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Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut: Reflections, both literal and physical

PS4 uses light haze. [credit: Sucker Punch Productions ] Ghost of Tsushima‘s Iki Island expansion, included in the new Director’s Cut version of the game, presents an even better narrative than what we saw in the base game. The Director’s Cut, which releases on August 20, also brings new armor sets, a director’s commentary, and a digital […]

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Low semiconductor supplies may not be the main reason for PS5 shortages

Enlarge (credit: Sony / Youtube ) In an earnings call last night , Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki said that despite worldwide semiconductor shortages , the company has “secured a number of chips that’s necessary to achieve” the company’s current production target of at least 14. 8 million PlayStation 5 consoles in the current fiscal year […]

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Putting the PS5’s 10 million sales in context

Fig. 1: The PS5 is among the quickest consoles ever to reach 10 million worldwide sales. When Sony announced Monday that it had sold 10 million PS5 consoles to consumers, it trumpeted the system as “the Fastest Selling Console in Sony Interactive Entertainment History.” The certainly sounds impressive, but it lacks the specificity we’d like […]

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PS5 gets high-speed M. 2 SSD storage support in new beta system software

Seagate says its Firecuda 530 M. 2 drive will work with the PS5. [credit: Seagate ] New PlayStation 5 system software rolling out in beta today finally unlocks the long-promised ability to expand the system’s 667GB of usable internal storage, using M. 2 SSDs that fit certain technical and physical requirements. As listed on a […]

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Sony buys Nixxes, propelling potential for prodigious PlayStation-to-PC ports

While you may not have heard of Nixxes, the developer has been behind some high-profile PC and console ports in the last 20 years. Just days after announcing the acquisition of Returnal developer Housemarque, Sony today revealed that Dutch studio Nixxes will be the next member of the growing PlayStation Studios family. If the name […]

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Sony purchases Returnal developer Housemarque after successful PS5 debut

Returnaling, over and over, to remember the things we shot. [credit: Sony Interactive Entertainment / Housemarque ] Sony has announced that it has acquired Finnish indie developer Housemarque just two months after the launch of Housemarque’s Returnal as one of the highest-profile exclusives on the young PlayStation 5 console. Housemarque has a long history with Sony […]

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Sony’s excellent WH-1000XM4 headphones are down to a new low for Prime Day

Enlarge / Sony’s WH-1000XM4 noise-canceling headphones. (credit: Jeff Dunn) Today is the start of Amazon’s Prime Day sales event, which means a ton of gadgets that may or may not be worth buying are currently on sale. We have a big curated roundup of the best deals we can find, but I wanted to give […]