Ghost of Tsushima's PC port has been
Announced in
Sony has argued that a PSN account is necessary to access the online features of Ghost of Tsushima, but that appears to be an artificial requirement. The game is not a multiplayer title, at least, not the way games like Helldivers 2 are, yet, the company insists it can't be played unless one has a PSN account.
The PSN account requirement also contradicts a previous statement from Tsushima developer Sucker Punch assuring gamers that such an account was
One would imagine that Sony would want to maximize its profit by increasing access to its library of games, but noooooo, it appears the company is more interested in upping the number of people who have the PlayStation overlay installed on their PCs. As if gamers want another launcher.
Looks like Sony also didn't learn its lesson from the Helldivers 2 fiasco where it
Whether Sony will expand the number of regions that support PSN is yet to be seen, but the company's decision does raise some uncomfortable questions about titles both past and future. Will the company insist that previously released titles come into the PSN fold too? Will it make the PSN requirement a standard fare for hotly-anticipated releases like God of War: Ragnarok?
Region-locking software on PCs also has serious implications for consumers, as it bars them from legally accessing products they would otherwise need to pirate. Plenty of evidence shows that consumers pirate less when they can easily access something on the Internet, be it video games, movies, or even music. Regional pricing also helps, since wealth is unevenly distributed across the globe.
Over at Reddit, some users are
But of course, the memo seems to have been lost on executives who seem to be chasing oddly specific metrics (in Sony's case, the number of PSN accounts created). If anyone from Sony is reading this: please stop this madness and keep the region-locking shenanigans away!
Sony ranked #67 on HackerNoon's Tech Company Rankings this week.
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Team green has stunned markets with its earnings ever since OpenAI's public launch of ChatGPT jump started an AI arms race to secure hardware that can support large language models for a variety of purposes. Quarter after quarter, the company has consistently reported an increase in sales and profit because of all the demand it is seeing for its chips.
But despite all the success, Wall Street believes the company is still
Most expect to see the company reporting a massive increase in revenue and profit this quarter on the back of continuing demand for the company's chips. According to Reuters, analysts on average see Nvidia reporting a 242% jump in revenue to $24.60 billion for the fiscal quarter ending in April, with net income pegged to rise from $2.04 billion a year ago to $12.83 billion.
That is a massive jump and we'll keep you posted on how the earnings play out.
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