… Sony released the PlayStation Vita in December 2011, with the handheld supporting the PlayStation Store out of the gate. Sony ended production on PS3 hardware in 2017, and ended production of the Vita in 2019. …
… Sony hasn't abandoned live-service completely, but it has learned the hard way to handle it with extreme care. Part of that is knowing your audience; the June showcase faithful is not it. Overall, the State of Play showed Sony in full retrenchment mode. …
… Sony's PlayStation 5 has seen two price hikes since launch: the first in August 2025 and the second back in April . …
… If there's an opportunity for Sony to put further clear water between PS5 and Xbox Series X as it does so, so much the better for Sony . …
… This is the real outside-the-box thinking Sony must face: What if PlayStation 6 simply wasn't? Related Everything we know about PlayStation 6, Sony’s next-gen console Here’s what we know, what we think we know, and what we don’t
… It's Sony's answer to Xbox Game Pass, offering hundreds of games for subscribers to download and check out. …
… Sony has actively let go of hundreds of talented live service developers and generally has a bad track record with this style of game. …
… Fans were clearly finding them first on PlayStation, something Sony will have been quite happy with. This is the most important takeaway from Sony's U-turn — not that multi-platform publishing doesn't work, but that Sony's half-hearted approach to it didn't. …
… Filming starts soon and Sony will release it on Feb. …
… But Sony's experiment with multiplatform titles has, at times, felt squeamish and half-hearted. …