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Sony reverses PC strategy and returns PlayStation exclusives to console-only walled garden
Platform economics just trumped reach maximisation. Exclusivity is back after the experiment failed.
Bloomberg · 2026-03-05
Sony abandons PC strategy, retreating to PlayStation console exclusivity after brief detente
Major reversal signals platform economics trump audience reach. Exclusivity as moat beats distribution breadth.
Bloomberg · 2026-03-04
Microsoft's Project Silica promises eternal storage. It can't get there from...
Soon turned out, we had a heart of glass Opinion There is more joy in heaven over a single report of genuinely new...
The Register · 2026-03-03
Paramount acquires Warner Bros Discovery in $111 billion Hollywood consolidation megadeal
Second day running. Streaming wars end when there's only one landlord left standing.
TechCrunch · 2026-03-01
Paramount wins the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery as Netflix drops out
Quartz · 2026-02-28
Apple and Netflix sharing Formula 1 content breaks platform exclusivity gospel
When streaming giants collaborate instead of compete, the content wars are officially over.
Engadget · 2026-02-26