Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has warned that the company will cease to invest in the UK should the government fail to provide incentives or tax relief to the games industry.
PlayStation Plus has improved the split of PS4 and PS5 players on its priciest tiers, but Sony continues to hide total subscriber numbers.
I for one will be going back to essential at the next renewal. When I feel a game is good & right up my alley, I’ll check trusted reviews & just buy it.
I would like to see Sony add a fourth tier of PS Plus for people who just want to be able to play games online without any of the perks like monthly games, store discounts, or anything like that, and it should cost $20 annually, $30 maximum. There’s no way I’m paying $80 just to play games online. Even the original $60 fee was too much, and I would often wait for sales to re-up my subscription.
Just let my subscription lapse for the first time since 2010. Will sub again every now and then for a month or so to access my old ps+ games but for me it's the end of an era.
Let those numbers continue to drop because it is now too expensive. $80 per year just to play online. I noticed they didn't offer any discounts on the subscription or controllers during this year's days of play for the first time in many years and they will feel it when people choose not to renew.
My subscription will lapse next month and it will stay that way until further notice.
Cheat software provider EngineOwning will pay Call of Duty creator Activision nearly $15 million in damages and legal fees.
This is what developers and manufacturers should do. I know going after cheat devices/makers is a cat and mouse game, and cost money. However, they can get that money back by sueing these manufacturers of cheat devices. Take a page from Nintendo's playbook.
During Sony’s recent business segment meeting and investor presentation regarding its game and network services, the PlayStation company revealed that PlayStation 5 is the company’s “most profitable generation to-date.”
It’s the top slide of the presentation, showing that in its first four years, the PS5 generation has already hit $106 billion in sales, having almost caught up to the PS4’s total $107 billion generated.
Operating income for the PS5 generation has also already surpassed that of the PS4, having now reached $10 billion.
I wouldn't doubt it. They released a high quality system. A lot of high quality games from themselves and their support of 3rd party developers and indies. They released many high quality remakes and remasters. They released a high quality GaaS game going against the naysayers thinking Sony would abandon single player games. And they most likely are profiting a lot more than PS1, PS2 PS4 and the loss leading PS3 that drained all their profits.
Now, I'll wait to see what's cooking tomorrow. But can you use some of those profits to better support your high quality VR headset? Because, by supporting it, you can sell more games and more systems and make more profits?
This will surely shut up all the new trolling accounts trying to spread lies and non facts in other articles comment sections before this article is posted.
Wow! I am super impressed that in just 4 years, ps5 already caught up to the PS4's. Congratulations.
Strange that the publishers are calling for tax relief, as they are the ones raking in all of the profits these days. I say only give incentives to developers; the publishers are doing just fine.
They should go to Ireland. They have a low corporation tax rate and a excellent IT Infrastructure.
Also last year there was talk of giving a tax break to developers.
Realtime worlds threatened to move and Bioware is opening in Ireland now.
Such a shame that my Government doesnt truly recognise how important our industry is
Britain without a doubt produces the best games, but hey I'm going to say that, some amazing series, games and developers that have emerged from the UK:
- Grand Theft Auto Series (Rockstar North)
- Burnout Series (Criterion Games)
- Fable Series (Lionhead Studios)
- LittleBigPlanet (Media Molecule)
- Total War Series (The Creative Assembly)
- Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios)
- TimeSplitters (Free Radical Design/Crytek UK)
- Perfect Dark (Rare)
- Operation Flashpoint (Codemasters)
And those are just off the top of my head, probably missing some gems.
It's pathetic that they went back on their promise. "Same old tories".
The gaming industry is an important export for the UK and gaming companies threatened to outsource to places like France and Canada if there wasn't a tax relief offered similar to what's offered elsewhere.
Not surprised at this news at all. Just extremely pissed off about it.
Not just for the negative effects it'll have on the economy, not just for the negative effects it'll have on the games produced in the UK but also because of the amount of jobs that will be lost as a result of this.