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12:59am, 12th June, 2020

Sony calls on Spider-Man for PS5 year-end launch

Sony Corp on Friday unveiled more than two dozen titles for its upcoming PlayStation 5 console, including a sequel to its hit "Spider-Man" title and the latest "Gran Turismo" racer, as it builds anticipation ahead of the planned year-end launch.

Sony to turn financial arm into wholly owned unit for $3.7 billion: Nikkei

12:07am, 19th May, 2020

News

Sony to turn financial arm into wholly owned unit for $3.7 billion: Nikkei

Sony Corp will turn its financial arm, Sony Financial Holdings Inc , into a wholly owned unit through a tender offer worth about 400 billion yen ($3.72 billion), the Nikkei business daily reported.

Sony braces for lowest profit in four years, hit broadly by coronavirus

5:37am, 13th May, 2020

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Sony braces for lowest profit in four years, hit broadly by coronavirus

Sony Corp expects operating profit to drop at least 30% this financial year to its lowest in four years as the company anticipates a hit to demand for its TVs, cameras and smartphone image sensors from the coronavirus outbreak.

Nintendo and Sony temper console expectations ahead of E3

2:06pm, 26th April, 2019

Games

Nintendo and Sony temper console expectations ahead of E3

just over a month away, and per usual, the news in the lead up has offered more insight into what we won’t be hearing about at the big gaming show. Late last year, Sony announced that it would be its big annual press conference at the event. The move...

Sony flags disappointing profit, scraps targets as gaming slows

5:54am, 26th April, 2019

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Sony flags disappointing profit, scraps targets as gaming slows

Sony Corp warned of a sharper-than-expected drop in its annual profit and scrapped some longer-term targets, in a sign a slowdown in its gaming business as its PlayStation 4 console nears the end of its life was beginning to hurt.

God of War Documentary, Raising Kratos Announced by Sony

1:52pm, 20th April, 2019

Games

God of War Documentary, Raising Kratos Announced by Sony

On the one-year anniversary of – God of War – Sony announced an upcoming documentary that follows the creation of the game. The documentary titled, Raising Kratos, was featuring game director for God of War, Cory Barlog; the team at Santa Monica Stud...

Sony shares some details about the PlayStation 5

1:23pm, 16th April, 2019

Games

Sony shares some details about the PlayStation 5

Lead architect for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita gave to Wired’s Peter Rubin and shared some details about Sony’s next-gen console — the console that is likely to be called the PlayStation 5. The next PlayStation will be based on an AMD arch...

Exclusive: Loeb's Third Point building stake to pressure Sony - sources

9:58am, 8th April, 2019

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Exclusive: Loeb's Third Point building stake to pressure Sony - sources

Daniel Loeb's hedge fund Third Point LLC is building a stake in Sony Corp to push for changes, the second time in six years it has targeted the Japanese electronics maker, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Sony Launches Limited Edition Kingdom Hearts 3 Walkman

1:52pm, 10th February, 2019

Gadgets

Sony Launches Limited Edition Kingdom Hearts 3 Walkman

Kingdom Hearts fans have had a very long wait for the latest title in the franchise and as they now rejoice, Sony is celebrating that achievement with a limited edition Series A Walkman. Those of you who have been around long enough know that the Wal...

Sony announces first-ever share buyback, stock rises 5 percent

9:38pm, 7th February, 2019

News

Sony announces first-ever share buyback, stock rises 5 percent

Sony Corp announced on Friday a share buyback of 100 billion yen ($910 million) - its first ever aimed at boosting shareholder returns - sending the Japanese electronics and entertainment company's shares up more than 5 percent.