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• Game Financial Reports Round-Up: Sony, Sega Sammy, EA, Ubisoft, Rovio and More

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  [UPDATED NOV 18TH] Numerous gaming companies and related tech outfits have been sharing their new financial reports in recent days, with the Q3 financial quarter drawing to a close at September’s close. The likes of Activision Blizzard, Tencent, Sony, Rovio, EA, Ubisoft, Facebook, Apple, Zynga, Nvidia and many others have all made public insights into their commercial fortunes, making it somewhat hard to keep up. As such, below we’ve rounded-up the key numbers from the most prominent reports. With companies in games and [...]

• Streaming and the Cloud: What We Learned from Microsoft's XO19 Event

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  Last night was a big night for Xbox. Microsoft hosted its X019 event in London, which was plump with announcements. If one theme dominated, though, it was the delivery of games as a service. Both Game Pass and Project xCloud enjoyed plenty of focus. The former is a subscription service for the Xbox One that adopts the ‘Netflix of Games’ model, giving users access to a library of titles for a regular fee. xCloud, meanwhile, is the coming Xbox cloud gaming streaming [...]

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• EA Hints at Return to Steam; Sony Examining Sale of PlayStation Vue

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  TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: EA hints at return to Steam; Sony examining sale of PlayStation Vue; and Ubisoft share price plummets following profit warning. EA hints at return to Steam EA has hinted that the company’s titles will be returning to Steam, ending an eight year period of exclusivity on the Origin storefront. The firms appear to have reached a compromise, whereby titles will be available to purchase on Steam but will [...]

• Analysis: What This Week Taught Us About the PlayStation 5

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  After making a few whispers earlier this year, Sony has finally given the world a chance to peak under the partially lifted lid that covers the in-development PlayStation 5. And, yes, it’s officially called the ‘PlayStation 5’. That won’t come as a surprise in the wake of the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. But now the name is official, along with a ‘holiday 2020’ release window, as confirmed in a new Sony blog post. The announcement wasn’t especially big [...]

• Sony Interactive Entertainment Lays Off 'Dozens' of Staff; Google Stadia to use Negative Latency

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  TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Sony Interactive Entertainment lays off ‘dozens’ of staff; Google Stadia to use negative latency; and TouchTen secures funding. Sony Interactive Entertainment lays off ‘dozens’ of staff Sony Interactive Entertainment has reportedly laid off ‘dozens’ of staff across its European (SIEE) and North American (SIEA) divisions, as part of previously-announced restructuring efforts. PlayStation directors reportedly visited SIEE officers in London on Tuesday to notify them of the corporate decision, [...]