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[XtremelyBaneful]

PS3 Still Has Nearly 2 Million Monthly Active Players

The PlayStation 3 first released in 2006, but it seems a lot of people are still getting enjoyment out of the system. According to information from the recent Insomniac leak, 1.9 million monthly users were still spending time with the console as of February. At this point, that was nearly a year...

comicbook.com

Sony ecosystem (2023): 123 million monthly

Microsoft ecosystem (includes consoles, Windows, and mobile apps) (2022): 120 million monthly users

Valve ecosystem (includes Windows/Linux) (2021): 132 million monthly users

Sony (PlayStation) and Valve (Steam) are my preferred platforms, though occasionally I'll buy/download something on Apple (iOS) or Google (Android) to play. I have an Xbox account on PC but don't really do anything with it. As for Nintendo/Switch, I play with friends and family that have that but personally I don't.

wow, Microsoft and Sony both have a very close amount of MAUs!

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

UK PC and console sales grew 2.6% in 2023 | UK Annual Report

38 million video games were sold in the UK during 2023, the latest GSD figures reveal. It's a slight increase of 2.6% o…

www.gamesindustry.biz

2.38 million games consoles were sold during the year in the UK, according to GfK panel data. That's a rise of 9.4% over the year before.

PS5 was the driver behind this. Sony's console saw sales rise 55.2% over 2022, making it the biggest year yet for new PlayStation. It's actually the best year for a PlayStation machine since 2014.

The other console to post year-on-year growth was, interestingly, PS4. Sales of PS4 were up 633% year-on-year. Like with PS5, this is due to severe console shortages that plagued PlayStation consoles throughout the year prior.

Elsewhere, Nintendo Switch ended the year as the No.2 console, but sales are down 16.7% over the year before. This is the Switch's seventh year on the market and a decline was expected.

Narrowly behind Switch is the Xbox Series S and X, which saw sales drop 14.2% over the year before.

Over in accessories, nine million products were sold at UK retail in 2023, a drop of 4.5% over the year before, despite improved console sales.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Sony zeigt Playstation 5 Slim mit Laufwerk in drei neuen Farben

Am Rande der CES-Pressekonferenz hat Sony die auch der Playstation 5 etwas Platz gelassen. Zu sehen waren drei neue Modelle in den Farben Blau (Cobalt Blue), Silber (Sterling Silver) und Rot (Volcanic Red).

www.notebookcheck.com

 

[psylockolussus]

Red looks seXy, but I wouldn't buy it. I prefer my gadgets black or silver.

 

[henzINNIT]

Bring back the PSX grey

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

New PS5 controller leaked by retailer — and it comes with a huge upgrade

Best Buy listing for a DualSense V2 has appeared online

www.tomsguide.com

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

New PS5 controller leaked by retailer — and it comes with a huge upgrade

Best Buy listing for a DualSense V2 has appeared online

www.tomsguide.com

Hmm, this seems legit

 

[theastsunnn]

Is metal gear master edition worth it if I don’t remember the story ?

 

[Gee]

Bring back the PSX grey

They did.

Spoiler

But it's only for Jimbo!

PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan Just Got A PS1-Style PS5 At His Retirement Party, But You Can't Have It

We'd buy this in a heartbeat if Sony made it widely available.

www.gamespot.com

 

[Iceman]

Any chance Killzone, Resistance or Infamous ever come back?

 

[psylockolussus]

Any chance Killzone, Resistance or Infamous ever come back?

I think those are done.

 

[Iceman]

I think those are done.

A shame, maybe if the devs for each scaled up enough they could do these as well as their current main franchises (if they wanted to that is).

 

[Iceman]

Square Enix says it used AI art in upcoming Foamstars game

Square Enix plans to “aggressively” use AI in its games.

www.theverge.com

 

[psylockolussus]

My opinion about AI is use it as a tool to enhance things. But in terms of creating "artworks", they shouldn't be 100% reliant on it. There's just something weird/ugly about AI arts, like its like an art made by a robot.

 

[Superhero 101]

Any chance Killzone, Resistance or Infamous ever come back?

Man If Sony can bring back these franchises that would be amazing!! Add in SOCOM Also one of my favorite military games back when I was growing up.

 

[Iceman]

Man If Sony can bring back these franchises that would be amazing!! Add in SOCOM Also one of my favorite military games back when I was growing up.

Oh SOCOM, yes! I guess in most of these cases the studios are committed to big franchises like Spider-Man/Marvel/Horizon/Ghost but it would be nice to get 1 or 2 of these back one day. I'm hoping that if the studios expand they can have multiple teams to be able to handle their main franchises as well as projects like these at the same time.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

PlayStation Store’s top downloads of 2023

Which 2023 game was the most downloaded last year?

blog.playstation.com

 

[Drizzle]

I had no idea that you could download this from the PS store as of last week.

STAR WARS Episode I - The Phantom Menace

The Adventure Begins

store.playstation.com

It's very very far from the best Star Wars game but I might have to get it just for nostalgia's sake.

 

[henzINNIT]

I had no idea that you could download this from the PS store as of last week.

STAR WARS Episode I - The Phantom Menace

The Adventure Begins

store.playstation.com

It's very very far from the best Star Wars game but I might have to get it just for nostalgia's sake.

The Qui Gon level on Tatooine was surprisingly great.

 

[Drizzle]

The Qui Gon level on Tatooine was surprisingly great.

It could turn into Grand Theft Auto: Mos Espa real quick.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Sony Is Less Interested In Subscription Services Because "People Play One Game At A Time"

Don't expect Sony to try and rival Game Pass, as its CEO says that subscription services aren't particularly "valuable" right now.

www.thegamer.com

 

[Iceman]

I hope Ghost 2 gets confirmed this summer.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

PS5 Slim review: The console we should have gotten from the start

The PS5 Slim improves on an already fantastic console

www.tomsguide.com

I agree. But on the contrary to the reviewer the worst thing about it is still the glossy finish parts - they are so ridiculously easy to scratch that even a new microfiber cloth will scratch it if it comes into contact.

 

[Drizzle]

Tech question that I can't really seem to find a straight answer to online:

I have two 2TB external hard drives that I use with my PS5 that have game data on them. I recently got a 5TB external hard drive that I would like to transfer all data that's currently on the two 2TB drives to consolidate. In the interest of saving time, would I be able to copy the data on the drives using a Mac or PC instead of only using my PS5? I know that you can't open up game files on a computer but I figure if you're only transferring the data and not actually opening the files it shouldn't be a problem.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Gee]

Tech question that I can't really seem to find a straight answer to online:

I have two 2TB external hard drives that I use with my PS5 that have game data on them. I recently got a 5TB external hard drive that I would like to transfer all data that's currently on the two 2TB drives to consolidate. In the interest of saving time, would I be able to copy the data on the drives using a Mac or PC instead of only using my PS5? I know that you can't open up game files on a computer but I figure if you're only transferring the data and not actually opening the files it shouldn't be a problem.

Thanks in advance!

I don't own a PS5 so I may be talking out of my ass but the technical guy in me would think that since you've already used the two 2TB external HDs with your PS5, I'm assuming they are encrypted (Sony possibly uses a proprietary file system as well). Thus a Windows/Mac/Linux computer won't be able to recognize those drives, since they aren't using FAT32/exFAT/NTFS file system, or they will be seen as empty because of the encryption.