2023-02-02
Sony earnings: PS Plus subscribers are up on the previous quarter as you'd expect with substantial PS5 sales (46.4m versus 45.4m) Still down from pandemic peak of 48m at end of 2021 https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Sony announces a beta version of Discord for the PlayStation 5 in the US, Canada, Japan, and the UK, adds Variable Refresh Rate support for 1440p, and more
Beta testers will be able to join Discord voice calls on a PS5 console in the US, Canada, Japan, and UK starting today.
Sony earnings: PS Plus subscribers are up on the previous quarter as you'd expect with substantial PS5 sales (46.4m versus 45.4m) Still down from pandemic peak of 48m at end of 2021 https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Sony reports Q3 sales rose 13% YoY to ~$26.4B as operating profit drops 8% YoY to ~$3.3B, beating analyst estimates; PS5 sales were 7.1M, up from 4M YoY
Sony Group Corp. revised up its full-year profit outlook after earnings beat estimates and the company had its best quarter of PlayStation 5 sales.
2022-01-28
Console subscription service auto-renewal practices are under investigation by the UK competition authority Microsoft has agreed to a number of improvements to the consumer experience inc: >Pro-rata refunds for annual subs >Inactive membership outreach https://www.gov.uk/... https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
The UK's CMA says Microsoft has agreed to changes for auto-renewing Xbox subscriptions, including pro-rata refunds, canceling inactive memberships, and more
Inactive Xbox subscriptions won't continue to be billed — Microsoft is making its Xbox subscriptions a little more flexible after a UK regulator raised concerns.
2021-10-20
Google's Pixel Pass bundled subscription confirmed at $45/$55 a month for 2 years. Goes further than Apple One adding hardware Includes: >Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro >YouTube Premium >YouTube Music Premium >Google One 200GB >Google Play Pass >Device care https://www.google.co.uk/...
The Verge
Alongside Pixel 6, Google unveils Wait Times, which lists the current hold time for a customer support number, Hold for Me, Direct My Call, and more
Richard Lawler / The Verge :
Google's Pixel Pass bundled subscription confirmed at $45/$55 a month for 2 years. Goes further than Apple One adding hardware Includes: >Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro >YouTube Premium >YouTube Music Premium >Google One 200GB >Google Play Pass >Device care https://www.google.co.uk/...
Engadget
Google debuts a Pixel Pass plan starting at $45/month for a Pixel 6 plus an upgrade in two years, 200GB of Google One, Play Pass, YouTube Premium, and more
Today, we introduced the new Pixel 6 and Pixel Pro …
2021-02-03
FB have released some Oculus Quest content performance numbers 60 titles have now generated in the $ millions (1 in 3) up from 35 in Sept 20. 6 at $10m+ Beat Sabre has sold 4m units across all platforms and 40m songs Games Population: One & Onward - $10m+ revs #OculusQuest2 https://twitter.com/...
UploadVR
Oculus says six Oculus Quest titles have each cleared $10M in revenue and 60, or one third of all paid apps available on its store, have earned $1M+
FB have released some Oculus Quest content performance numbers 60 titles have now generated in the $ millions (1 in 3) up from 35 in Sept 20. 6 at $10m+ Beat Sabre has sold 4m units across all platforms and 40m songs Games Population: One & Onward - $10m+ revs #OculusQuest2 https://twitter.com/...
Engadget
Facebook rolls out Messenger for Oculus Quest, as well as App Lab, letting developers distribute apps outside the Oculus Store without needing to sideload
Facebook is continuing to stitch its services more closely together — it's now rolling out Messenger on Oculus.
2020-12-14
EA and Codemasters reach agreement. Deal is worth $1.2 billion, substantially more than the Take Two offer of around $960m Electronic Arts Inc. - Electronic Arts Reaches Agreement for Recommended Acquisition of Codemasters Group Holdings PLC https://ir.ea.com/...
CNBC
EA says it has agreed to buy British racing game developer Codemasters for $1.2B, outbidding Take-Two, which had agreed on a $971M acquisition last month
- The deal upstaged a previous transaction agreed between rival publisher Take-Two Interactive and Codemasters.
2020-11-20
Nvidia has already testing its WebRTC browser streaming in Chrome and is now ready to extend this to iOS devices. Amazon is following a similar approach for its cloud gaming service Luna with its Progressive Web App (PWA) implementation, MS also working on this approach 2/
The Verge
Nvidia's GeForce Now cloud gaming service launches in beta on iOS as a web app, bypassing Apple's App Store and letting iOS users play Fortnite
Nvidia joins Microsoft in bypassing Apple's App Store — Nvidia is joining its fellow cloud gaming providers in choosing to bypass Apple's App Store …
2020-10-27
The most interesting aspect of FB's cloud gaming test is the cloud-playable ads: >Mobile focus obvious choice considering FB's ad business & playable ads >Time-limited demos enable a viable commercial structure >Enables quicker access, increased interactivity=higher conversion https://twitter.com/...
CNBC
Facebook launches free-to-play cloud gaming on desktop and Android but says it is unable to bring games to iOS due to Apple's “arbitrary” policies
and another feud with Apple Emma Roth / MakeUseOf : Facebook Introduces Free Cloud Gaming Service | MakeUseOf David Pierce / Protocol : Apple fights the future of gaming Andrew Web...
2020-10-03
Roblox prepares to go public Platform has seen sustained growth during 2020. Hit 150m MAUs in July. The biggest game on the platform Adopt Me! itself has 50m+ MAUs. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Reuters
Sources: Roblox is considering a US IPO next year that it expects could double its recent $4B valuation
2020-10-02
Roblox prepares to go public Platform has seen sustained growth during 2020. Hit 150m MAUs in July. The biggest game on the platform Adopt Me! itself has 50m+ MAUs. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Reuters
Sources: Roblox is considering a US IPO next year that it expects could double its recent $4B valuation
(Reuters) - Roblox Corporation is working with investment banks to prepare for a U.S. stock market listing that could come early next year and which the online gaming platform expe...