#August2016
Xbox One was top-selling console in July; outsold PS4 first time since 2015
The Console War is heating up! Maybe. Maybe not. Probably not. But for the first time in a good goddamn while, the XB1 outsold the PS4.
Sony is bringing ‘PlayStation’ games to iOS and Android Devices
Sony has created a new business division called ForwardWorks whose sole existence is to make Sony money. Uh! Make Sony money be bringing PlayStation games to mobile devices.
Official: Hideo Kojima forms new gaming studio, ‘Kojima Productions’, working on a PS4 console exclusive
Hideo Kojima has formed a new gaming studio! With the same name as his old gaming studio! And this new studio? Working on a PS4 console exclusive.
PlayStation 4 getting a $50 price cut in North America
PS4 is finally getting a price cut, folks. The OverLords over there at Sony have officially announced the reduction, which starts tomorrow.
Sony CEO says the PS4’s first-party line-up “sparse”, actually means “sad af”
You know that a console’s first-party line-up is sad as fuck when the CEO of the company is actually addressing it. Sony Czar Andrew House has described his system’s first-party non-game line-up as “sparse”, and followed it up by rattling off a bunch of bullshit. Bullshit that Day One adopters like myself probably don’t give a fuck about. Because we bought the system for games.
Sony’s new studio is focused on its virtual reality headset, Project Morpheus
Sony’s got a new studio focused on producing for the company’s virtual reality headset. And maybe I should have mentioned this earlier, but like, isn’t the peripheral’s codename just fucking perfect? Morpheus. Just strap this little bit of technology on, and go to sleep. Forget your life, problems, the world. Check out and write us checks for your eternal, now all-encompassing distraction. Or something. IDFK.
PlayStation Now subscription service dropping January 13
PlayStation Now’s subscription service is coming, finally, on January 13. And it’s bringing a subscription service with it. One of the head-scratchers regarding Sony’s game-streaming service was the fact that initially you only had the option to rent the games. Will this shift in policy get me to sign-up? Fuck nah! But I imagine it will for some.