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Gamer in Japan turns the PlayStation Classic into a true, and awesome, portable system

Casey Baseel
Jan 7, 2019
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Month-long modding project lets him go back to the 32-bit past on the go.

Japan
(awesome • cool • playstation • PlayStation Classic • Sony • technology • video games)

Nissin commercial gets a thumbs up for parodying Sony’s classic PlayStation commercial【Video】

Koh Ruide
Dec 2, 2018

“One, two, three! One, two, three! One, two, three!”

Japan
(advertisements • cup rice • funny • Nissin • playstation • Sony • video)

We interview voice actress Shoko Nakagawa, learn what gave her the greatest shock of her career

Krista Rogers
Nov 6, 2018

The prolific voice actress dishes on her experiences dubbing the Japanese-language version of Venom and in the anime voice acting industry.

Japan
(COK • interview • Marvel • movies • P.K. Sanjun • seiyu • Shoko Nakagawa • SNOJ • Sony • Tom Hardy • Venom • voice acting • voice actors • voice actresses)

Sony patents new headset with motion-sickness alert features, fans cautiously optimistic

Katy Kelly
Sep 27, 2018

We all love the idea of immersing ourselves in a fantasy, but the dizziness and nausea is too much for some to handle. Can Sony’s new patent help?

Japan
(motion sickness • playstation • PlayStation VR • Sony • technology • video games • virtual reality • VR)

Sony announces PlayStation Classic retro mini console【Video, photos】

Casey Baseel
Sep 19, 2018

A special present for the exact day of the PlayStation’s 24th birthday.

Global, Japan
(mini consoles • playstation • PlayStation Classic • Sony • video • video games)

NBA star collaborates with Sony and Nike to create awesome PlayStation-themed basketball shoes

Koh Ruide
Jan 29, 2018

Designed to look like PlayStation’s signature DualShock 4 controller, wearing these will surely up your game.

USA
(collaboration • NBA • Nike • playstation • shoes • Sony • YouTube)

You can drive this car with a PlayStation controller, meaning Gran Turismo is now real【Video】

Casey Baseel
Oct 11, 2017

”The real driving simulator” indeed.

Japan
(awesome • cars • cool • Gran Turismo • GT-R • motorsports • nissan • playstation • Sony • technology • video games)

Move over headphones, Sony’s new speakers let you blast music out of your shoulders

Koh Ruide
Sep 25, 2017

Become the talk of the town or make enemies on public transport with this futuristic-looking speaker.

Japan
(cool • music • Sony • speakers • weird • wireless)

Sony Pictures TV to Acquire Majority Stake in Funimation

Anime News Network
Aug 2, 2017

Anime distributor valued at US$150 million.

Japan, USA
(anime • Anime News Network • Funimation • Sony)

The new PlayStation VR comes with an adorable miniature PlayStation 4

BUSINESS INSIDER
Oct 3, 2016

The “PlayStation VR Processor Unit” acts as a middleman between the headset and the PS4 console itself.

Global, Internet
(playstation • Playstation 4 • PlayStation VR • PSVR • Sony • virtual reality)

Japan’s most popular game console: PS4 sales to surpass Wii U

Andrew Kane
Sep 20, 2016

Big news in the gaming world as sales of Sony’s PlayStation 4 predicted to surpass those of Nintendo’s Wii U in Japan — despite the fact that Nintendo’s system had a full year head start.

Japan
(nintendo • Playstation 4 • Sony • video game • Wii U)

Sony set to make “aggressive” move into AR phone gaming market thanks to success of Pokémon GO

KK Miller
Sep 7, 2016

Which Sony intellectual property do you want to chase around in the real world?

Global
(augemented reality • Pokémon GO • Smartphones • Sony • video games)

Trailer for Death Stranding – Kojima’s first game after Konami – is here and it’s amazing【Video】

Scott Wilson
Jun 14, 2016

Hideo Kojima proves yet again that he’s the master of making us want more.

Entertainment, Games & Tech, Japan
(death stranding • Hideo Kojima • Kojima • Kojima Productions • Playstation 4 • Sony)

Sony teases us with “Ghostbusters Proton Pack” April Fool【Video】

Philip Kendall
Apr 1, 2016

Oh, Sony, why are you doing this to me?

Games & Tech, Japan
(April fool • Ghostbusters • movie • proton pack • Sony • video)

Sony’s new projector is absolutely tiny, can make TV-sized projections anywhere 【Video】

Scott Wilson
Mar 29, 2016

Stop passing around your phone to share pics – just project them onto the closest wall… or tree!

Games & Tech, Japan
(awesome • devices • display • projector • Sony • technology)

Sony officially announces pricing for PlayStation VR add-on for PlayStation 4

Casey Baseel
Mar 16, 2016

Here’s how much real-world money it’ll cost you to play in Sony’s virtual video game domain.

Games & Tech, Global, Japan
(Playstation 4 • PlayStation VR • Sony • technology • video games • virtual reality • VR)

Sony developing audio player that delivers music to you without putting a device in your ear

KK Miller
Mar 11, 2016

Company’s first Future Lab design aims to revolutionize how we listen to music.

Global, Japan
(Future Lab • latest • music • N • Sony • South by Southwest • SXSW • technology)

Sony ends shipments of PlayStation TV in Japan

Anime News Network
Feb 29, 2016

Mini-console still available in the West.

Games & Tech, Japan
(Japan news • playstation • PlayStation TV • Sony • video games)

Sony’s Xperia Projector turns any surface into a smartphone interface【Video】

Mike
Feb 24, 2016

The electronics giant recently showed off a prototype device that can project an interactive, smartphone-like display onto any surface.

Games & Tech, Global, Japan
(devices • displays • projector • Sony • technology • Xperia)

Sony to stop selling Betamax video cassette tapes in March

Anime News Network
Nov 11, 2015

Sony announced on Tuesday that after four decades, it will stop shipping Betamax (or Beta) and MicroMV video cassette tapes next March. The company explained that it is ending sales in these formats in light of the changing marketplace, due to the end of analog television broadcasts in Japan in 2012, the decreased demand, and other factors.