox One
Matt Booty confirms independent developers cannot publish content themselves
Read More »GameStop buoyant about Xbox One and PS4 pre-owned
The president of global games retailer GameStop has played down fears that Xbox One will curtail the pre-owned market. Both Sony and Microsoft have said games can be resold and that’s exactly what we anticipated,” Bartel told Forbes. It’s a recognized way to make these games more affordable. All three …
Read More »PlayStation First education program launched
Sony Australia parters with AIE to bring Vita devkits to classrooms
Read More »Stock Market: GameStop down, Sony up following Xbox One event
Reactions to Microsoft’s Xbox One reveal have come in across the stock market, with GameStop and Sony seeing significant swings – though not in the same direction. Games Industry reports GameStop saw shares fall by 5 per cent in response to the announcement, likely driven by the uncertainty tied to …
Read More »Xbox One ‘not targeting’ highest-end graphics
Microsoft focusing on broad entertainment push rather than graphical prowess
Read More »Sony shares spike on back of Xbox One reveal
Microsoft's next-gen console unveiling sparks year-high share price jump at rival
Read More »Is this what the PS4 looks like?
No, it isn’t. But this attempt at piecing together the snippet’s from yesterday’s video is great. Sony successfully stormed the Xbox party last night by releasing a teaser video showing a handful of blurry images of the new hardware. Now one Redditor has compiled all of the snippets and tried …
Read More »Video: Sony teases PS4 console design
Sony to unveil hardware at E3 on June 10th
Read More »VIDEO: Sony’s E3 teaser offers a glimpse at the actual PS4
A teaser from Sony hyping its PS4 E3 event has offered what might be the very first glimpse of the new console. You can see it below. The video, although obviously designed to promote the Press Conference on June 10 6pm PDT, arrives just 24 hours before rival firm Xbox …
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