Sony is retiring the PlayStation Plus app for PC on December 10th. Sony says it will notify users directly about the shutdown. The app allowed PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers to stream certain games on PC, but according to Sony, not many people are using that perk:

With a very small number of eligible PlayStation Plus Premium members (less than 0.4%) using the PlayStation Plus app on PC, making this change allows us to focus on enhancing high-quality experiences that more of our members want to use. As a result, the PlayStation Plus cloud streaming app on PC will no longer be available.

PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers can still …

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Rockstar Games is making Grand Theft Auto VI available on Xbox Cloud Gaming when it launches next week. While you'd normally assume that would mean Grand Theft Auto VI would be available to stream on phones, PCs, the web, Xbox consoles, and even TVs, it appears to be restricted to just Xbox Series X / S and Xbox One consoles.

That does mean that anyone with an older Xbox One console can stream Grand Theft Auto VI instead of having to upgrade to a PS5 or Xbox Series S / X console to play. Rockstar notes that Xbox Cloud Gaming will use the Xbox Series S graphics settings to stream to Xbox consoles.

Xbox's own announcement blog post only men …

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Sony is launching a new version of its PlayStation Portal exclusively in Japan next month. The updated model will launch in the midnight black color option we've seen before, and will include "additional" internal storage for future-looking features.

It's the additional internal storage that's the surprise change to this particular model, which will be locked to Japanese language options and can only be used with a PlayStation account registered in Japan. Sony says the extra storage is for "future functionality" that it will announce once these features are finalized.

Sony is also renaming this particular Portal from PlayStation Portal Rem …

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Sony is enjoying a sharp profit spike in its latest quarterly financials, largely driven by its PlayStation business and the blockbuster success of Spider-Man: Brand New Day. According to the company's September earnings, Sony's net profits climbed to 449.60 billion yen (about $2.84 billion) for the three months ended September - a 44 percent increase compared to the 311.4 billion yen ($1.96 billion) it reported for the same period last year.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day was a notable contributor, which released in July and became the third-highest grossing movie in history by earning $2.52 billion at the global box office. That's a huge boost …

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