Sony has quietly started increasing the price of its DualSense PS5 controllers by $5 at many retailers in the US. Wario64 first spotted the price increases at Best Buy, before noticing the DualSense has gone up at Target, GameStop, and Sony’s own PlayStation store. It comes after recent price increases for the PS5 console in Japan, but there are no signs console prices will increase in the US.
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found that Google “is using anti-competitive practices in open-display ad tech, which it believes could be harming thousands of UK publishers and advertisers.” The CMA has sent Google a statement of objections today, related to the search giant “self-preferencing” itself for ad tech services. It might be years until a final decision is reached, though. The CMA originally opened its investigation in 2022.
Microsoft is returning to the Tokyo Game Show on September 26th with a live stream at 6AM ET / 3AM PT / 11AM UK. It will include “content from Xbox Game Studios, Activision, Blizzard Entertainment, and Bethesda,” alongside “third-party partners primarily based in Japan and across Asia.” Rumors suggest games like Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Final Fantasy 16 could be gearing up for an Xbox debut at the show.
