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Sony Halts Shipping PlayStation TV in Japan

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"Sony Halts Shipping PlayStation TV in Japan"

The Nippon tech company acknowledged that the PS TV set was not popular.

BEACON TRANSCRIPT – Unfortunately, we have a piece of bad news for console fans. Recently, the tech giant Sony announced thatit will stop producing the fairly popular PlayStation Vita TV in Japan. Sony halts shipping PlayStation TV in Japan much to the discontent of some of its fans.

In a recent press statement, Sony announced that it will no longer ship PS TVs in Japan. Unfortunately, the tech giant was pretty vague concerning the global situation, meaning that we don’t know if Sony’s plans of halting production of the TV set is limited to Japan or if it affects the rest of the world as well.

Meanwhile, in the lack of an explanation, we can only speculate on the reasons behind Sony’s move. Well, we all know for a fact that the PS TV was not a big hit on the market. Sony wanted PlayStation Vita TV to be the ultimate home-entertainment gadget. Launched in 2013, PS Vita TV was more than a TV set. Apart from the TV routine, the box-like gadget was also a console and a streaming device.

However, things didn’t turn up as Sony planned. Indeed, you could have used the PS Vita in order to play some games, but, only a few of them. In fact, one of the key factors that led to the Vita’s downfall was that the console couldn’t be used in order to play the latest titles. Well, so much for the gaming console feature.

I mean, why would you buy a 70-dollar “gaming” console to play the same games you would normally play using a PS 1? And for the streaming part, we guess that there are far more reliable and cheap TV sets you can use in order to stream your favorite online channels.

Well, a couple of months after the big event, Sony acknowledge that the TV set wasn’t that popular. And so, they’ve decided to cut out a price a bit. So, for a couple of months, everyone could have gotten the dubious TV/console set for a measly 40 bucks. But, it would seem that even this move couldn’t have saved the console from its fate.

So, recently, Sony announced that it will no longer ship the TV hub in Japan, but did not disclose anything about the rest of the world. If the situation affects the global sales, then it will be pretty hard to find another PS TV on the market.

Sony halts shipping PlayStation TV in Japan in order to improve its bank accounts.

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PlayStation Network Down Again

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PlayStation Network Down Again

Sony’s PlayStation Network was down again on July 14, and gamers took out their frustrations onto social media websites about yet another interruption in the gaming network service. This downtime restricted gamers from being able to access online games, the trophy system, the online store, and the messages from users and other apps which need online access.

Sony gave a statement in which they said that the PlayStation Network was down because it needed maintenance. Having said that, the company did not warn people about a downtime because of maintenance, which raised some valid questions regarding the real reason why Sony’s online service was down.

Sony said on the PlayStation Network status page that users may have trouble launching applications, games and other social features like messaging, friends list and trophies. They added that the company appreciates the patience of its users while it fixes this issue.

Other messages released by Sony revealed that there were some ongoing problems in the PlayStation Store and the unlimited video service offered by the company. The PlayStation Network claimed that all the services were functioning properly but complaints about service interruptions were still coming in from gamers everywhere.

Lizard Squad said it brought down Sony’s network last year during an attack which was responsible for services being shut down during the holiday season. While the recent experience with the PlayStation Network isn’t nearly as big as what happened then, it’s obvious that the network regularly faces issues and these kinds of problems are frustrating gamers and deny them the ability to play their games on Sony’s online network.

In July alone, the company’s network has already faced a number of service downtimes before this one. There were numerous downtimes that took place between July 3 and 5. These problems are part of the reason why users on the PlayStation Network have launched the initiative called Better PSN. The initiative gathers suggestions from the users of Sony’s services regarding what could be done in order to improve the network.

On top of wishes to eliminate the constant downtimes which occur on the PlayStation Network, other improvements that were requested by the gamers include enhancements on the user profile page, an increase in cloud storage, the release of customization tools and uninterrupted multiplayer.

However, the Better PSN campaign hasn’t been acknowledged by Sony at the current time through any official statement given by the company.

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