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News Sony Stock Value Drops By $20 Billion After Microsoft Buys Activision Blizzard
How will PlayStation respond?
Not to stoke the console war flames, but it looks like Sony is in the middle of dealing with the Xbox Activision Blizzard purchase. After news of the deal dropped yesterday, January 18th, Sony stock plummeted overnight. In total, shares in Sony have lowered by 13 percent in the wake of the deal. Bloomberg noted that...
News Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Reveals His Thoughts On A PlayStation Game Pass
'It's an inevitability...'
One of the big stories to come out of December was a report that Sony was preparing its own version of Xbox Game Pass for the PlayStation brand, with the suggestion that it was going to launch in Spring 2022. Now, in response to that, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has told IGN that he believes it's an "inevitability" that...
News Xbox Social Media Manager Explores Zeta Halo Using PS5 Controller
"I love the era of gaming we’re in"
A few years ago, playing a Halo game with a PlayStation controller would've felt impossible. In generations gone by, consoles were locked ecosystems with their own distinct games, controllers and services. However, things are changing. With the introduction of Xbox Cloud Gaming, and PC ports of PlayStation...
News It's 'Awesome' That God Of War Now Supports Xbox Controllers, Says Dev
"We even put in all the glyphs for you..."
One of the big talking points of the week in the world of PlayStation was the arrival of 2018's critically-acclaimed exclusive God of War on PC, and as you might expect, it also contains support for Xbox controllers. The game is available to purchase now on Steam, and speaking to
Reaction Sony Continuing PS4 Production Shows The Xbox Series S Was A Great Move
Not enough chips
The Xbox Series S has been somewhat controversial since its reveal and release in 2020. A lower-spec next-gen console was seen by some as a way of holding the generation back, essentially limiting what could be extracted from Xbox Series X and PS5. A global chip shortage shows it was the right move after all. Earlier today, January...
Talking Point With PSVR 2 On The Way, Do You Wish Xbox Also Had A VR Headset?
Or would it be a bad idea?
As you may have already seen earlier today, Sony has formally announced the PlayStation VR2, the second version of the company's virtual reality headset — this time being designed specifically for PlayStation 5. The PSVR2 includes features such as a 4K HDR OLED screen with a 110-degree viewing angle, eye-tracking,...
News Xbox Documentary Addresses PlayStation's Infamous 'Used Game Instructional Video'
"Stuff got really ugly"
The new six-part Xbox documentary series called Power On: The Story of Xbox is a fascinating watch, and we're finding the Xbox One portion particularly interesting — it even includes a section on PlayStation's "used games" video. First though, a refresher. Back in 2013, it was suggested that the Xbox One (at one point) was...
News Xbox Team Receives Gift From PlayStation Exec To Celebrate Halo Infinite Launch
"So thoughtful... Class act"
It was inevitable that at least a couple of PlayStation team members would pop up to celebrate the launch of Halo Infinite with the Xbox team, and former SIE Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida went a step further with it. Yoshida and members of the Xbox team were seemingly in the same restaurant at the same time...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Says Console Wars 'Don't Help The Industry Grow'
'I spend zero energy on it'
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has been making some comments to mark the 20th anniversary of Xbox in a new interview with Edge magazine, which involved him reiterating his stance on the idea of a modern-day console war. As transcribed by VGC, Spencer explained that he spends "zero energy" on console wars, as he's "more...
News PlayStation Reportedly Creating Xbox Game Pass Competitor, Set To Arrive Spring 2022
Featuring everything from PS1 to PS5 games
We've got huge news coming out of the PlayStation camp today, as Bloomberg is reporting that Sony is creating an Xbox Game Pass competitor that is set to launch in Spring 2022, featuring everything from PS1 to PS5 games. It's codenamed 'Spartacus' and "will allow PlayStation owners to pay a monthly fee for...
News Xbox Responds To Calls To Add 'Platinum Trophy' System For Achievements
"We've definitely heard that feedback"
Xbox director of project management Jason Ronald appeared on the Iron Lords Podcast this past weekend, and had some interesting comments to share in regards to calls for a 'platinum trophy' system for achievements. The host questioned Ronald about whether Xbox could get "a Sony platinum achievement equivalent,...
News PlayStation Team Celebrates 20th Anniversary Of Xbox On Twitter
"Congrats on the big day!"
Yep, it's one of those wholesome posts again! Xbox celebrated the 20th anniversary of the brand in impressive fashion yesterday, and the team at PlayStation chipped in to share their congratulations in a message on Twitter. It clearly proved popular with the masses, as over 29,000 people have liked PlayStation's message...
News Xbox Boss Congratulates PlayStation Exec On The PS5's First Anniversary
Good guy Phil Spencer
It was Xbox's turn to celebrate the one year anniversary of the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S this past Wednesday, and now Sony is doing the same thing with the PlayStation 5 today - first released on November 12th, 2020. In a post on Twitter, PlayStation Studios head Hermen Hulst thanked the fans "for making the first year...
News 12 Months Later, Black Ops Cold War's 'Zombies Onslaught' Mode Is Finally Available On Xbox
It's no longer a PlayStation exclusive
Remember this, COD fans? All the way back in October of 2020, we reported that Black Ops Cold War would be getting a PlayStation exclusive 'Zombies Onslaught' mode, but now that timed exclusivity period has finally expired. It means that as of yesterday's November 2nd update, Zombies Onslaught is available to...
News Xbox Exec Admits PlayStation Has Been 'Out In Front' With 'A Certain Kind Of Game'
"We haven't really had the 1:1 with Sony there"
Head of Xbox Game Studios Matt Booty appeared on the Kinda Funny Gamecast earlier today, where he made some interesting comments about the differences between PlayStation's first-party titles and Xbox's own offerings. Asked about the PlayStation Studios output and the supposed "AAAA" titles that...
News PlayStation Acquires Metal Gear Solid HD Dev BluePoint Games
Another one bites the dust
The acquisitions just keep ramping up over at PlayStation HQ as the company has now acquired BluePoint Games, which previously worked on Metal Gear Solid HD Collection and the Xbox 360 port of Titanfall. It's no huge surprise this acquisition has been made, considering the developer has solely been working with...
News Study Reveals Xbox Live Suffered 100+ 'Outages' During The Past Year
Most likely affected by the COVID pandemic
The folks over at ToolTester put together an interesting report earlier this month about website outages over the past year, and the data includes a section on gaming, focused mainly around Steam, Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. According to ToolTester, Xbox Live had 63 reports of outages over the past...
Talking Point Is Xbox Missing Out By Leaving The Superheroes To PlayStation?
What do you think?
Following Sony's double punch of Marvel's Wolverine and Spider-Man 2 last week, some Xbox fans have felt left out of the comic book universe. Since then, there's been a call by members of the community for Xbox to deliver their own superhero franchise to combat PlayStation's fast-growing franchises of their own. Over the weekend,...
News Xbox Celebrates National Video Game Day With Nintendo & PlayStation
"The best setups make room for everyone"
In case you didn't know, yesterday (September 12) marked National Video Game Day in the United States, and there were lots of unique celebrations taking place on social media throughout the day as a result. Xbox's contribution came in the form of an inclusive tweet highlighting not only the Xbox platform,...
News PlayStation Acquires Firesprite, The Team Behind The Persistence
The gaming monopoly continues
Firesprite, the team behind The Persistence on Xbox, has been acquired as a first-party studio by Sony for PlayStation. The news was announced today in a PlayStation Blog post. Outside of The Persistence, Firesprite has mainly been a PlayStation centred studio, specifically for VR games. They've created titles such as...
News Horizon Forbidden West's Upgrade Path Has PS5 Buyers Wishing For Xbox's Smart Delivery
"Smart Delivery is how it should be done"
One of the biggest topics of conversation on social media today has centred around Sony's decision to not include a free upgrade for Horizon Forbidden West in its standard or special editions. Instead, players will be forced to drop a hefty sum to receive both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 versions of...
Random Even The Director Of PlayStation's God Of War Is Excited For Halo Infinite
Us too, Cory. Us too...
Gaming is at its best when everyone comes together. No console wars, no rivalries, just everyone appreciating and enjoying games across all platforms. While we do specialise in Xbox news, that doesn't mean we're opposed to playing on other systems. In fact, we own quite a few others ourselves. But of course, brand loyalties...
News PlayStation Exec Congratulates Xbox On The Launch Of Psychonauts 2
Head of PS Studios praises the "great reception"
Double Fine's Psychonauts 2 has been a long time coming, but it's finally arrived on Xbox Game Pass for console, PC and Xbox Cloud Gaming today, and a PS4 version is also available (playable on PS5 through backwards compatibility). To commemorate the launch, PlayStation Studios boss Hermen Hulst has...
News Phil Spencer Suggests Nintendo & PlayStation 'Don't Want' To Support Xbox Game Pass
"We have no plans to bring it to any other closed platforms"
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has been talking to GamesRadar as part of a new interview, suggesting (unsurprisingly) that Nintendo and PlayStation "don't want something like Game Pass" to be brought to their platforms right now. Asked about the potential of an Xbox app on Nintendo Switch,...
News MLB The Show 21's Xbox Release Appears To Have Been A Major Success For Sony
"The Show 21 contributed significantly to sales and profit..."
Sony has followed on from Xbox last week by reporting the latest earnings results for the PlayStation brand, and interestingly from an Xbox perspective, there's a little note discussing the success of MLB The Show 21. The company says that MLB The Show 21's launch on "other platforms"...
News Phil Spencer Praises PS5 DualSense, Says There's More Work To Do With The Xbox Controller
"I think Sony’s done a nice job..."
With the launch of the PlayStation 5, one of the biggest talking points has been the DualSense controller. It includes unique rumble features through haptic feedback, and has adaptive triggers which can add a new level of immersion to games. It's something many industry professionals have applauded, and Xbox...
"I am mad enough to burn some bridges"
In an eye-opening Twitter thread, one indie developer has shared his negative experiences with Sony over the years and the hoops he's had to jump through to promote his games. Iain Garner, the co-founder of publisher Neon Doctrine, put together a lengthy Twitter thread about "Platform X", which he claims is "a...
News PlayStation Boss Claims Sony Is Not In An 'Arms Race' Against Xbox To Acquire Studios
"We're very selective about the developers that we bring in"
Following the news that Sony has acquired former Xbox developer Housemarque, head of PlayStation Studios, Hermen Hulst, has claimed it's not in an "arms race" against Xbox to acquire more studios. Speaking to GQ Magazine, Hulst was probed about the on-going race between companies to...
News Former Xbox Developer Housemarque Officially Joins PlayStation Studios
We can't say we're surprised
Just in case you've missed the news coming out of the PlayStation camp this morning, it's been revealed that Returnal developer Housemarque has been snapped up by PlayStation Studios, described as a "big day" for the company. It doesn't mean too much to us here at Pure Xbox, as Housemarque hasn't been involved with Xbox...
News Microsoft Gave Sony Pre-Release Xbox Series X|S Hardware For MLB The Show 21
“It was a real, real sign of industry trust"
Xbox exec Sarah Bond has revealed how there was a lot of "trust" involved in bringing Sony's MLB The Show series to Xbox for the first time, and the team had to hand over pre-release Xbox Series X|S hardware in the process. Speaking to Axios and transcribed by VGC, Bond explained that the Xbox team had...
News Bethesda's Pete Hines Apologises To Fans Upset By Starfield Xbox Exclusivity
"If you want to play Starfield, [it's] PC and Xbox"
Update: Following the interview, Pete Hines issued a tweet reiterating that he's "not apologising for exclusivity" and merely to PlayStation fans who feel upset by the deal. Here's the full response he gave to a fan: "I'm not apologizing for exclusivity. I don't "have" to do anything. Some of our...
News PlayStation Team Congratulates Xbox On 'Great' E3 2021 Showcase
"Great time to be a gamer"
Yesterday's Xbox and Bethesda E3 2021 Showcase was a belter, and even a couple of members of Team PlayStation have shared their appreciation for it on Twitter, with Xbox boss Phil Spencer giving his thanks in return. Head of PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst tagged the head of Xbox in a tweet, stating that it was a "great...
News Sony's MLB The Show 21 Has Been A Massive Success On Xbox Game Pass
And it's also sold incredibly well
The biggest Xbox Game Pass bombshell of the year so far has undoubtedly been the addition of Sony's MLB The Show 21 at launch back in April, and Microsoft has confirmed today that the release was a massive success all around. In a post over at Xbox Wire, it was noted that during launch week, MLB The Show 21 was...
News Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Throws Shade At PlayStation's Approach To PC Gaming
“Others bring console games to PC years later..."
Ooh, it's getting a bit feisty today! Xbox boss Phil Spencer has hit out at PlayStation's approach to PC gaming, stating that unlike Microsoft, "others bring console games to PC years later," as well as charging players twice. As transcribed by The Verge, Spencer pointed out during a pre-E3 2021...
News Sunset Overdrive Co-Director: 'We Own The IP, Nothing Stopping Us Making A Sequel'
Don't expect it on Xbox though
We've pretty much resigned ourselves at this point to the fact that a potential Sunset Overdrive sequel would likely never reach Xbox, but nevertheless the game's co-director says he'd be very interested in making one. Speaking to GQ earlier this week, Insomniac Games' Marcus Smith reaffirmed to the outlet that the...
News Leaked Documents Suggest Xbox Wants To Bring Game Pass To Other Consoles
As part of Xbox Cloud Gaming
The ongoing court battle between Epic Games and Apple has brought a lot of confidential documents into the spotlight, and one of these suggests that Xbox "haven't given up" bringing Xbox Game Pass to other consoles. Xbox boss Phil Spencer mentioned this in an email to Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney in August of 2020,...
News Oops, Xbox's Confidential Review Of The Last Of Us 2 Just Leaked
"Naughty Dog still can't seem to make decent gun combat"
The ongoing court battle between Epic Games and Apple Inc. has brought out an unlikely review from the Xbox Portfolio Team which was filed this past August, originally intended to remain as an internal Microsoft document. The review is for Sony's The Last of Us 2, and it reads like any other...
News PlayStation Is 'Exchanging Ideas' With Xbox For Its Cloud Gaming Strategy
"There’s some very interesting stuff"
Head of PlayStation Jim Ryan has highlighted that Sony is currently still in conversations with Microsoft about how to implement its cloud strategy, but the final, overall experience will ultimately "be unique and only on PlayStation.” The partnership between Sony and Microsoft for cloud gaming was...
News God Of War Creator Says Sony Will Have A Response To Xbox Game Pass
"I know they are doing some stuff"
Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass subscription service has undoubtedly had an incredible year, adding the likes of EA Play, a massive batch of Bethesda games and countless AAA titles, not to mention the arrival of Xbox Cloud Gaming. Back in November, Sony's Jim Ryan stated t
Reaction As The PS3 Store Closes, Xbox Reminds Us How 'Critical' Game Preservation Is
"We're committed to making games across generations available to you"
Listen, we're not on a mission to bash PlayStation or anything, but following the announcement today that Microsoft would be bringing backwards compatible titles to the cloud, with 16 of them arriving today, it's impossible not to draw the comparison with recent PlayStation news...
News PlayStation Now Offers $1 Month Trial To Rival Xbox Game Pass
But only for a very limited time
Microsoft has been offering an on-and-off $1 month trial for the hugely popular Xbox Game Pass service for a very long time now, and interestingly, Sony's PlayStation Now alternative appears to be (temporarily) adopting a similar strategy. The difference in PlayStation's case is that this is (so far) a very limited...
News Xbox Boss Congratulates Jade Raymond On New Studio, PlayStation IP
"Looking forward to seeing what you create"
If you're a keen PlayStation fan as well as Xbox, you might have seen yesterday that veteran game creator Jade Raymond revealed on the PlayStation Blog that she has started a new indie development studio called Haven. And while it seems as though the developer's first game is coming to be some kind of...
Video PlayStation Welcomes Xbox Players To MLB The Show 21
Yeah, this still feels really weird
Sony made the incredible announcement back in early February that MLB The Show 21 would be coming to Xbox platforms for the first time on April 20th, marking the first PlayStation Studios title to ever reach Xbox! And as you can see above, the team at Sony San Diego has put together a little marketing trailer...
News PlayStation Follows In Xbox's Footsteps By Releasing More Games On PC
"We will continue to take mission steps in this direction"
If you're also a PlayStation fan, you might have seen the news yesterday that Sony is planning to release many more of its first-party games on PC, following a great year for Xbox on the platform last year. Jim Ryan, president and chief executive officer of Sony Interactive Entertainment,...
News Xbox Aligns With Nintendo And PlayStation In 'Safer Gaming' Commitment
"We can accomplish more when we work toward the same goal"
Microsoft has today unveiled its "shared commitment to safer gaming" in conjunction with Nintendo and PlayStation, where each brand will "continue investing in, evolving, and amplifying our approaches to user safety." Xbox says all players "deserve to have fantastic social gaming...
News Xbox Stands With PlayStation In Support Of Black Lives Matter Movement
Both brands speak out
Xbox has been speaking out on social media about the anti-racism protests currently talking place in the US surrounding the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. In a statement on Twitter, the brand echoed Microsoft's tweet about using its platform to "amplify voices from the Black and African American community at...
News Sony's Shuhei Yoshida Praises Xbox In Tweet To Phil Spencer
Nice to see!
Console war? What console war?! Former President of Sony Interactive Entertainment's Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida has taken to Twitter to congratulate Head of Xbox Phil Spencer on Xbox Game Pass' long-awaited debut in Japan, as well as this week's Inside Xbox show. The initial tweet was in response to Phil Spencer promoting the...
