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Archives for December 2023

The best PlayStation games from 2023The best PlayStation games from 2023
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Brooklyn Nets star Mikal Bridges shows off his traveling PS5 setup.

Presumably, he had this Poga PS5 carrying case / portable monitor with him last night in Detroit as his team handed the Pistons their record-breaking 27th straight loss.

Some may say, “Just get a Steam Deck” (Danny Brown concurs), but that wouldn’t be the best option for Madden, and despite a price starting above $1,000, at least this means he doesn’t have to worry about hotel HDMI shenanigans. Still, I don’t think anything tops the San Antonio Spurs laptop LAN setup for Starcraft during the 1999 NBA Finals.

The Verge’s 2023 in reviewThe Verge’s 2023 in review
Dan Seifert
The PlayStation Portal is flawed but fun

5

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It does one thing well, and yet there are other multi-use devices that are arguably better, but dammit sometimes I’m lazy.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Insomniac finally responds to hack that leaked ‘Wolverine’ game and moreInsomniac finally responds to hack that leaked ‘Wolverine’ game and more
Discovery shows you’ve bought on PlayStation actually won’t be taken awayDiscovery shows you’ve bought on PlayStation actually won’t be taken away
Ash Parrish
Ash Parrish
The cost of AAA development is too damn high.

A report from Kotaku has examined some of the documents released as a part of a malicious ransomware attack on Spider-Man 2 developer Insomniac Games. The documents reveal that Insomniac spent $300 million on the game’s development, roughly $30 million over budget, and that the game needs to sell 7 million copies at full price to break even.

Among the leaked presentations, one slide asks if gamers even noticed the 3x budget increase between Spider-Man 1 and 2.

What Hacked Files Tell Us About The Studio Behind Spider-Man 2

[Kotaku]

Chris Welch
Chris Welch
Sony has been fined $14.8 million for shutting out third-party PS4 controllers.

France’s national competition regulator, the Autorité de la concurrence, has fined Sony €13.5 million (approximately $14.8 million USD) for “abusing its dominant position” as the official manufacturer of PlayStation 4 controllers.

The company has been sanctioned for its aggressive methods of blocking counterfeit controllers through PS4 firmware updates, which also rendered other third-party gamepads inoperable.

Meanwhile, returning to the current console generation, Sony just announced it has sold over 50 million PS5 consoles. So this fine, like most others targeted at tech giants, is a mere drop in the bucket.

The Autorité de la concurrence fines Sony €13.5 million for abusing its dominant position (PS4 video game controllers) | Autorité de la concurrence

[Autorité de la concurrence]

PlayStation 5 sales have surpassed 50 million unitsPlayStation 5 sales have surpassed 50 million units
God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla uses an old genre to tell a new storyGod of War Ragnarök: Valhalla uses an old genre to tell a new story
Wolverine part of massive Insomniac Games leak after ransomware deadline passesWolverine part of massive Insomniac Games leak after ransomware deadline passes
Naughty Dog cancels its The Last of Us multiplayer gameNaughty Dog cancels its The Last of Us multiplayer game
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Spider-Man 2 will be getting some new features next year.

The game’s next update will arrive in “early 2024” and will add things like the ability to replay missions and change the time of day, Insomniac Games said on Wednesday. Insomniac also said it’s working on features like New Game Plus and audio descriptions, but didn’t give a timeline for those.

Apple’s 10th-gen iPad is actually worthwhile when it’s $100 offApple’s 10th-gen iPad is actually worthwhile when it’s $100 off
Antonio G. Di Benedetto, Brandon Widder and 1 more
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Sony stays silent as another PS5 bug locks players out of their purchased games.

For several hours on Friday, PS5 owners have been reporting a “CE-107928-7” corruption error when they try to download or update games. It was bad enough that at least one developer acknowledged the issue, and we saw it on our systems, too.

As of about noon ET, some say it’s resolved, and downloads are working again after a console restart. However, just like the issues earlier this week where players were “permanently banned” for a little while, Sony’s status page indicates all is well, its social media accounts are silent, and PR hasn’t responded to questions.

PlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership sucks

Jay Peters

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