--- title: "News Mash-Up - Week # 21" description: "News Mash-Up - Week # 21" image: https://blog.sparkers.com/hubfs/News%20Mash-up/News%2014.jpg --- [![sparkers - your entertainment data companion](https://blog.sparkers.com/hubfs/web/session-sparkers2021/assets/img/logo.svg)](https://www.sparkers.com) - [Services](https://www.sparkers.com/services/market-insights/) - [Market Insights](https://www.sparkers.com/services/market-insights/) - [Cockpit](https://www.sparkers.com/services/cockpits/) - [Audiences Insights](https://www.sparkers.com/domains/audiences/) - [Advisory](https://www.sparkers.com/services/advisory/) - [GSD](https://www.sparkers.com/domains/gaming/) - [Blog](https://blog.sparkers.com/) - [People](https://www.sparkers.com/about/) - [About](https://www.sparkers.com/about/) - [Jobs](https://apply.workable.com/sparkers/) [Contact](https://www.sparkers.com/contact';%20?%3E) [News](https://blog.sparkers.com/tag/news) # News Mash-Up - Week # 21 Friday, 10 June 2022 [Share this blog post on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I+found+this+interesting+blog+post&url=https://blog.sparkers.com/news-mash-up-week-21) [Share this blog post on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://blog.sparkers.com/news-mash-up-week-21) [Share this blog post on LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.sparkers.com/news-mash-up-week-21)   | ![micro 4](https://blog.sparkers.com/hs-fs/hubfs/News%20Mash-up/micro%204.png?width=134&name=micro%204.png) | ## **Top News Items** | | --- | --- | - - In the past week Jim Ryan, president of PlayStation, held an investor meeting. A 42-page pdf document was released which spelled out some of the PlayStation successes. Below are the highlights: - 2021 fiscal saw the highest PlayStation revenue at ¥2.7 trillion (over $21 billion), with the highest operating income of ¥346 billion (just under $3 billion) in its history. - 94% Monthly Average Usage (MAU) on the PS5 means that almost everyone who owns a PS5 has been using it at least once every month. 46% Gameplay MAU implies that almost half of those who have booted up their PS5 have used it for gaming (the rest presumably as a media centre). - Average spending per PS5 device has gone up significantly compared to the PS4 in the same time span since console release. Total spending up +15%, subscriptions +21% and add-ons by +247%. Only full game spending has seen a decline by -21%. - 80% of PS4 revenue was digital. - Over a quarter of PS4 revenue now comes from free-to-play games. - By fiscal 2025 the company projects 58% of revenue will come from add-ons. - Just over half of PlayStation game investment (55%) will focus on Live Service games. By fiscal 2025 it is expected there will be 12 Live Service franchises servicing the PlayStation platform. - Greater diversity of revenue for games. More films, TV shows and licensing is planned. - The Chinese social media app, TikTok, confirmed a Reuters report that mobile game testing has begun. A worldwide release will be expected once the testing is complete. - According to investor analyst, *Dealreporter*, in an article in *Seeking Alpha*, shareholders and people familiar with takeover discussions say the Ubisoft sale price would need to be at least €60 to €70 per share before a deal would be accepted. Today the share price is €48, and the market value of the company is worth €6.49 billion. - Sony also said it had a *Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War* and *Gran Turismo* TV projects being worked on. These 3 new TV projects will mark the latest in TV line ups already planned for *The Last of Us* and *Twisted Metal*. A *Ghost of Tsushima* movie adaptation is also planned. - Sony has announced that its upcoming PlayStation VR2 will have over 20 first-party and third-party games available at launch. No release date or price for the VR2 has been revealed yet. - According to Windows Central website, Microsoft has indefinitely delayed the projected release of the GamePass USB streaming device, codenamed Keystone. - 2022 *Call of Duty game, Modern Warfare 2* will release on the 28th of October. There will be no new COD game planned for 2023. | ![Artboard 1](https://blog.sparkers.com/hs-fs/hubfs/News%20Mash-up/Artboard%201.png?width=137&name=Artboard%201.png) | ## **New games** | | --- | --- | Week commencing Monday 30 May 2022 | **Date** | **Title** | **Platform(s)** | **Genre(s)** | **Developer(s)** | **Publisher(s)** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 June | Silt | Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX | Adventure, puzzle | Spiral Circus | Fireshine Games | | 2 June | Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery | NS, PS4 | Adventure | Silver Lining Studio | Akupara Games, Akatsuki Taiwan, Inc. | | | Card Shark | Win, NS | Adventure | Nerial | Devolver Digital | | | Diablo Immortal | iOS, Droid, Win | Action role-playing | Blizzard Entertainment, NetEase | Blizzard Entertainment | | | Souldiers | Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX | Action role-playing | Retro Forge | Dear Villagers | | 3 June | Loopers | NS | Visual novel | Key | Prototype | | | Five Memories of My Time with You | NS, PS4 | Adventure | Mages | Mages |   [![sparkers - your entertainment data companion](https://blog.sparkers.com/hubfs/web/session-sparkers2021/assets/img/logo-dark.svg)](https://www.sparkers.com) **Services** - [Market Insights](https://www.sparkers.com/services/market-insights/) - [Sales Insights](https://www.sparkers.com/services/cockpits/) - [Audiences Insights](https://www.sparkers.com/domains/audiences//) - [Advisory](http://www.sparkers.io/services/advisory/) [**GSD**](https://www.sparkers.com/domains/gaming/) [**Blog**](https://blog.hubspot.com) **People** - [About](https://www.sparkers.com/about/) - [Jobs](https://apply.workable.com/sparkers/) [contact](https://www.sparkers.com/contact/) --- - ©2021 Sparkers - [Privacy Policy](https://www.sparkers.com/privacy-policy/) - [Cookie Policy](https://www.sparkers.com/cookie-policy/) - [![](https://blog.sparkers.com/hubfs/web/session-sparkers2021/assets/img/icon-linkedin.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/sparkers)