OnLive, the California-based provider of cloud gaming, has announced that it’s service will be closing this month. As a result, Sony has been able to strengthen it’s own cloud gaming service by purchasing OnLive’s patent portfolio, making it the company’s second cloud-gaming acquisition since Gaikai in 2012.
Sony Online Entertainment, the studio responsible for titles such as DC Universe Online and EverQuest, has been acquired by Columbus Nova, a New York based investment management firm. The company has been renamed to Daybreak Game Company, and will now focus on multi-platform games, while continuing development on all current projects.
Sony has announced the latest PS4 sales figures, which has surpassed 18.5 million units since launch, making the PS4 the fastest selling PlayStation hardware. A massive 4.1 million units were sold over the 2014 Holiday Period and New Years.
Over the Christmas period, the PlayStation Network suffered a DDoS attack which took out the network for a number of days. The situation frustrated new PS4 owners and new ones alike, and to compensate everyone affect, Sony is extending PlayStation Subscriptions for everyone.
Sony has restored PlayStation Network connectivity for online multiplayer after the DDoS attack to the network over Christmas last week. While the overall network is back online, there are some areas that are still inaccessible, namely the Account Areas on the PlayStation website.
Last week we reported that Hacker Group DerpTrolling leaked thousands of PSN account details on the Internet, claiming that they hacked the PlayStation Network and other services. However, Sony ash now released a statement to Joystiq that no breach was detected, and account details are safe.
DerpTrolling has released a log of customer logins across the PlayStation Network and other services, revealing 2,131 PSN details. The group also claims that they have around 7 million usernames and passwords in total, including credit card details of some of the hacked services.
Sony Computer Entertainment America’s President and CEO Shawn Layden has defended the DRIVECLUB launch issues by giving a poor excuse on how it’s hard to test concurrent users hitting servers. According to Layden, it’s hard to beta test “50,000, 100,000, 200,000 users hit your service”. But we already know that the Destiny beta managed to test over 850,000 concurrent users.
As we approach the PS4’s one year anniversary in mid-November, Sony has released their latest financial results. The report shows that Sony has sold 13.5 million PS4 consoles in just under a year globally, but the company has posted an overall loss.
Sony has revealed that it’s planning to host a press conference ahead of this year’s Tokyo Game Show. The press conference will take place on September 1st at 15:00 Japanese time, which is 6AM GMT. The event will be live-streamed via the PlayStation Japan website, but is likely to be mainly in Japanese. The content of the conference is currently unknown, but it could be something big.
