Tag Archives: First Party

In recent weeks we’ve seen an increasing amount of talk surrounding PlayStation’s multi-platform plans and their decision to move away from porting their single-player first-party games to PC. While Sony has yet to share a definitive statement on the matter, notable insiders have revealed the primary reasons for this shift in strategy.

While Sony had been increasingly dipping its toes into the PC gaming space, recent reports claimed that the console maker would be pulling back from the sector, with its first-party single player titles no longer being ported to the PC platform. Though yet to be officially announced, known insider Jason Schreier has now ‘confirmed’ that PlayStation’s Hermen Hulst informed staff of this strategy change during a recent Town Hall meeting.

The Xbox Game Pass tier lineup might be about to change once again. Following the recent appointment of Asha Sharma as the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming, reports are surfacing that a budget-friendly, first-party-focused Game Pass tier is currently being planned.  According to findings shared by Better xCloud, the Triton tier is …

Despite the claims that Xbox Game Pass is profitable, it appears as though a major cost component has been kept out of the equation:

It seems that despite announcing their new controversial Game-Key Card system, first-party Switch 2 games will not be using these cartridges.

During Sony's recent earnings report, the company confirmed that it has dropped its forecast for PS5 sales in 2024 and confirmed that no ‘major franchise' exclusives will be launching this year. To make up for this, Sony is turning its attention to PC, looking to be more aggressive with its …

Sony executives have always shared their doubts around the subscription gaming model and Microsoft's approach to Xbox Game Pass. However, with the recent PlayStation Plus revamp, there have been some calls for Sony to include first-party titles in one of its subscription tiers. As you might expect, that won't be …

In recent years, we've seen both Sony and Microsoft buying up a number of studios to aid in their first-party game development efforts for their console platforms. Many have been wondering if Nintendo will also join in to avoid falling behind, but as it turns out, the company isn't worried …

Six months after the launch of the PlayStation 5, Sony has already released a number of very well received games, including Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Demon’s Souls, and most recently, Returnal. This is just the tip of the iceberg however, as the console manufacturer reportedly has 25 first-party games in development …

Aside from a poor response to the initial Xbox One unveiling, Microsoft's current generation console has also struggled thanks to a slightly lacking first-party content output. The pieces are now in place to correct that for 2020 and beyond, with Xbox Game Studios head, Matt Booty, saying that the company …

Microsoft has coasted through this generation so far, but at E3 this year, the Xbox team made it clear that it has rediscovered its fighting spirit.

Microsoft has big plans for internal development and has pushed them forward with the creation of a new first party studio, known as Leap Experience Pioneers, featuring a logo that looks rather similar to a certain flying/falling Austrian of recent fame. Just under a week ago, Microsoft filed a new …

Sony is going to start shutting down online support for a few of its older first party Playstation 3 titles throughout 2014. Starting on the 28th of January, MAG along with two PlayStation 3 SOCOM games, Special Forces and Confrontation, will be the first titles to go and since neither MAG or SOCOM have offline …