Insights

Published 6 days ago

Quick Spectral Super Resolution arrived on base PS5 on October 1 in Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei. It changes the picture. Sony still logs one set of hours.

Published 6 days ago

Warzone on PS4, Tower of Fantasy on PS4, Fortnite Rocket Racing, and an early PS Store cutoff in the UAE. Logged hours stay. New ones will not.

Published 7 days ago

F1 25, Hunt Showdown 1896, and Earth Defense Force World Brothers 2 are claimable from October 6 to November 2. A claim is not a session.

Published about 1 month ago

Rockstar's November 19 launch has a $79.99 sticker, a 30fps target, and a "physical" edition with no disc — not at launch, and not later.

Published about 1 month ago

CEO Hiroki Totoki told the Wall Street Journal the hardware push is over. The job now is getting more money from 125 million monthly users.

Published about 1 month ago

Free ad-supported channels launched in the US on August 31. It will not add a minute to your game library — and that is partly the point.

Published about 1 month ago

A mass PSN terms dump in late August restated the EULA in full — licensed, not sold — right as the disc cutoff fight was already loud.

Published about 2 months ago

New purchases on PS3 end in some countries this month, then worldwide with PS Vita in July 2027. Already-bought downloads stay, for now.

Published about 2 months ago

Sony will stop making discs for new PlayStation games in January 2028. Analysts say that means PS6 ships without a drive — and the used-game shelf dies with it.

Published about 2 months ago

A newly published Sony patent describes LLM-run fake accounts that mimic real players to flag scammers, cheaters, and other abusive activity on PSN.

Published about 2 months ago

A Ukrainian indie studio says Sony ended its developer agreement with no public reason, cancelled a PS5 launch, and will remove 13 existing games.

Published 3 months ago

A bizarre PSN glitch showed unpurchased games in player libraries, followed by a service outage that rolled back recently played data for many users.

Published 3 months ago

If recent titles are missing from your PS Playtime library, the June 2026 PSN outage is the most likely cause — not a bug on our end.

Published 4 months ago

Pause menus, loading screens, and AFK sessions — does Sony count all of it? What we know about how the timer actually works.

Published 4 months ago

Your annual Wrap-Up report can claim you played games you never owned. Here is how it relates to everyday playtime tracking.

Published 4 months ago

The PS4 could track your hours but rarely showed them. A look at why Sony kept playtime hidden and what changed on PS5.

Published 4 months ago

Playing the same game on both consoles can show different hour counts. Here is why cross-generation tracking is inconsistent.

Published 4 months ago

Sony finally made playtime visible on PS5. Here is where to find it on your console and what the numbers actually mean.

Published 4 months ago

Step-by-step guide to opening your PSN privacy settings so your game library and playtime are visible on PS Playtime.

Published 4 months ago

Hiding a game from your library is not the same as making your profile private. Learn what each setting actually controls.

Published 4 months ago

Many players report missing hours after gaming offline. We look at how PSN sync, network outages, and invisible status interact with tracking.

Published 4 months ago

Sony's hours-played counter has been unreliable since launch. We break down why the numbers are often wrong and what affects them.