I'm always going to have the PlayStation 2 as my favorite console, if only because it helped introduce me to the Kingdom Hearts series. I don't know where the franchise is now, where the story's going, or anything, but I'll always treasure my time with this series. And while it'...
Hermen: New IP is incredibly important to us. New IP is the lifeblood of gaming. But, new IP is just one aspect of our strategy. Ultimately, I want PlayStation Studios to be fiercely daring, to take risks. I want us to continue to embrace the legacy of PlayStation, pushing the bounda...
The PlayStation Network (PSN) is an online gaming and media content distribution service. Sony Corporation originally created PSN to support its PlayStation 3 (PS3) game console. The company has expanded the service over the years to support other Sony devices, plus streaming of music and video...
However, while PlayStation’s cloud offerings have improved, they are still playing catch-up to Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming, which is more widely integrated and offers seamless access across a range of devices. So, what’s next for PlayStation, and how can it compete in the crowded cloud...
2, or Planetside 2 simply couldn’t happen within the current console regimes. All free-to-play games rely on constant, near weekly updates. Players expect new stuff: both paid for and free, relentlessly. If the game isn’t getting better, they’ll just move onto something else that is....
If Microsoft’s handheld console manages to play the games from the cloud, the device will be slimmer, lighter, and a lot more competitive on a stage where handhelds are still bulky and hard to handle. This is the right time for Microsoft to develop a new concept and hardware to blow ...
The next Playstation We learned a ton about Sony’s upcoming Playstation updateback in April. Sony’s next console doesn’t have a public project name like Scarlett, but we do know some of the technical bits. Like the Xbox, the new Playstation will use an AMD processor, with eight core...
Others think the Xbox Series X is better than the PlayStation 5. I have both PS5 and XBSX and I think Xbox is the better console overall. Quick resume, game pass, game sharing, and backwards compatibility is amazing. Only thing is PS5 shits on Xbox with their exclusives. PS5 has haptic...
Sony sticks to a reliable naming scheme for its consoles. The first PlayStation was followed up by a PlayStation 2. After that, we saw a PS3 and a PS4. Even today, the newest console is the Sony PlayStation 5. It’s all very logical and reliable. ...
Welcome back to Next-Gen Console Watch! This week Ryan is doing double-duty as Xbox Xpert AND host, and joining him is IGN's community lead, Jada Griffin. This week's topic: the PS5 price hikes in Japan and what it could mean for the PS5 Pro. We