* During a recent interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Sony Interactive Entertainment president Jim Ryan stated that the company currently has no interest in expanding their Playstation Now service to include first-party games when they launch unlike Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass service. He stated the main reason is due to them wanting to keep first-party game launches "pure and clean."
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...-our-ps5-dream
https://www.destructoid.com/playstat...s-571842.phtml
* Valve is currently rumored to be working on a new cloud-based gaming streaming service similar to Google Stadia according to recently updated distribution terms sent to Steam's partner companies.
https://www.destructoid.com/valve-mi...a-571736.phtml
* According to a report from Digital Trends, Super Smash Bros Ultimate recently surpassed Super Street Fighter II as the highest selling fighting game of all-time at 15.71 million copies sold. Super Smash Bros series also dethroned Street Fighter series as the highest selling fighting franchise of all-time at 54 million total sales.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming...fighting-game/
https://www.destructoid.com/in-under...y-571678.phtml