Today's News:
* In a recent corporate release, Konami stated that they have slashed their projections for their financial outlook for this year by almost 50%. The company originally was expecting to generate around 76.5 billion yen in operating profit for the year but recently slashed it down to 42.5 billion yen instead. The official reason for this downgrade in expected profit was not given. Unofficial reason is rumored to be due to the very disappointing performance of their eFootball 2023 game.
Link:
https://www.destructoid.com/konami-s...look-for-2023/
* Sony announced that they will be shutting down and removing their PS Plus Collection for all Playstation 5 PS+ subscribers from PSN on May 9th.
Link:
https://blog.playstation.com/2023/02...itive-edition/
* For those interested, Frictional Games announced that they have delayed their upcoming Amnesia: The Bunker game from its planned March 2023 release date to a new date of May 16th. Official reason given was due to "a tough winter with a slew of illnesses that has affected the development. We are a small team and things like this heavily impacts production."
Link:
https://twitter.com/frictionalgames/...44437961048072
* Sony and developer Sony Santa Monica announced that God of War Ragnarok has sold around 11 million copies since its release this past November and also broke the record for fastest selling first party game in Playstation history.
Link:
https://twitter.com/PlayStation/stat...74605211848705
* In a recent fiscal report, Sony stated that they shipped around 7.1 million PS5 consoles this past fiscal quarter, up 3.1 million compared to the same fiscal quarter last year. It was also stated that they have also shipped around 32.1 million PS5 consoles since its launch in November of 2020.
https://www.destructoid.com/ps5-ship...cal-year-2022/