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Sony to relaunch its China Hero Project for Chinese games
Sony Group plans to expand its China Hero Project programme to identify and incubate Chinese-made games, in a race with Microsoft to tap China’s gaming market. Read more…
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Why is Microsoft stockpiling Chinese video games?
Microsoft is stocking up on Chinese video game content, solidifying China’s transition from a land only of players to a hub of blockbuster developers. Read more…
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Sony has a cross-platform metaverse plan
Sony CEO says the company is well-positioned to play a leading role in the metaverse “where games, music, movies and anime intersect”. Read more…
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NTT Docomo, Sony and Amdocs latest to pull out of MWC
Japan’s largest wireless carrier, NTT Docomo, Sony and Amdocs became the latest companies to pull out of Mobile World Conference (MWC) in Barcelona. Read more…
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Sony rejects Third Point plan to spin off chips
Sony Corp said on Tuesday it was rejecting a call by Daniel Loeb’s activist hedge fund Third Point LLC to spin-off its chips business. Read more…
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Australia suing Sony Europe over faulty PlayStation games
Sony Europe violated Australian consumer law by telling customers it did not have to give them refunds for faulty games that had been downloaded. Read more…
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For Sony smartphones are losing money but indispensable
Sony Corp sees the smartphone business as indispensable to its brand portfolio, bucking calls to scrap the money-losing business. Read more…
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Sony tries to climb smartphone ladder with movie screens
Sony aims to capitalise on its movie pedigree with new devices featuring 21:9 ratio screens, the dimensions used to film blockbusters. Read more…
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Sony alliance hops on Japan’s ride-hailing bandwagon
TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp said on Tuesday it would become the latest blue-chip firm to jockey for position in Japan’s taxi and ride-hailing market, with plans for a joint venture to develop an artificial Read more…
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Google teams with OEMs to make smart speakers in tablet form
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Google said on Monday its voice-controlled virtual assistant will show up this year in new tablet-like devices designed by LG Electronics and Sony as the technology company seeks to challenge Amazon.com’s Read more…
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Sony saved by sensors, shifts sights to self-driving cars
TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp is poised to report its highest-ever profit this year on strong sales of image sensors after years of losing ground in consumer electronics and hopes to develop the technology for Read more…
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There’s a whole lotta 5G going on at NTT DoCoMo this week
ITEM: NTT DoCoMo has released a blitz of simultaneous 5G announcements, including an ultra-reliable low-latency (URLL) trial with Huawei and a mobile digital signage deal with Sony. But perhaps the more significant of the bunch Read more…
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Sony’s bringing AIBO back – now with improved AI
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Sony Corp said on Wednesday it has brought back AIBO more than a decade since it last made the robotic dog, as the electronics and entertainment firm seeks to rebuild its Read more…
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VR gaming market not competitive enough to drive takeup: Sony
CHIBA (Reuters) – Sony Corp’s gaming chief on Friday said the virtual reality gaming market needs more competition to drive adoption of the technology and spur software development, adding the sheer size of Sony’s lead Read more…
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Sony VR headset sales top 1 million thanks to low price
TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp has sold more than one million units of its virtual reality (VR) headset globally, the Asia chief of the Japanese firm’s gaming unit said on Wednesday, as a relatively low Read more…