Sony makes deal with Qualcomm
Seems to be sticking with smartphone making for now
Sony company has struck a multi-year deal with Qualcomm to use Snapdragon platforms to power its handsets.
Microsoft complains that it is losing the console wars
Now the FTC wants to give the field to Nintendo and Sony
Microsoft has told a court that it has been losing the console wars to Sony and Nintendo and needs to buy Activision Blizzard to keep its head above water.
Cloud gaming still tricky
Warns Sony
Sony's chief executive has warned that cloud gaming is still technically "very tricky," playing down the risk to the console maker of the industry quickly converting to a technology on which its rival Microsoft has invested shedloads of cash.
Sony teases new streaming PlayStation handheld
How do you do Project Q?
Sony teased its Project Q which is a PlayStation handheld focused on steaming.
Industry blasts UK competition authority over Activision Blizzard decision
Watchdog might have been listening to the wrong side
Yesterday’s move by the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to block the Activision Blizzard acquisition has been blasted by those it was meant to protect.
Sony makes a killing
Results better than expected
Sony previously forecast an operating profit of US $8.8 billion and $85.7 billion in revenue. The company beat its forecast with US $9 billion in operating profit -- a company record.
Sony throws cash at Raspberry
AI plans
The company behind the Raspberry Pi line of computers has raised fresh investment from Sony's semiconductor unit, in a deal aimed at advancing its efforts in artificial intelligence.
Sony fears it will get a low-fat Call of Duty if Vole takes it over
Claims Microsoft will want to make Xbox versions look better
Sony says it's worried Microsoft could give PlayStation owners a "degraded" performance of new Call of Duty games if it takes over Activision Blizzard to make the Xbox versions look better.
German courts order youtube-dl software site taken down
Sony, Warner and Universal get legal lebensraum
A German court has ordered hosting provider Uberspace to take the website of the open-source youtube-dl software offline. The ruling results from a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Sony, Warner, and Universal last year. Uberspace will appeal the verdict and meanwhile, youtube-dl's code remains available on GitHub.
E3 2023 gets officially canceled
And it is not an April's Fools
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has announced that E3 2023 has been officially canceled.