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PlayStation 5 will be available to pre-order in India on Friday, May 13 at 12pm IST (noon). Those interested in getting their hands on the next-generation gaming console from Sony have three choices: the Blu-ray equipped PlayStation 5, PS5 Digital Edition, and PS5 Gran Turismo 7 Bundle. There is currently no information on the shipping and delivery date as of now. While the new PS5 India restock was announced on the Sony Center website ShopAtSC, the flagship console is expected to be available on other websites including…

Smartphones have point-and-shoot cameras (remember those?) beat in a lot of ways, but there’s one thing traditional cameras still do better than phones: zoom. The new Sony Xperia 1 IV aims to change that with a true continuous optical zoom lens. It’s a technical achievement, for sure, but at this stage, it’s more proof of concept than game-changer. At $1599, it’s a steeply priced concept, too. To be sure, you’ll find plenty of premium specs on the device, starting with a 6.5-inch 4K (well, 1644 x 3840 but close enough)…

Sony is only hours away from revealing the fourth generation of its Xperia 1 handset — a.k.a. the Xperia 1 Mark IV — and as sometimes happens prior to these events (which starts in the middle of the night for much of the world), official imagery has begun to appear.It’s not really worth rehashing the rumored specs at this point — everything will be official soon enough — but it is worth noting that, design-wise, Sony’s mobile division continues marching to the beat of its own drummer.Edge-to-edge display with notched- or…

TOKYO— Sony SONY -3.37% Group Corp. and Nintendo Co. NTDOY -3.33% said their flagship videogame machines are likely to be in short supply all year owing to component shortages, extending a problem that has plagued both companies. “There’s no end in sight to the semiconductor shortage at this point,” said Nintendo’s president, Shuntaro Furukawa.…

Sony has sold a total of over 19 million PlayStation 5 units since launch, the company's latest earnings report has revealed. The Japanese company revealed that it sold 2 million PlayStation 5 units in the quarter that ended on March 31 as compared to 3.3 million in last year's Q4. Furthermore, Sony sold 70.5 million PS4/PS5 titles, including 14.5 million first party games, as compared to 61.4 million a year ago, in the Q4 FY 2021. The number of titles sold in this quarter, however, are quite less in comparison with the…

Pictures of the apparent retail packaging for Sony’s upcoming flagship headphones, the WH-1000XM5, have leaked on Reddit, suggesting the successor to the excellent WH-1000XM4 could be just around the corner. The images appear to confirm the previously rumored design for the new headphones, which includes a thinner headband and redesigned connector with the left and right earcups. Unfortunately, the new leak calls into question a previous report from TechnikNews, which claimed that the headphones would see improved…

Following spectacular smaller winner announcements, the Sony World Photography Awards has announced its overall prizes. Australian photographer Adam Ferguson took the prestigious Photographer of the Year title with series of self-portraits of migrants waiting to cross the border into the United States.The professional Photographer of the Year prize went to a series by Ferguson called Migrantes. The unique series involved Ferguson traveling to Mexico in early 2021 to chronicle the stories of migrants waiting in shelters at…

Sony is treating home theater buffs to three new 4K laser projectors, all featuring what's claimed to be the world's smallest SXRD imaging chip as well as a laser light source and a high-end picture processor.The pricing differences between the three models is substantial, but they do all feature that 0.61-inch 4K (3,840 x 2,160) SXRD (Silicon X-tal Reflective Display) panel for the promise of "an incredibly lifelike picture," while also allowing Sony to wrap all the projection tech up in a smaller chassis than any other…

Sony HT-S400 MSRP $300.00 “Adding the Sony HT-S400 soundbar to your TV is a no-brainer, but you may find you want more.” Pros Simple setup Unobtrusive design Very good bass response Clear and detailed dialogue Wide soundstage with S-Force Pro Cons Only TV or…

Sony has confirmed that it is closing a loophole that enables PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now subscribers to “stack” their memberships ahead of the launch of the new PS Plus. In an update to its growing FAQ page, the company said it is temporarily disabling the ability for subscribers to stack their prepaid cards, but that codes will still work once their current membership expires. “As we prepare to launch the new PlayStation Plus membership service, we are doing some work behind the scenes to make the…