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14.06.2021 / 22:39

PlayStation boss Jim Ryan speaks out against PlayStation 5 resellers

Sony‘s PlayStation 5 has been beset with stock shortages due to scalpers buying up and reselling stock as soon as it becomes available.In an interview with Axios, Jim Ryan acknowledged the problems consumers have in purchasing a PlayStation 5. “This really frustrates me and upsets me, especially when resellers and bots manage to get their hands on stock,” said Ryan.Another factor slowing down PlayStation 5 manufacture is the global superconductor shortage, which is expected to continue for a few more years, according to Intel’s CEO.Ryan said that Sony is “working incredibly hard” with retailers to get consoles to regular consumers.

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nme.com

27.05.2021 / 21:59

Sony reveals huge rise in female gamers since PlayStation 1 days

Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that there has been a massive rise in female gamers since the days of the PlayStation 1.READ MORE: Sony reportedly charges developers to use cross-playAccording to a recent investor relations day, presented by PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan, it was confirmed in a Game & Network Services Segment that 41 per cent of PS4 and PS5 console owners are female.The segment shares that there has been a “growing female interest in PlayStation gaming” indicating that during the time of the PS1, 18 per cent of female gamers owned the console.Also mentioned in the segment include details about the best launch lineup for the PlayStation 5, with Spider-Man Miles Morales, Demons Souls, and Sackboy: A Big Adventure making

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nme.com

13.05.2021 / 15:57

PlayStation Studios reportedly has 25 new PS5 games in production

PlayStation 5 titles in the works, half of which are new titles.The news comes from Guerrilla Games cofounder Herman Hulst, who now leads PlayStation Studios. Speaking to Wired, Hulst said there was an “incredible amount of variety originating from different regions,” in the upcoming releases, including big and small games of many “different genres”.Upcoming games under the PlayStation Studios brand include Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, Horizon Forbidden West, Gran Turismo 7, and God of War: Ragnarok, all of which are planned for release by 2022.Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan also apologised for the stock issues that have made it hard for people to purchase a PS5.

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nme.com

04.05.2021 / 07:07

Sony invests in Discord, plans to integrate it into PSN

Sony Interactive Entertainment has partnered with and invested in popular online chat platform Discord.SIE president Jim Ryan shared the news on May 3, where he revealed that the two companies are working to integrate Discord’s services into the PlayStation Network by 2022. As part of the deal, SIE has made a “minority investment” in Discord’s Series H funding round.“Together, our teams are already hard at work connecting Discord with your social and gaming experience on PlayStation Network,” Ryan said.

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nme.com

22.04.2021 / 19:39

Jim Ryan confirms Sony has been investing in more PlayStation exclusives

Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan has said that the company has been investing in more PlayStation exclusive games.In a new interview with Nikkei (translated by VGC) the CEO confirmed that the company has been “quietly but steadily investing in high-quality games for PlayStation” and will make sure that the PS5 generation will have more “dedicated” software than ever before.“We have repeatedly engaged in mergers and acquisitions, including Insomniac Games in the US.

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nme.com

24.02.2021 / 09:41

Sony CEO Jim Ryan confirms more PlayStation games to release on PC

Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan has confirmed that more PlayStation exclusive games will release on PC.Ryan shared the news in an interview with GQ, where he talked about the new PlayStation VR console that is being developed. GQ noted in the report that “a whole slate” of PS games for PC is “is on the way starting with Days Gone this spring”.When asked what changes have led to Sony’s newfound commitment to releasing games on PC, Ryan said: “We find ourselves now in early 2021 with our development studios and the games that they make in better shape than they’ve ever been before.

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nme.com

23.02.2021 / 21:50

Sony announces next generation PSVR headset

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced in a blog post earlier today that the company is working on the “next generation of VR on PlayStation”.In the blog post, Sony detailed its intentions to release the VR headset on PlayStation 5.

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nme.com

06.01.2021 / 08:11

Sony reportedly discontinues multiple PS4 models in Japan

Sony Interactive Entertainment has reportedly ceased production of most PS4 models in Japan, including the PS4 Pro.This is according to a new Game Watch report, which claims that the only PS4 model that will remain in production is the Jet Black 500GB PS4 Slim.

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nme.com

05.12.2020 / 01:43

PlayStation boss believes cross-gen support “is the rational thing to do”

PlayStation boss has spoken about the console’s cross gen support, insisting “it’s the rational thing to do”.As spotted by Wccftech, the latest issue of Edge magazine reportedly features an interview with Jim Ryan who has spoken further on the state of games being available across the PS4 and PS5 and how the company feels they have a “responsibility” to continue making games available between generations:“We do feel that we have a responsibility to that very large community, and an opportunity to carry on making great PS4 games for as long as the need is there, and I think that is the right thing to do, it’s the rational thing to do, and I think you will see a tail with PS4 that you did not see with PS3,” Ryan explained.

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nme.com

25.11.2020 / 15:33

Phil Spencer opens up about the Xbox Series X pre-order experience

Xbox, has revealed that he and Sony’s Jim Ryan had both “lamented” how difficult it was for gamers to get their hands on a next-gen console.In an interview with The Verge, Spencer revealed his thoughts on a variety of topics, including the difficult release of the Xbox Series X.Many fans had pre-ordered the console, only to be met with supply shortages, and shops were selling out of stock as soon as new units arrived.

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nme.com

21.11.2020 / 01:37

Sony unsure whether it will expand the PlayStation Plus Collection

Sony is undecided on whether it will continue its PlayStation Plus Collection.One of the biggest perks PlayStation 5 owners at launch is the new PlayStation Plus Collection, which operates as a bite sized version of Xbox Game Pass. The feature offers a wealth of first and third-party titles from the PS4’s lifespan for free to all PlayStation Plus subscribers.In a recent interview with GQ, PlayStation boss Jim Ryan was asked whether the collection is a one-off, or whether the company has any plans to continue the service going forward at present.“Well, we’re going to wait and see how the world receives the Plus Collection,” Ryan said in response.

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nme.com

20.11.2020 / 11:20

Sony might be working on PlayStation’s answer to Xbox Game Pass

Sony could be working on its answer to Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass video game subscription service.This is according to Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan, who was asked in an interview with Russian news agency TASS about how the company would respond to the Xbox Game Pass.Ryan replied cryptically, saying that “there is actually news to come, but just not today”, before pointing towards the company’s cloud streaming service, PlayStation Now.The CEO’s response comes in stark contrast to a statement he made in September, prior to the launch of the PlayStation 5.

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nme.com

17.11.2020 / 21:15

PlayStation boss believes prices hike for next-gen games is fair

PlayStation CEO, Jim Ryan, believes the increase to £70 for first-party games on the PS5 is fair.In a recent interview with The Telegraph, Ryan was quizzed on various factors regarding the PS5, one notable highlight being the increase in prices to PlayStation’s first-party line-up.“If you measure the hours of entertainment provided by a video game, such as Demon’s Souls compared to any other form of entertainment,” Ryan said.

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nme.com

06.10.2020 / 20:18

Sony is anticipating the PS5’s initial sales to outsell the PS4

PlayStation 5 around the corner, Sony Interactive Entertainment’s president and CEO believes it’s initial sales will outsell the PS4.When the PS4 launched back in November 2013, the overall sales within the first fiscal year accumulated to 7million total units. According to an interview between Korean site Naver and PlayStation boss Jim Ryan, the company believes the PS5 will outdo the previous figure.A translation of the interview is said that Ryan stated: “We think the PS5 will sell more in its first fiscal year than it sold in the first fiscal year at the time of PS4 launch”.

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18.09.2020 / 11:09

Sony rules out game subscription model for PS5, says its not sustainable

PlayStation 5 will not be getting a game subscription service, Sony has confirmed.Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO and President Jim Ryan recently ruled out a similar service to Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass for its upcoming next-gen console, saying that it “doesn’t make any sense” for the company’s PS5 plans. His comments come hot on the heels of the reveal of the PlayStation Plus Collection, which bundles together a selection of “generation-defining PS4 games” for PlayStation Plus subscribers on PS5.“For us, having a catalogue of games is not something that defines a platform,” Ryan told gamesindustry.biz.

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18.09.2020 / 07:37

The PS5 will not be backwards compatible with PS3 games and older

PlayStation 5 will not support backwards compatibility for games from the PS3 or its predecessors, according to Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan.While it was previously confirmed that the PS5 would support up to “99 per cent” of PS4 games, the same courtesy will not be extended to previous console generations. Ryan confirmed the news during a recent interview with Japanese magazine Famitsu, as translated by Siliconera.When asked by Famitsu if the PS5 would support games from the PS3 and older, Ryan responded: “We keep in mind the engineering specialised for the PS5, as we produced the device.

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18.09.2020 / 06:03

PlayStation CEO confirms more PS5 units will be available at launch than PS4

Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO and President Jim Ryan has revealed that the company will have more PS5 units on sale at launch than it did with the PS4 back in 2013.Ryan confirmed the news during a recent interview with the Washington Post. Although the Sony exec did not divulge concrete figures, the report did note that the PS4 sold 2.1million units within its first two weeks back in 2013, with over a million of those being sold on the first day of its launch.But Ryan also stated that the plans for the PS5 were “ far from clear” during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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17.09.2020 / 12:22

PlayStation boss on cross-gen games: “No one should be disappointed”

Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO and President Jim Ryan has spoken out in defense of releasing some first-party games across both the upcoming PlayStation 5 and the current-gen PlayStation 4.Yesterday (September 16), Sony revealed the price and release date of the PS5, alongside some launch titles which were thought to be exclusive to the system. However, it was later revealed that some of the titles, such as Horizon: Forbidden West and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, would also be released on PS4.Ryan has since defended the decision to make the titles cross-generational, saying that “no one should be disappointed”, in an interview with The Washington Post.

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17.09.2020 / 01:39

PlayStation 5 Sony Release Date And Pricing Set By Sony

Dade Hayes Finance EditorSony Interactive Entertainment said the PlayStation 5 console will go on sale November 12 at $399 or $499 with an Ultra HD Blu-ray player.In a blog post, interactive division CEO Jim Ryan said the console will go on sale first in the U.S., Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea. A week later, it will arrive everywhere else in the world.

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12.06.2020 / 16:47

'Spider-Man: Miles Morales' Among Titles Coming to PlayStation 5

Sony revealed the "Future of Gaming" in a Summer Game Fest live stream on Thursday. Among the new titles that the publisher teased for its next-gen PlayStation 5 console isMarvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, which is set for a holiday release."A hero is someone who doesn't give up," a trailer for the game declared.

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01.06.2020 / 23:31

‘The Last Of Us Part II’ pre-orders haven’t been affected by leaks

Pre-orders are strong for The Last Of Us Part II despite last month's leak.

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01.06.2020 / 09:19

“We’re going to launch this year”: Sony CEO confident COVID-19 won’t affect PlayStation 5 launch

The company also promised to “keep serving” the PS4 community

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01.06.2020 / 06:21

Sony announces ‘The Future Of Gaming’ event for PlayStation 5 games

The digital showcase will run for over an hour

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