Hacker News with Generative AI: Sony

Remember the Sony rootkit scandal? It was almost much worse (theregister.com)
Retired Microsoft engineer, Dave Plummer, offered a blast from the past last week with a look back at the infamous Sony Windows "rootkit" scandal.

Security, Technology, History, Sony, Microsoft

5 points by worez 68 days ago | 0 comments

Sony Unveils the Smallest and Lightest Lidar Depth Sensor (petapixel.com)
Sony announced the AS-DT1, the world’s smallest and lightest miniature precision LiDAR depth sensor.

Sony, LiDAR, Sensors, Technology, Hardware

65 points by sksxihve 72 days ago | 19 comments

Sony Reveals Compensation for All PS Plus Players After PSN Outage (forbes.com)
PSN is back online after a 24 hour outage, almost to the minute, the longest since the nearly month-long downtime after a hack back in 2011. Now, Sony is announcing the compensation that players will get for their trouble.

Gaming, Sony, PlayStation Plus, Service Outages, Compensation

17 points by antimora 139 days ago | 1 comments

w/o Sony commenting nobody knows why PSN has been down for 19 hours and counting (bsky.app)

Gaming, Sony, Downtime, Outage

4 points by haunter 140 days ago | 0 comments

Sony issues DMCA takedown for Bloodborne 60fps mod (pcgamer.com)

Video Games, Mods, Sony, Copyright

12 points by hd4 145 days ago | 0 comments

After 18 years, Sony's Blu-ray media production draws to a close (tomshardware.com)

Blu-ray, Sony, Technology, Media Production

65 points by rbanffy 156 days ago | 27 comments

I Ran PS3 Games on PS5 Silicon to Prove Sony Wrong [video] (youtube.com)

Gaming, Sony, PlayStation, Hardware, Retro Gaming

15 points by theogravity 197 days ago | 3 comments

Zen and the Art of Aibo Engineering (ieee.org)
When Sony’s robot dog, Aibo, was first launched in 1999, it was hailed as revolutionary and the first of its kind, promising to usher in a new industry of intelligent mobile machines for the home. But its success was far from certain.

Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, History, Sony

27 points by rbanffy 200 days ago | 6 comments

The Sony Vaio PCG-XR MiniDisc Laptop (vaiolibrary.com)
The Sony VAIO PCG-XR is a series of mid-size Pentium II-based laptops, released in 1999. It was superseded with the PCG-XG in 2000, which had the exact same design and build, but with updated specs.

Hardware, Laptops, Sony, Retro Computing, 1990s

16 points by austinallegro 202 days ago | 8 comments

Sony Confirms the Playstation 2 Has Sold over 160M Consoles Worldwide (ign.com)
In honor of the PlayStation's 30th anniversary, Sony has launched a webpage revealing some interesting facts in its history — including the long-speculated lifetime sales of the PlayStation 2.

Gaming, Sony, PlayStation, Sales, History

3 points by marban 213 days ago | 0 comments

Sony in talks to buy owner Of Elden Ring developer FromSoftware (kotaku.com)
Reuters is reporting that Sony is in talks to buy Kadokawa Corporation, the company that owns FromSoftware, Spike Chunsoft and many other Japanese businesses.

Video Games, Acquisitions, Japan, Sony, Business

16 points by astlouis44 221 days ago | 0 comments

EU court upholds right to sell Playstation add-ons, in loss for Sony (euronews.com)
Software sold by UK company Datel that allowed infinite boosts on a racing game doesn’t infringe EU copyright law, judges in Luxembourg said, in a ruling that some say could prove crucial to the gaming sector.

Gaming, Law, Copyright, Europe, Sony

61 points by josephcsible 253 days ago | 11 comments

PS5 Dashboards Flooded with Unwanted Ads–Sony Claims It Wasn't Intentional (questalerts.com)
Looks like Sony’s doing a bit of damage control—again. So, if you’ve been seeing your PS5 dashboard suddenly littered with ads after the latest update, you’re definitely not alone. But don’t sweat it, Sony says it wasn’t supposed to happen. Yep, they’re blaming it on a “tech error.”

Gaming, Sony, Advertising, Software Updates, Technical Issues

79 points by RahulBodana 270 days ago | 76 comments

PC modder removes annoying PSN account requirement for God of War Ragnarök (arstechnica.com)
Sony's decision to require a PlayStation Network sign-in for the PC port of the single-player God of War Ragnarök is drawing expected levels of ire from frustrated PC gamers.

Gaming, PC Gaming, Sony, PlayStation

13 points by LinuxBender 277 days ago | 11 comments

Sony announces PS5 Pro, a $700 graphics workhorse available Nov. 7 (arstechnica.com)
Sony today announced the PlayStation 5 Pro, a mid-generation hardware upgrade that will play the same game library as 2020's PlayStation 5, but with higher frame rates and better resolution than on the original system.

Gaming, Hardware, Sony, PlayStation

43 points by ksec 291 days ago | 94 comments

Playstation 5 Pro (playstation.com)
Over the last four years since the launch of PS5, we’ve worked hard to continuously evolve the console experience and deliver the great games our players expect from us. Today, I’m incredibly proud to announce the next step in that evolution and welcome PlayStation 5 Pro to the PlayStation family – our most advanced and innovative console hardware to date.

Gaming, Sony, Playstation, Hardware, Consoles

85 points by jsheard 291 days ago | 181 comments

Sony shutting down Concord, refunds after 2 week launch. 8 year dev, 25k sales (arstechnica.com)

Gaming, Business, Software, Video Games, Sony

96 points by IronWolve 298 days ago | 63 comments

Sony is taking Concord offline on September 6th after disastrous launch (theverge.com)

Sony, Music Streaming, Technology, Business

12 points by minimaxir 298 days ago | 1 comments

Sony to raise Playstation 5 price by 20% in Japan (reuters.com)

Gaming, Hardware, Japan, Sony, Price Increases

14 points by haunter 305 days ago | 4 comments

Complete Visual Guide to Sony CLIÉ (2000-2004) (obsoletesony.substack.com)