Uncharted 3, part of
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In 1977, Kenner was flat ambushed by the demand for
Star Wars
toys. They had no product in the pipeline for the first Star Wars Christmas. So the toymaker did the next best thing it could do: Kenner sold, literally, an IOU. And
that sold like crazy, too.
Well, almost 45 years later, isn’t that where Sony kind of finds itself, too? Analysts, pundits, and upset fans can argue over what type of consumer demand the company should have been able to anticipate or meet, during a pandemic for the PlayStation 5. None would dispute the console is the holidays’ it-toy. So in September, the company announced an IOU of sorts for anyone committed to buying one: The PlayStation Plus Collection.
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PS Plus subscribers will have to wait a little longer to find out the free PS5 and PS4 games for January 2021.
Unless Sony breaks with tradition, the new PlayStation Plus free games won t be announced until after Christmas.
CD Projekt Red held an emergency investor call focused on Cyberpunk 2077.
During the call, CD Projekt Red business development SVP Michal Nowakowski explained that the focus hadn t been on the Xbox One or PS4 versions of the game.
Additionally, the company clarified that it does not have a special refund agreement with Microsoft or Sony.
Since the release of Cyberpunk 2077, the game has been mired in many technical issues like crashes or bugs, particularly for any players on the last-generation consoles, the Xbox One or PS4. CD Projekt Red held an emergency investor call today, giving some further insight into what exactly is going on.