HISTORICAL FACTS: 21 - The Untold Story

PS6 Price Tag Controversy: Why Sony's £1,000 All-Digital PlayStation 6 Could Flop

Sony's rumoured £1,000 PlayStation 6 has sparked debate over its price and digital-only format, with concerns about consumer acceptance and the future of gaming ownership.

International Business Times UK · Jul 28

'People should have the choice to buy games in the format that suits them best': top G2A executive supports push for physical game preservation, as Sony and Rockstar look to a disk-free future

Game discs on PlayStation will be gone starting in 2028, and the chief business officer of G2A, a digital game key site, isn't siding with Sony's choice.

TechRadar · Jul 28

Xbox is back online, tech lead pledges "we'll do better" so similar failures "can't ruin your night again" after outage stopped fans playing digital and physical games

"I care less about the one-line root cause," says chief technology officer Scott Van Vliet

GamesRadar · Jul 28

Rumored Sony 100-400mm f/5.6-8 FE zoom will sell like hotcakes if it ever gets released…

An affordable Sony supertelephoto was rumored to be released alongside the Sony FX5, but that hasn’t materialized. Don’t be fooled by the slow aperture range; this could be a popular lens

Digital Camera World · Jul 28

TCL TV report card 2026: 'I suspect that I've recommended TCL TVs more than any other brand'

We're handing our report cards for every major TV brand on the price, performance and software of its TVs. Here's how TCL's QLEDs and SQD TVs grade.

Tom’s Guide · Jul 28

I wasn't expecting vlogging cameras to make a comeback – now I think they're one of tech's biggest success stories

For years, I assumed smartphones would eventually make dedicated cameras obsolete. Instead, I've watched the opposite happen

T3 · Jul 28

"This is an unacceptable situation, and we must do better" Xbox CTO apologizes for its biggest outage in recent memory

Xbox just had its biggest outage in recent memory, with Xbox's core services down for well over 15~ hours for some users. Xbox CTO just took to X (Twitter) to explain what went wrong.

Windows Central · Jul 28

Incoming! 7Artisans expected to announce new autofocus fisheye lens imminently

Expected for full-frame Sony, Nikon and L-mount cameras

Digital Camera World · Jul 27

Sony's latest PR masterstroke is promoting vinyl records in the same breath it kills PlayStation discs: "If you can do physical for music, you can do it for games"

Fans are, you will be surprised to hear, not happy

GamesRadar · Jul 27

PlayStation Plus August 2026 free game name revealed by Sony, full list coming soon

Sony has confirmed that Big Walk, the cooperative multiplayer adventure from the creators of Untitled Goose Game, will be available as a PlayStation Plus Essential title for PS5 starting August 4, 2026. The game features a wide-open world where players must rely on teamwork and communication to solve puzzles and…

The Economic Times · Jul 27