TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Sony cuts PS5 production by four million units; Facebook Oculus Quest 2 leaked; and CNET Media Group sold to Red Ventures for USD$500m (£389m). Sony cuts PS5 production by four million units Sony Corp. has cut the estimated production run for its upcoming PlayStation 5 console by four million units, with the Japanese conglomerate now planning on shipping 11 million devices for the 2020-2021 financial year, according to [...]

TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Sony to double PlayStation 5 production; Nifty Games opens Chicago studio; and Darewise Entertainment raises €3m (£2.7m). Sony to double PlayStation 5 production Sony Corp. has informed its manufacturing and logistics partners that it intends to double production of its PlayStation 5 console from approximately five to six million units by March 2021 to ten million devices by the close of the year, in response to increased consumer [...]

TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Paradox Interactive acquires Playrion; Sony mulling offer for Leyou; and Tencent launches second US studio. Paradox Interactive acquires Playrion Stockholm-based developer-publisher Paradox Interactive has announced that it has acquired mobile studio Playrion for an undisclosed sum. Operating out of Paris, the acquired developer is best known for its Airlines Manager title, which has a player base of over 10 million since its release in 2014. Playrion becomes the [...]

TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Playstation 5 revealed; Playable Worlds raises USD$10m (£7.9m); and Zynga partners with Snap. Playstation 5 revealed Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has revealed its next-generation PlayStation 5 console, with a standard version running alongside a “digital edition”, which lacks a disc drive, as well as a series of peripherals and accessories. Sony has not confirmed the recommended retail price points for each version of the console at this juncture, [...]

TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Lightspeed raises USD$4.2bn (£3.3bn) fund trio; Esports Entertainment Group in USD$8.4m (£6.7m) IPO; and SIE announces USD$10m (£7.9m) development fund. Lightspeed raises USD$4.2bn (£3.3bn) fund trio California-based VC firm Lightspeed Venture Partners has announced that it has raised a trio of investment funds, which combined are worth in excess of USD$4.2bn (£3.3bn). These comprise of a USD$890m early-stage fund, termed Lightspeed Venture Partners XIII LP; a USD$1.83bn (£1.45bn) [...]

[LATEST UPDATE: 3rd April] As the COVID-19 novel coronavirus continues its spread and has hit pandemic level, there has been a growing impact on the game industry. The game sector’s problems, of course, are trivial compared to the millions impacted and the potential danger to millions more across the world.  However, the earlier Taipei Game Show and Mobile World Congress were previously cancelled amidst concerns around the virus, the potential arrival of the next-generation consoles may – or may not – [...]

[LAST UPDATE: 28th February, 2020] The time of year has come when myriad gaming companies and other tech outfits are releasing their new financial reports, with the conventional Q4 financial quarter drawing to a close on the final day of 2019. The likes of Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Zynga, DeNA, EA, Capcom and many others are now releasing numerous and detailed insights into their relative successes and failures both over the past quarter – and in some cases for 2019 in its entirety. As [...]

TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Ubisoft recruiting for AAA VR title; current-gen console sales declining at faster rate; and ByteDance appoints head of gaming. Ubisoft recruiting for AAA VR title Ubisoft Blue Byte GmbH is hiring for a series of roles to work on a AAA VR project, which will be based upon one of the publisher’s “greatest IPs”. While Ubisoft Blue Byte is best known for developing titles based on the Anno [...]

PlayStation is skipping on attending E3 this year, just a few months before it plans to launch the PS5. A decade or so ago, that would have seemed like a very peculiar move. E3 has long been the place to announce and launch the biggest games and gaming platforms. It is famed as a media frenzy, where the world’s press amass to collect and share all the key gaming news. Indeed, it was the very first E3 in 1995 that saw one [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Gameloft partners Blacknut for cloud gaming; PUBG Mobile lifetime revenue passes USD$1.5bn (£1.1bn); Sony hires Greg Rice and Christian Svensson. Gameloft partners Blacknut for cloud gaming Mobile publisher Gameloft Distribution Solutions has announced the launch of a cloud gaming service in partnership with Blacknut, which will see the two firms combine their respective catalogues of over 360 owned and third-party titles. The games will be available to stream [...]