PlayStation reclaims the crown for gaming industry spend on TV
The console brand accounts for one-third of the total advertising outlay in June. GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, the real-time TV ad measurement company...
The story behind Nintendo’s betrayal of Sony — and how it created its fiercest rival
The following is an excerpt from Replay: The History of Video Games by Tristan Donovan. It should have been a coup. On May 28,...
Netflix won’t stream real games, but EA, Google, and Microsoft will
The tech world was buzzing today with a report that Netflix will stream Telltale Games’ Minecraft: Story Mode — an initiative that looked like the video subscription...
Nintendo squeezes past PlayStation for top gaming ad spend on TV
PlayStation’s reign on the TV ad spending charts has come to an end. After seven months with Sony on top, Nintendo has muscled in,...
What Sony’s PlayStation 4 ‘end-of-life’ means for PSVR and PSVR 2
When Sony executive John Tsuyoshi Kodera told investors this week that the PlayStation 4 is entering the “final phase of its life cycle,” there were...
PlayStation dominates April TV ad spend, and FoxNext joins the top 5 for first time
Sony extends its grip on the TV ad market for the seventh month, and a new name appears in the top 5 spenders. GamesBeat...
Sony plans to show Death Stranding, Tsushima, Spider-Man, The Last of Us Part II at E3
While other games are leaking out, Sony’s own games chief spilled the beans on what the company will show at the Electronic Entertainment Expo...
PlayStation once again dominates gaming industry’s most-seen TV ads
The PlayStation 4 continues to dominate the airwaves, at least when it comes to advertising on broadcast and cable TV. GamesBeat has partnered with...
Consoles need to ditch discs and embrace digital downloads
Sorry, cartridge and disc collectors — in the foreseeable future, console gaming is going to become either download only or download first. This might...
Ex-PlayStation boss Andrew House: Consoles have a bright future
Andrew House is no longer at Sony, but he still thinks that consoles like the PlayStation 4 have big future ahead of them. House...