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Sony Is Bleeding Money (Again)

6:30PM February 2, 2012 | Brian Ashcraft

Today, Sony announced its recent financials, and the Tokyo-based electronics giant is hemorrhaging money. More »

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PlayStation Man Kaz Hirai Will Officially Be Sony’s Next Boss [Updated]

7:32PM February 1, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

As has been expected for a while now, Sir Howard Stringer’s replacement as President and CEO of Sony Corporation when he steps down in June will be Kaz Hirai, a long-time champion of the company’s PlayStation brand. More »

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PlayStation 4 Game Development Is Underway

4:30PM October 21, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

While Sony hasn’t yet officially announced the PS4, no doubt it’s coming. The PlayStation 3 will get a successor. According to a “trusted source”, work has started on PlayStation 4 games. More »

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Sony’s Tokyo Game Show Press Conference LIVE Coverage

1:30PM September 14, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Tokyo Game Show 2011 is… GO!!! Sony Computer Entertainment Japan is kicking it off with its pre-TGS keynote, talking about all things PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation Network. Kotaku is in the house, keeping an eye on what Sony execs have to say about the future of PlayStation. More »

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Sony ‘May Never Know’ What The Hackers Stole, Who They Were

9:30PM June 9, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

The Sony PlayStation Network is back online, but it was hacked back in April. Sony’s servers were breached and over seventy million accounts were compromised. Sony still doesn’t seem to be any closer to nabbing the individuals who carried out the attack. More »

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Sony Wants Vita Making Cash Money In Three Years

2:12PM June 8, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

In a Reuters interview, Sony Computer Entertainment honcho Kazuo Hirai said that he hoped the PS Vita would turn a profit within the next three years. He also added that wants the Vita to outsell the PSP. [Reuters] More »

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Sony Ponders Reward Offer As It Insists PSN’s Security Was Up-to-Date

3:00AM May 9, 2011 | Owen Good

Sony is weighing whether to offer a reward for information on the hackers behind the massive PlayStation Network outage, now in its 18th day, CNET reports. Its potential amount was not mentioned. More »

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Sony’s Shittest Golden Week Ever

4:00PM May 3, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

This week in Japan is “Golden Week”, a consecutive string of national holidays. While companies and the stock markets are closed, the entire country is on holidays. Everyone, it seems, except Sony. More »

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Sony Shows That Saying "I’m Sorry" Isn’t Enough In Japan

4:00PM May 2, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

This Sunday, as the Golden Week holidays began in Japan, Sony execs Kazuo Hirai, Shinji Hasejima and Shiro Kambe answered reporters’ questions about the PSN breach that put the private details of over 70 million gamers at risk. The execs didn’t just apologise for the breach, but bowed for seven seconds. More »

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Sony Considers Reimbursing Credit Card Replacement Costs In Light Of Data Breach

3:00AM May 2, 2011 | Owen Good

In this morning’s news conference, Sony Computer Entertainment head Kazuo Hirai said the company would consider covering costs associated with reissuing credit cards to PlayStation Network subscribers who feel their accounts have been compromised by the massive data breach of April 20. More »