A still-active r/gamernews post points to Sony’s March 27 pricing notice, and the headline is unusually broad: PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal all moved up together, with U.S. prices of $649.99, $899.99, and $249.99 respectively from April 2, 2026. The bigger signal is that mid-cycle console pricing is moving upward instead of downward.
GameObserver reports that PlayStation Studios removed most PC mentions from its official site copy, adding to speculation about a narrower Sony PC port strategy.
Push Square reported on March 21, 2026 that Sony removed hundreds more titles from the PS Store and wiped entire catalogues from additional publishers. The report says the move expands Sony's shovelware crackdown and raises new questions about AI knock-offs, easy-trophy farms, and storefront quality control.
TechRadar reported on March 21, 2026 that PlayStation Network suffered a weekend outage and that Sony’s official status page flagged issues in Gaming & Social. The page later returned to all services online, but users in the US and Japan were still reporting login and online-play failures as recovery rolled out unevenly.
GameSpot says Death Stranding 2: On the Beach opened with 55,444 concurrent players on Steam, outperforming several earlier PlayStation PC ports while Sony reportedly reassesses its broader PC plans.
Just days after shutting down Bluepoint Games—the studio behind the beloved Shadow of the Colossus and Demon's Souls remakes—PlayStation took to social media to ask fans which games they'd like to see remade, resulting in significant community backlash.
Sony PlayStation has shut down Bluepoint Games, the studio celebrated for high-quality remakes including Demon's Souls and Shadow of the Colossus. The closure comes after a cancelled live service project.
Sony has filed a patent for a 'Soft Pause' feature that keeps a game running while reducing gameplay intensity, offering a middle ground between fully playing and fully pausing.
Sony officially announced a remake of the original God of War trilogy during PlayStation Showcase, coming exclusively to PS5.