Sony’s sending studios a survey about physical sales. Tom from Moore’s Law Is Dead says it’s the biggest one they’ve ever run. One question: do you have “an issue with how we sell games physically.” New PS4/PS5 discs still stop January 1, 2028. Old games stay. They’re asking. That’s the door.

Sony appears to be testing a new PlayStation rewards program that gives players wallet credit when they buy certain games. Players have spotted limited-time “Wallet Credit” offers on the PS5 PlayStation Store, including games like The Blood of Dawnwalker, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy and Star Wars Zero Company. One player claimed they received $10 in wallet credit after purchasing The Blood of Dawnwalker, but Sony hasn’t officially announced the program yet. The offers may be connected to a mysterious “Wallet Credits” app that appeared on the PlayStation Store earlier this year.

Sony has patented a way to pay for PlayStation digital content by using the controller to connect a phone to the console. The idea is to make “buying” games, DLC, and in-game items easier, a phone could send payment information through the controller so users would not have to enter it on the console. The patent mentions credit cards, bank accounts, gift cards, and digital wallets. The controller could use vibrations, sounds, or lights to signal when devices connect. The system could use NFC and Bluetooth between the phone, controller, and console.

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Sony has only developed 4 new IPs during the PS5 generation so far, compared with 21 unique IPs during the PS4 generation and 2 shut down The four new franchises are: -Returnal, terrible story but nice gameplay -Saros, (didnt play) -Concord, we don’t talk about this -Destruction AllStars, terrible garbage Concord and Destruction AllStars were both shut down, leaving Sony with only two new IPs that have survived so far. Sony is still planning to release Intergalactic and Fairgames$, but Fairgames$ already looks like another addition to Concord trilogy The company put massive focus on live-service games but most of those projects were cancelled before release, while the generation has produced far fewer new franchises than the PS4 era. For a company that built its reputation around creating big new first-party single player games this is a terrible generation, we are never getting the PS4 era again

Sony is reportedly preparing a major PS5 system update, version 14.0, with a public release expected by the end of September. The update is currently being tested mostly focusing on optimization and stability. One of the biggest changes could be PSSR 2.0 being enabled automatically by default. The update is also expected to change how the PS5 handles wireless connectivity, If Bluetooth is completely disabled, the console would no longer be able to enter Rest Mode, and HDMI Link would also stop working. They also will probably patch any recent jailbreak