Sony warns of continued PlayStation 5 shortages

Though you could say Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson are reteaming for a new film about real-life detective Kate Warne, this situation is a bit different than what we saw with “Jungle Cruise,” as Johnson is only serving as a producer. But still, the project has already caught the eye of Amazon Studios.

EXCLUSIVE: Following a highly competitive auction, Amazon Studios has acquired a star vehicle that will have Emily Blunt playing Kate Warne, the first woman to become a detective at the Pinkerton Agency. Scripting is Gustin Nash, whose credits include Youth in Revolt and Charlie Bartlett.

Sony‘s acquisition of anime streaming site Crunchyroll wraps up, there are reports that it will be included in a “more expensive” tier of PlayStation Plus in the future.Earlier in the week (August 9), Sony confirmed that it had completed an acquisition of Crunchyroll for a final price of $1.175billion (£847million).

Sony’s Q1 earnings announcement for 2021, the company highlighted a drop in PlayStation Plus subscribers and active users, but the company says it isn’t worried.Chief financial officer Hiroki Totoki spoke on this, as he talked about the drop off in the company webcast (transcribed by VGC).

Despite a slow recovery in some divisions due to pandemic concerns, Sony Group saw a record increase in profits of 9% in the period between April and June of 2021, the company reported Wednesday. During the period, which represents the first quarter of Sony’s financial year, Sony Group sales hit 2.25 trillion yen or $20.5 billion, a gain of 15%.

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Sony has announced that the PlayStation 5 is its fastest-selling games console ever, hitting the 10 million sales milestone already.The console reached the figure on July 18th, which meant it achieved the goal just under a month faster than the PlayStation 4 managed.That comes while sales have been potentially hampered by Sony struggling to keep up with demand.

Sony Entertainment Interactive President and CEO Jim Ryan has confirmed that there is still “a lot of work” to do before high demand for PS5 consoles can be met.Today (July 28), Sony CEO Jim Ryan has admitted that the company will continue to struggle to meet PS5 demand due to global chip shortages, which Ryan mentions is “a challenge that we are all navigating”. Speaking to Reuters, Ryan explained:“We’ve built more PlayStations faster than we ever have before which makes me happy.

Sony Interactive Entertainment, has confirmed that their recent acquisition of Nixxes Software was to help port more of their titles to PC.Speaking to Famitsu, Ryan has confirmed that Sony plans to utilize Nixxes Software – which Sony acquired earlier this month – to port more PlayStation titles to PC.

Sony has filed its third trademark update for PlayStation Home so far in 2021, sparking rumours the social space could make a comeback.Sony updated the trademark earlier this week (July 21), adding a new document labelled “Information to proprietors of earlier trade mark registrations or applications”.

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heatwave has entered yet another day as temperatures sizzle - and the scorching weather is set to last over the weekend. The Met Office has warned the country should brace for a 'very hot' few days, with the mercury to reach 27C in the west.

EXCLUSIVE:  Brian and Mark Gunn are set to adapt the screenplay for Sony Pictures and Escape Artists’ The Kaiju Score based on the AfterShock Comics’ series by James Patrick and artist Rem Broo.