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Recent coverage centers on Sony’s ongoing PlayStation business shifts—especially weaker sales of exclusives since 2020 and continued live-service trouble, highlighted by server shutdowns for Destruction AllStars. Alongside that, there’s product excitement around Sony’s new hardware (monitor, headphones, theatre soundbar) and fresh game announcements like God of War and Marvel fighting titles.

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Key Takeaway Sony’s latest news mixes new releases and devices with signs of pressure on PlayStation exclusives sales and live-service reliability.
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Sony’s latest news mixes new releases and devices with signs of pressure on PlayStation exclusives sales and live-service reliability.

Recent coverage centers on Sony’s ongoing PlayStation business shifts—especially weaker sales of exclusives since 2020 and continued live-service trouble, highlighted by server shutdowns for Destruction AllStars. Alongside that, there’s product excitement around Sony’s new hardware (monitor, headphones, theatre soundbar) and fresh game announcements like God of War and Marvel fighting titles.

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Exclusives sales trend Selling fewer PlayStation exclusive copies since 2020
Live-service issue Destruction AllStars crashes as Sony switches off PS5 exclusive servers

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The biggest question now is where Sony goes next with Spider-Noir. Given the very positive response to the series from both audiences and critics, it would be very surprising if Sony doesn't try to continue with new Spider-Noir stories going forward. Without a doubt, the 1930s New York certainly feels rich enough to support multiple follow-up stories, and there's definitely plenty of material left to explore for Cage's Ben Reilly on a personal level. A second season could easily dive deeper into this version of New York while introducing even more noir-inspired takes on classic Spider-Man char

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What PS5 games do we know will be there?

As of this writing, Sony’s only confirmed game at the show is Wolverine, which will kick off the showcase. Insomniac’s latest superhero game is coming to PS5 on September 15, so this will probably be the beginning of a big marketing push as the game nears launch.

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What third-party games might be at the State of Play?

Sony isn’t going to be the only company talking about its games at the State of Play. The company has a marketing agreement with Rockstar for Grand Theft Auto 6, and while that game doesn’t need anyone’s platform to make a big marketing splash, if it were going to show up anywhere in these summer showcases, it would likely be here. But don’t get your hopes up too high. No need to spam angry comments if the open-world crime drama doesn’t show up, as it sounds like it’s still on schedule to launch later this year. Last year’s summer State of Play included a ton of games big and small, from Cairn

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