PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2016

During a presentation at the 2016 Game Developer Conference in San Francisco, Sony announced that it would be launching its PlayStation VR headset in October with a starting price point of $399, The Verge reported. The product does appear to have an eager U.K

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JUNE 30, 2016

Sony told investors on Wednesday that it expects to hit its profit target for the year thanks to the greater than expected growth of the PlayStation 4, but also warned of further decline in the smartphone market that is affecting its image-sensor business, according to the Wall Street Journal. million members in March from 10.9

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

19) the launch of Stadia , a cloud-based service that allows users to stream their favorite video games. Starting today, playing games on your TV in 4K without a console, streaming games to a Chrome browser on a simple laptop, or enjoying the biggest games ever made on your phone is a reality. Google announced today (Nov.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Top video games include Super Mario 3D All-Stars, Cyberpunk 2077 and Madden NFL 21, while the new PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S game consoles are flying off the (virtual) shelves. Adobe added that the season’s hottest toys so far have been LEGO sets, hoverboards, Baby Alive, and Star Wars plush toys and electronic dolls.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2016

Best Buy will also run demos of Sony’s PlayStation VR gaming system in 200 of its stores. The PlayStation VR system is expected to debut in October. Oculus Rift, owned by Facebook, offers users “immersive, hyper-realistic graphics, sounds and sensations across gaming and entertainment scenarios,” according to Retail Dive.

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Payments Source

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Rambus has provided the data technology under the hood of Nintendo and PlayStation games since the 1990s, and later became a global token service provider. The next logical progression is mobile payments.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2019

People can subscribe to Disney+ via numerous devices and platforms, including Apple TV and iOS, Android and Sony PlayStation 4. Online gaming services were the second-most common at 30.6 Disney’s anticipated launch of Disney+ will roll out on Nov. 12 on most major streaming platforms, CNBC reported on Monday (Aug.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2020

Board Games Are Back . They’re jumping in the “Wayback Machine” and settling in for game nights. According to one particularly busy Minneapolis area game shop, the time-tested classics are big performers: Trivial Pursuit, Yahtzee, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Uno and Cribbage have all been top sellers. And they’re doing puzzles.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2019

In late May, millions of fans streamed the finale of the popular fantasy series Game of Thrones ( GoT ). The fight for subscriber loyalty is something that major subscription markets (streaming, digital content and online gaming services) must face. percent of respondents said the same about online gaming, and 27.7

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Gaming is a booming business. The market has been buoyed by investments by video game publishers like Tencent and Activision Blizzard, as well as hardware incumbents like Sony (PlayStation) and Microsoft (Xbox). The industry generated over $120B in revenue in 2017, and is expected to reach more than $180B in 2021.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

Narlinger brought up the example of the cash-based digital gamer who wants to add funds to his or her Xbox or PlayStation account but can’t since there’s no way to shove cash into a gaming console. Turning Physical Cash Into Virtual Money. That gamer needs an easy means to turn money into digitized cash.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

“So they've been spending online — on Uber Eats , on apps, on gaming (lots of gaming!) If the parents only want their kids to be able to spend funds, say, on games, or a certain amount on food, that's something that we give them the flexibility to do,” she said. and especially Roblox over these past several months.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

An advanced system to analyze cells through Blu-ray, surgical microscopes and 4K monitors for operation rooms were reportedly on display in place of the PlayStation gaming console, robotic dog Aibo and Bravia television, the Financial Times reported. .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Last week, an Ohio man was shot by the man who was supposedly going to sell him a PlayStation 4 Pro video game system for $180. The man was injured, not killed, but he never did get his PlayStation, and he would’ve had a hard time playing it if he had since the bullet hit his hand.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2016

7, the world will finally know two things: How much overlap there is between Apple iPhone fans and Sony Playstation Devotees. But Apple has to deliver on the more interesting — and social media sharable — product, and at this point the experts seem to agree that it is anyone’s game when it comes to attracting fanboy attention.

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CB Insights

JUNE 15, 2018

Each year, game developers, console manufacturers, and industry enthusiasts gather in Los Angeles for the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, known popularly as E3. In total, Microsoft has acquired 5 gaming companies in 2018 year-to-date — the same number of gaming companies it acquired across the last 9 years.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

If EA Games — the third- or fourth-largest video game company in the world — had set out to write a step-by-step guide on how not to release a new high-profile gaming product to the world, they probably could not have succeeded any better than they did (by accident) with the release of “Star Wars: Battlefront II.”

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

All financial institutions have some skin in the Payments Game, but who’s holding the winning hand? No matter the size or scope, make no mistake—everyone is a player in this game. What’s more, everyone—from merchants to financial institutions to fintech and big tech—wants in on the game. A Battle Plan for Onboarding.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2019

But that hasn’t deterred Mercedes-Benz and Porsche from getting into the monthly fee for car access game. The video game subscription market is getting increasing crowded. Ubisoft recently announced a gaming subscription service, Uplay+ that is set to launch next month.

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NCR

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Burger King have taken that a stage further, with the ability for PlayStation gamers to address hunger pangs by ordering home delivery of food and drink from fellow gamers who are actually Burger King staff, during the game. Perhaps an extreme example of taking the purchase process to the customer!

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Tomorrow's Transactions

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Games maybe? Nintendo’s Wii U video game console, which has a Near Field Communication reader built into its controller, is finally putting that technology to use to accept payment cards. The post NFC isn’t a game in Japan. From Nintendo Enables Contactless Card Payments on Wii U in Japan|PaymentsSource ].

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

TVs, laptops, toys and gaming consoles – particularly the PlayStation 4 – were the most discounted items for online shoppers, and thus also the day’s big sellers, according to retail analysts and consultants. gorilla, Amazon.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The ongoing war between Apple and Epic Game s over the future of Fortnite on iOS seems to be heading for a trial showdown that could have drastic effects on what the future of the digital economy will be, and what entities will play the role of gatekeeper. At the base of the issue that found itself in front of a federal judge Monday (Sept.

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TheGuardian

JULY 22, 2021

HSBC, PlayStation and others affected on Thursday in issue possibly related to Akamai Edge DNS The websites of HSBC, ITV and Waitrose were among those hit by a widespread outage that briefly caused disruption on Thursday afternoon.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

“There is this misconception, I think, that you can have a great UI [user interface] and a great UX by designers’ standards, but among those who are winning the game today, every single decision is backed by tons of data.”. Knowing What You Don’t Know . Air360 avoids unnecessary maneuvers like running checks against third-party data streams.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2018

Razer , the gaming brand, announced news on Monday (April 23) of a deal to acquire MOL Global via an acquisition of approximately 65.1 That has enabled Sony PlayStation Store SEA, Facebook Gameroom, Nexon and Wargaming to monetize games and digital content in the region. percent of MOL Global’s issued shares for $61 million.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Amazon has also released its video game engine called Lumberyard , which is computing infrastructure that supports VR applications in addition to major gaming platforms. Amazon also has deep roots in the gaming community with its acquisition of Twitch , a video platform for gamers, which it bought in 2014.

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CB Insights

APRIL 13, 2022

We already have virtual worlds featuring live concerts and online games where players spend hundreds of hours — but metaverse enthusiasts see a future where entire societies thrive in an online realm inhabited by avatars of real people. Some are experimenting with 5G in gaming and AR/VR. A ccess/interface (hardware).

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CB Insights

MAY 1, 2018

At a time when Atari was the undisputed monarch of video gaming and E.T. video game should have been a guaranteed hit. Atari spent $20M securing the movie rights, built the notoriously-hard-to-play game in just five and a half weeks, then produced 4 million cartridges, of which 2.5 Video game historians have pointed to E.T.

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