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소니, 플레이스테이션 부서 900명 해고… 게임업계 불황 심화

2024.02.28

Sony has announced that it is laying off 900 employees at its PlayStation division. This represents 8% of its global workforce. The layoffs are expected to affect various PlayStation studios, including Insomniac Games, Naughty Dog, Guerrilla Games, and Firesprite. Sony's layoffs are part of a series of layoffs that are expected to sweep across the gaming and tech industry in 2024.

소니, PS VR2 공식 PC 지원 개발 중

2024.02.23

Sony has announced plans to add the ability to run PC games to further utilize its latest PlayStation virtual reality headset, the PS VR2. "In addition to the PS VR2 titles available on PS5, we are currently testing a PS VR2 player feature that will allow access to PC games to provide more gaming diversity," Sony said. The company is also aiming to launch PS VR2 PC support later this year, with more details to be revealed at a later date.

소니, 판매량 부진? 진짜 문제는 낮아진 수익성

2024.02.19

Japanese technology giant Sony suffered a setback when it revised its full-year sales forecast for its flagship PlayStation 5 (PS5) console, sending its stock price down by about $10 billion. Analysts, who already thought Sony had set its PS5 sales targets too high, told CNBC that a far more important issue was the declining profitability of its core gaming business.

애플, CES24 불참하고도 이미 헤드셋 전쟁 주도?

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2024.01.15

세계 최대 정보기기 전시회인 미국 라스베이거스가전쇼(CES2024)가 12일 폐막한 가운데 정작 이 행사에 제품을 출품하지 않는 애플이 이 행사출품업체들을 제치고 이미 가상현실/증강현실(VR/AR)헤드셋 전쟁의 승자가 됐다는 평가가 나왔다. 애플의 주력 아이폰이 하향 조짐을 보이는 가운데 애플의 비전프로는 새로운 틈새시장을 개척할까.

소니, 스포티파이에 신규 게임 사운드트랙 출시

2023.10.23

Sony Interactive Entertainment has released new video game soundtracks on music streaming platform Spotify, according to British gaming publication Eurogamer. The new additions include soundtracks from Gravity Rush, Wanda and the Colossus, Wild Arms, and The Tale of PoPoLoCrois. Sony Interactive Entertainment has previously released SIE Sound Team compilations on Spotify, including soundtracks from games like Bloodborne and The Last Guardian.

소니, 헤드폰 제조업체 '오디지' 인수

2023.08.25

Sony Interactive Entertainment said it has signed an agreement to acquire U.S. headphone manufacturer Audeze. Founded in 2008, the California-based company specializes in consumer audio technology with a focus on high-end headphones. Commenting on the acquisition, Hideaki Nishino, executive vice president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, said, "Audeze is a premier headphone brand, and this acquisition is all about bringing the best audio experience to PlayStation users."

소니, 마이크로소프트와 '콜 오브 듀티' 10년 함께한다

2023.07.17

Sony has agreed to a 10-year deal with Microsoft to keep the Call of Duty franchise on PlayStation after its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Microsoft Games CEO Phil Spencer announced that Sony and Microsoft have reached a "binding agreement" to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation. The deal is expected to end a bitter battle between the two companies that has raged privately and publicly over the past year since Microsoft announced its acquisition of Activision Blizzard in January 2022.

구글 스타디아 가고, 소니 새로운 클라우드 게임 온다

2023.04.12

Sony is reportedly set to launch a new cloud game. The Verge, a U.S. tech publication, reports that Sony will renew its interest in new cloud games after Google's Stadia fades. Despite several recent layoffs, Sony is currently still hiring for 22 positions related to cloud gaming technology, One of the positions will be responsible for "developing and delivering the strategic vision for cloud game streaming on PlayStation," the company said.

플레이스테이션, VR2는 메타에 경쟁 모델 될까?

2023.02.20

Playstation VR 2 will be released next week. The headset will continue to be called Meta Quest, which is already the most popular VR headset. Sony fans will be served a majority of Quest ports in the worst-case scenario. Only a handful of titles have been developed exclusively for the PSVR 2 or have origins in PC VR.

소니, 혼다와 합작한 전기차 브랜드 '아펠라' 공개

2023.01.05

Sony and Honda announce the name of their new electric car brand, Afeela. The company's first car will be a mid-sized sedan. It will be available to order and even purchase in 2025, but deliveries won't start in North America until 2026. The car will also be built at one of Honda's factories.

소니, 일본 구마모토에 수조원 투자... '반도체 공장' 신설 투자

2022.12.16

Sony Group Corp is considering building a new factory to make smartphone image sensors in the Kumamoto prefecture of Japan, Nikkei reported on Thursday.

소니 생존권 걸린 '콜 오브 듀티', 마이크로소프트에 10년 계약 제안 받아

2022.12.06

Microsoft is in the process of buying Activision Blizzard, the publisher of Call of Duty games. The companies have already inked the deal, but it is awaiting approval from the Federal Trade Commission. Sony has been vocal about the historically large acquisition, which could, according to them, create too much centralization.

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