

Sony launches new PlayStation Plus tiers in North America
It’s been a long time coming, as reports of a new PlayStation Plus service surfaced early last year. Sony confirmed the overhaul in March, and has teased the upgraded service ever since. Today, the wait is finally over, as the service is now live for those in North America. Sony is offering three new plans with its updated service: PlayStation Plus Essential, PlayStation Plus Extra, and PlayStation Plus Premium. PlayStation Plus...



Critical vulnerability in the way Sony PS3, PS4, and PS5 consoles read Blu-Ray discs allows rooting and modifying the firmware
At least two generations of PlayStation consoles could be affected by a newly revealed exploit that exists due to a bug in the way these systems handle Blu-Ray discs. The successful exploitation of the flaw would allow...



Soracom Announces Global Collaboration with Sony Semiconductor Solutions’ SPRESENSE™ IoT Microcontrollers
Soracom global IoT connectivity added to SPRESENSE recommended LTE operator list; SPRESENSE microcontroller board available for purchase through Soracom. Soracom, Inc., a global provider of advanced IoT connectivity,...



Sony pulling God of War from GeForce Now as PlayStation Plus revamp begins to roll out
Cloud gaming continues to gather momentum with Sony’s revamped PlayStation Plus rolling out across all its major launch markets by the end of June. Sony has had a cloud offering for a while but it wasn’t that good....



Ligado Selects Sony Semiconductor Israel as Chipset Developer for 5G Mobile Satellite Network
The partnership will connect tens of millions of Internet of Things devices across North America. Ligado Networks today announced a partnership with Sony Semiconductor Israel (hereafter “Sony”) to develop chipsets...

Ming Chi Kuo: PSVR 2 Enter Mass Production in Second Half of 2022, Release Possibly in Spring 2023
Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has published a series of tweets detailing where the PSVR 2 parts are coming from and claiming that the headset will enter into mass production in the second half of this year with a production target of 1.5 million headsets. Should this prove true, we are likely looking at a Spring 2023 release date at the earliest. (1/5)My latest supply chain check suggests that the assembler and several component...


