Serkan Toto

CNBC have been talking to some analyst who have suggested there is a firm belief that Sony will launch a PlayStation 5 Pro model in the second half of this year.

Sony says its live service game hit Helldivers 2 is now PlayStation’s fastest-selling game launch ever, with sales “far exceeding expectations” at 12 million copies sold across PC and PS5 in its first 12 weeks.

Japan's Nintendo said on Tuesday it plans to make an announcement about the successor to its long-lasting Switch console during the financial year ending March 2025.

Nintendo will hold its traditional June Nintendo Direct this year, the company has confirmed.

So, we’re in the second year of an ongoing wave of layoffs in the video game industry. If you paid attention to a broader level something like this has also been happening in the tech industry as a whole, but for video games, it’s meant hundreds of very talented and valuable people losing their jobs.

Assassin’s Creed Jade’s release has reportedly been delayed from this year to 2025.

Leaked specifications for Sony's unannounced PlayStation 5 Pro console have been posted online, and show the upgrades present in the souped-up console expected to launch later this year.

The apparent specs for the as-yet unannounced PlayStation 5 Pro console have been shared online.

Sony could reportedly release a Pro version of the PlayStation 5 later this year to help PS5 sales find a second wind in the latter half of the current console generation. The PS5 has sold over 50 million units since its launch in November 2020, but the sales for the console are slowing down. Sony is set to miss its PS5 sales target for fiscal year 2023, with the Japanese electronics giant expecting to sell four million units fewer than its 25-million goal for the year.

A number of games industry analysts have reportedly said they’re expecting Sony to launch a PlayStation 5 Pro console later this year.

According to industry analysts, Sony's PS5 Pro is believed to be on the horizon, releasing sometime in the latter half of this year. Four years after its release, the PS5's anticipated Pro version may finally become a reality for many fans who have been eager for its release.

There's a broad consensus in the game industry that the PlayStation 5 Pro is indeed launching in the second half of the year, making it a great piece of hardware for the launch of Grand Theft Auto VI, according to a well-known analyst.

Sony is expected to launch a souped up version of the PlayStation 5 later this year, analysts have suggested.

Analysts believe that Sony will be releasing a PlayStation 5 Pro this year.

CNBC have been talking to some analyst who have suggested there is a firm belief that Sony will launch a PlayStation 5 Pro model in the second half of this year.

Sony recently announced that the PS5 has sold 54.8 million units worldwide, and while that’s quite an impressive number for a console that’s only just entered the fourth year of its lifecycle, it has missed the company’s internal sales target by quite a bit. Sony has, as such, revised its forecast for total PS5 units shipped during FY 2023/24 (which ends on March 31) from 25 million down to 21 million, and the company is now feeling the immediate repercussions of that.

Sony’s most recent earnings report wasn’t a great one for the previously-strong-seeming PlayStation brand. As we reported, Sony downgraded their fiscal year 2024 (which runs from the beginning of April 2023 to the end of March 2024) target for PS5 sales from 25 million to 21 million. They also admitted that no major AAA franchise entries will be published over the course of this coming fiscal year. Needless to say, this wasn’t received that well, partly leading to a plunge in Sony stock that subtracted an estimated $10 billion from the Japanese company’s value.

Sony's stock lost $10 billion in value last week after the tech giant lowered its forecast for this year's predicted PlayStation 5 sales. 

Nintendo is advising game publishers that its next-generation console will be delayed until the early months of 2025, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Nintendo Co. is advising game publishers that its next-generation console will be delayed until the early months of 2025, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The Switch 2 delay means Nintendo is in for «a lot tougher» year than investors might have hoped for, an industry analyst said. This outlook was offered as part of a wider overview of the potential effects of the widely reported move, both for Nintendo and consumers alike.

Japan's Sony Corporation slashed the full-year sales forecast for its PlayStation 5 video game console and said it plans to list its financial business next year as it focuses on entertainment and image sensors. Sony cut its PS5 sales forecast for the year ending March to 21 million units, from 25 million units previously, after weaker-than-expected sales over the year-end shopping season.

Nintendo’s next console could launch later than expected, in early 2025, it’s claimed.

Sony shares recorded their biggest intraday fall since February 2022 after the company said that PS5 sales growth has likely peaked.

Embracer has publicly disclosed they have laid off 8 % of their staff.

Japan's Sony slashed the full-year sales forecast for its PlayStation 5 console on Wednesday and said it plans to list its financial business next year as it focuses on entertainment and image sensors.

The successor to the Nintendo Switch will have an 8-inch LCD screen and will be released this year, it’s claimed.

8% of developers questioned in a new industry survey have said they’re working on games for Nintendo’s next console.

An audio electronics company claimed in a press release on Thursday that Nintendo’s next console will be released in September, only to later claim it was “guessing”.

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Nintendo shares hit a record high on Wednesday as the company rode a surge in stocks that saw Japan’s Nikkei close at its highest level since February 1990.

Nintendo is reportedly “deep in conversation,” with external studios to work on its first-party IP.

The latest rumors about the Nintendo Switch successor have managed some expectations for what the console might be, but the picture that they paint of Nintendo's next venture isn't necessarily a bad thing. As the follow-up to a hit console, a potential Switch 2 has a lot to live up to, and avoiding a market disappointment like the Wii U is crucial. Nintendo hasn't generally been expected to reinvent the wheel with the successor, but that hasn't stopped discussion of ways that the company could leap into the future with its next system.

Though Nintendo has been predictably silent on the subject, the company is expected to launch its next-gen console sometime this year, and naturally, there has been plenty of discussion regarding what the console will turn out to be. Nintendo, of course, has a reputation for consistently innovating and experimenting with its hardware, but from the SNES to the 3DS, the company has also been known to iterate on its innovations time and again.

It's expected that the long-awaited Nintendo Switch 2 (or whatever they decide to call it) will be revealed and release at some point this year. Rumors and comments from leakers have been piling up over the past couple of years, so much so that it would be astounding if Nintendo doesn't reveal its Switch successor in the next 12 months. Industry analysts appear to be of the same opinion.

2024 is upon us, and it seems very likely the successor to the Nintendo Switch will be upon us sometime this year as well. We’ve been hearing reports for months that dev kits may already be in studios’ hands and just recently many developers from Japan talked pretty openly about their excitement for a new Nintendo console in their New Years’ messages.

A new prediction from industry analyst Dr. Serkan Toto suggests that will likely be more of an “iteration” than a major advancement.

Nintendo’s Switch successor will launch this year and will likely be an iteration of the current hardware design, rather than a revolution.

Since it’s 2024, you can already “start the clock” on certain rumors and speculations about key events that will happen across all three major video game developers. For Nintendo, there are two events that everyone is already counting down to. For starters, gamers are already counting down to the first Nintendo Direct of the year, as that will “set the tone” for what’s coming in the Switch’s presumed final year. Then, there is the matter of the Nintendo Switch successor, which is rumored to be coming out this year at some point, and ever since that “estimation,” rumors aplenty have been bursting at the seams with “info” about the said system.

Every year, we turn to a panel of trusted analysts to ask them what they see coming down the road, and ask them to assess their predictions from the previous year.

Sales of Sony's PlayStation 5 have crossed 50 million units, the Japanese electronics giant said, pointing to "strong momentum" this year for its flagship gaming console. The PS5 was launched in November 2020, with the world in the grip of the Covid pandemic, and its sales initially suffered because of widespread supply chain problems and a global chip shortage.

Approximately 9,000 games industry employees have been laid off so far this year.

Sony’s gaming division has reported a record second quarter in terms of revenue, as PlayStation 5 consoles reached 46.5 million shipped.

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has denied it briefed developers on plans for a Nintendo Switch successor, calling recent media reports “untrue”.

Elden Ring was by far and away one of the most prolific games of last year. It won itself scores of praise and accolades following its release in February 2022, including topping Eurogamer's own Game of the Year list.

We now have a very surprising tease, that suggests that Nintendo still has a Zelda game in them that they are releasing before the year ends.

Known Japanese game industry analyst, Serkan Toto, might have hinted at a Switch Zelda Remaster or Remake for later this year.

Following a relatively quiet third quarter, games industry investment and deals are expected to rise steadily over the next 12 months.

The deal is done. Activision Blizzard is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsoft after two years of regulatory investigations and in the face of protests from various corners of the games industry.

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Nintendo will be focusing on the "current" Nintendo Switch business through the end of March 2024 but also pointed out the platform will be supported through Nintendo's next Fiscal Year as well.

Bayonetta and Wonderful 101 director, Hideki Kamiya, has announced he will be leaving PlatinumGames next month.

Stock in Japanese games giant Square Enix has dropped by 30 per cent since the launch of Final Fantasy 16.

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Renowned game developer and publisher Square Enix is facing hardships in the stock market. Following the release of Final Fantasy XVI, the stock price dropped from 7.540 yen on June 20 (the game launched on June 22) to the current value of 5.342.

Nintendo showed off tech demos for its Nintendo Switch successor behind closed doors at Gamescom, it’s understood.

Japanese gamers have continued to embrace the PC as a platform at staggering rates, jumping up 43% from 131.3 billion yen to 189.2 billion yen in 2022. That's a total size of about $1.3 billion US. The data comes from the latest report by Kadokawa ASCII Research Laboratories, an industry think tank which compiles yearly material about the performance of the gaming industry in Japan and abroad.

Shares in Japan's Sony fell 6 percent in Tokyo trade after first-quarter profit tumbled, with the entertainment conglomerate reporting lacklustre performances by its movie and financial divisions.

According to various sources, Nintendo may be gearing up to launch its next console sooner than you may think. 

At this point, it seems like we’ve been hearing about a possible Nintendo Switch update or successor for almost as long as the system has existed, but rumors of have reached a renewed fever pitch in recent weeks and months. Multiple rumors have pointed toward 2024 as the likely release year for the Switch 2 (or whatever it ends up being called) and Chinese manufacturers are also dropping hints something is in the works. Well, now the reliable insiders at Video Games Chronicle have stepped into the fray with some intriguing info.

Fresh reports indicate Nintendo is planning to release a successor to the Switch during the second half of 2024.

Development kits for Nintendo’s next console are now with key partner studios, with launch planned for next year, sources have told VGC.