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PS5 A Major Catalyst For This Small Cap Video Game Stock; Could Xbox Be Next?
Friday, January 8, 2021 - 7:45am | 679Small cap Immersion Corporation (NASDAQ: IMMR) is rising as its haptic technology could be added to a second major gaming console after its success with another. What Happened: Immersion has a royalty deal with Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE). The deal allows the company to...
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The Future Of Gaming Is Not In New Consoles
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - 10:16am | 1328Historically, new product launches have been the sun around which the gaming industry operates. Take the last console cycle in 2013. Launched days before Black Friday, Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox One and Sony Corp’s (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 4 combined to sell over 4...
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A Pandemic Black Friday: PlayStation 5 Buyers Camp Out At Stores That Are Otherwise Much Emptier
Saturday, November 28, 2020 - 1:32pm | 487The number of people who went to traditional stores this year fell by 52.1% compared to last year, according to preliminary data from Sensormatic Solutions. One exception though came from PlayStation 5 fans, as was expected. News reports across the country showed them camping out...
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New PlayStation No-Nos: Profane Tweets, Rogue PS Plus Collection Deals, Scammer eBay Photos
Saturday, November 28, 2020 - 11:40am | 389Gaming enthusiast sites are reporting a number of novel developments in these early days of the PlayStation 5 rollout, some of them resulting in bans. No Profanity On Twitter: TheGamer reports that the consoles seemingly have a built-in, unlisted function that blocks users from posting...
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Nintendo Expects To Sell 26% More Switch Consoles In 2021 Over Previous Estimate
Thursday, November 5, 2020 - 5:00am | 376Creator of Super Mario franchise Nintendo Co Ltd (OTC: NTDOY) hiked the forecast for Switch handheld consoles in its earnings report. It expects to sell 24 million Switch handheld consoles for the year ending March 2021, 26% higher than the previously projected 19 million units...
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Gaming Survey Shows 'Solid Trends' As PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X Prepare For Launch
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 - 4:25pm | 395Video games are on the rise thanks in part to stay-at-home procedures during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. PC gaming is up, with Etailers reporting "frequent recent stocks outs of NVDA's most popular Turing cards." According to analysts at BofA Securities, only "8% of PC...
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What Sony Analysts Like About The PlayStation 5 Presentation
Saturday, June 13, 2020 - 8:45am | 468Sony Interactive Entertainment (NYSE: SNE) unveiled its next-gen PlayStation 5 console Thursday along with an impressive line of games. Both exclusive and third-party titles were highlighted during "The Future of Gaming" event. The responses to the PS5 have been positive, a good...
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GTA Online As A Standalone PS5 Title Could Be More Important Than You Think
Friday, June 12, 2020 - 2:32pm | 359There's a reason Sony Interactive Entertainment's (NYSE: SNE) PS5 presentation began with "Grand Theft Auto V." According to NPD, sales numbers for the month of May bumped "GTA V" to the No. 2 standing on the charts, just behind Activision Blizzard's (NASDAQ:...
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'Spider-Man: Miles Morales' Confirmed To Be Standalone Title
Friday, June 12, 2020 - 1:48pm | 246"Spider-Man: Miles Morales" is seemingly launching beside Sony Interactive Entertainment's (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 5, but there was some confusion about the next-gen title. Is it a full sequel or extra downloadable content to complement "Spider-Man" from the PS4? Insomniac...
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Sony Finally Reveals What The Playstation 5 Looks Like
Thursday, June 11, 2020 - 4:47pm | 236Sony Interactive Entertainment (NYSE: SNE) held its first major event for the PlayStation 5, where the company detailed a huge lineup of games for the next-gen console. While the majority of the event focused on the titles, Sony ended the presentation with the reveal of not one, but two versions...
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PS5 Game Lineup Reveals Third-Party Titles, Major Exclusives (Watch The Trailers Here)
Thursday, June 11, 2020 - 4:28pm | 843Sony Interactive Entertainment (NYSE: SNE) launched its first main event detailing the PS5's game lineup. In addition to the console's first reveal of the PlayStation 5 and the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition, the company unleashed a massive line of games to look forward to after the console...
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Video Game Companies Announce Delays, Pledge Support Of Protests
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 1:26pm | 811As protests continue after the death of George Floyd, many planned events in the video game community have been postponed as a stand in solidarity. While the choice to delay has been received with mixed opinions, it's a positive movement to help ignite change. PlayStation 5's 'The...
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Sony To Present 'The Future Of Gaming' On June 4
Friday, May 29, 2020 - 11:23am | 520Sony Corp's (NYSE: SNE) Sony Interactive Entertainment announced Friday it will host an online event called "The Future of Gaming" on June 4. Rumors of the event have been rumbling behind-the-scenes since early May as fans have hoped for more information about the PlayStation 5,...
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Sony May Hold PlayStation 5 Conference As 'Early As Next Week'
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 12:41pm | 258Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) could be holding a conference detailing news about the PlayStation 5 console as well as details surrounding the system's game lineup, Bloomberg reported. The digital event could happen as early as next week, with hints suggesting June 3. However, the date could change...
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Report: Sony To Produce Fewer PlayStation 5 Consoles Amid Pandemic
Friday, April 17, 2020 - 2:57pm | 260Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE) will produce fewer units of its upcoming PlayStation 5 counsel in its first year amid coronavirus, according to Bloomberg. What Happened? According to the article, Sony is limiting its initial launch of the PS5 but expects the console's software to weigh on demand...