2024-05-14
It's worth noting that Sony did come off a record breaking sales period. I also speculate at least some people are holding off to buy a PS5 until pro releases (probably 10-20 percent of sales, maybe?) But yes, gaming industry is in a bit of a slump right now.
CNBC
Sony reports Q4 revenue up 14% YoY to ~$22.4B, above ~$18.5B est., operating profit up 57% YoY to ~$1.5B, and 20.8M PS5 units sold in FY 2023, below guidance
Sony on Tuesday reported a 7% drop in annual profits in the fiscal year 2023, dragged down by a decline in its financial services division.
It's worth noting that Sony did come off a record breaking sales period. I also speculate at least some people are holding off to buy a PS5 until pro releases (probably 10-20 percent of sales, maybe?) But yes, gaming industry is in a bit of a slump right now.
GamesIndustry.biz
Sony Interactive Entertainment announces two new CEOs: Hermen Hulst, who will lead studios, and Hideaki Nishino, who will lead platforms, effective June 1
Hulst will lead the Studios business, while Nishino takes charge of the platform side — News by Christopher Dring Head of Games B2B
2024-03-11
A really interesting interview from Shawn Layden, former playstation boss. This quote in particular is pretty telling. -> https://venturebeat.com/... [image]
VentureBeat
Q&A with ex-PlayStation boss Shawn Layden about his support for Web3 gaming company Readygg, blockchain games, mass layoffs, AI, controlling costs, and more
2024-02-14
I wonder how much of this is down to people struggling with money, waiting for PS5 Pro, ect ect. https://www.theverge.com/...
Bloomberg
Sony reports Q3 revenue up 22% YoY to ~$25.11B, operating income up 10% YoY to ~$3.1B, both meeting est., and 8.2M PS5 units sold, roughly 1M lower than est.
- Company reversing course after taking the unit private in 2020 — Underwhelming PlayStation 5 sales led to outlook cut
2023-12-29
RTX 4090D specs are officially revealed by Nvidia, though no numbers of Tensor Cores ect. In theory, we're looking at 114SMs enabled, so that's 456 tensor cores I think, using same ratios as a regular RTX 4090. [image]
Bloomberg
Nvidia launches the GeForce RTX 4090 D in China, featuring ~10% fewer processing cores than the 4090 sold in other countries, to comply with US export controls
2023-12-19
There's leaked footage of Wolverine and a lot of info from Insomniac which has popped up online. I'm not going to retweet the footage (you can find it if you try). But people are complaining it looks ‘bad’. Seriously, didn't people learn ANYTHING from GTA6?
Cyber Daily
Hackers post 1.67TB of Insomniac Games' internal data, including for an upcoming Wolverine game, HR files, Slack screenshots, and a Marvel-Sony X-Men agreement
The Rhysida ransomware gang publishes 98 per cent of leaked data minutes after the ransom deadline passes - Wolverine game files included.
2023-07-23
@TwitterSupport This is NOT a good decision. Particularly given journalism / discussion. Spam filters exist and could be improved. This is NOT a change I want to see.
PCMag
Twitter sets “daily limits” on the number of direct messages that accounts without Twitter Blue can send, as part of changes to reduce spam in DMs
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2023-07-22
@TwitterSupport This is NOT a good decision. Particularly given journalism / discussion. Spam filters exist and could be improved. This is NOT a change I want to see.
PCMag
Twitter says unverified accounts will have daily limits on the number of direct messages they can send, as part of changes to reduce spam in DMs
It looks like Elon Musk really wants users to pay for Twitter Blue. … In another controversial change, Twitter will restrict the number …