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Sony closes its games to PC and Capcom confirms that half of its sales come from there. A contradiction with a reason: Playstation 6

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Sony has decided that titles like ‘Ghost of Yotei’ will not come to PC, ending six years of multiplatform strategy. The twist is striking for the moment: Capcom has just confirmed that 50% of its sales already come from the PCand expects that number to continue growing. Two giants of the industry from Japan, two radically opposite bets on where the future of the business lies. The breakup. After weeks of rumors in that direction, Bloomberg confirmed that Sony has canceled plans to bring its big single-player exclusives to PC. TO ‘Ghost of Yotei‘, one of the most celebrated PlayStation releases in 2025, are joined by ‘Saro’, the next Housemarque game. The multiplatform experiment that Sony started in 2020 with ‘Horizon Zero Dawn‘It has lasted six years. The withdrawal is not total. According to sources consulted by Bloomberg, games as a service (the imminent ‘Marathon’, ‘Marvel Tokon’ or ‘Horizon: Hunter’s Gathering’) will maintain a multi-platform launch, because their business model depends on building player bases as wide as possible. ‘Death Stranding 2: On the Beach’ and ‘Kena: Scars of Kosmora’ will continue to be ported to PC this year, as they are titles from third-party developers published under the PlayStation umbrella. Calm rhythm. Sony’s release rate on Steam was never that of a furious competitor: the titles arrived between one and three years after their console debut, which meant that the ports had to compete against previous versions that had already suffered price discounts, to which was added the incessant pace of new releases for PC. These are some of the reasons why Sony may the bills didn’t work out: ‘Ghost of Tsushima’ reached a peak of 77,000 simultaneous players, but ‘Horizon Forbidden West’ and ‘The Last of Us Part II Remastered’ did not exceed 40,000 and 30,000 respectively. To retreat. This leaves some decisions made by Sony recently up in the air: in 2021 acquired Nixxes Softwarea Dutch studio specialized in porting games to PC (‘Tomb Raider’ trilogy, ‘Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’), and it is not clear what its future will be with this new strategy. Furthermore, on the 19th Bluepoint Games closedthe studio responsible for the remakes of ‘Demon’s Souls’ and ‘Shadow of the Colossus’, with around 70 employees affected. Sony think tank CEO Hermen Hulst spoke internally of an “increasingly challenging industry environment”, with rising development costs and slowing growth. Bluepoint had been working on a ‘God of War’ project in the form of a game as a service. Print money. In February 2025, Shuhei Yoshida, former president of PlayStation Studios, described the strategy of bringing games to Steam as something which is similar to “printing money” because the cost of a port is only a fraction of that of developing an original game. Why the change in strategy? PC numbers weren’t bad in absolute terms: Sony’s five best-selling titles on Steam together they surpassed 43 million copies and generated more than $1.2 billion in gross revenue for the company. The problem may well be the value they subtract from the hardware: they generate income but not a loyalty to the ecosystembecause a PC gamer does not need to buy a Playstation console. In the end, as Bloomberg pointed out, PC ports represent less than 2% of Sony’s total annual revenue. And there is something else: apparentlythere is a real concern about the design of the next xboxwhose architecture is closer to a Windows PC than to a conventional console, with the possibility of supporting multiple stores, including Steam. The PlayStation exclusives available on Steam could run perfectly on an Xbox, which would make Sony investing money to literally benefit its most direct competitor. Capcom prefers the PC. A day before Bloomberg published Sony’s new policy, Capcom released the Q&A transcript of its fiscal third-quarter results. An investor asked about the PC strategy regarding ‘Resident Evil Requiem‘ and its technical commitment to that platform. The company’s response was that the PC already represents approximately 50% of the total units sold for Capcom, and the internal expectation is that that figure will continue to grow. Already in October 2021, the company’s COO Haruhiro Tsujimoto stated in an interview that the company’s goal was that the PC became its main platform and that the proportion of sales between console and PC will reach 50-50 in 2022 or 2023. The prediction has been fulfilled with only a couple of years of delay. Revenue generated via Steam grew by 61.1% between April 2024 and March 2025 and in that same period PlayStation’s share of Capcom’s total revenue fell below 10%. The differences. Of course, there are differences to take into account between Capcom and Sony. Capcom has no hardware to sell, and its only incentive is to maximize the distribution of its software catalog across all platforms. Sony, on the other hand, manages a complete ecosystem that includes a console, digital store, subscription and accessories, and each decision has to be measured not only in direct sales of that title but in the impact on the value of the hardware and loyalty to the ecosystem. They are different business structures. Things that happen. All this happens the same year that Valve announces its new Steam Machine, in which the ROG Ally with branding from xbox It corroborates after the Steam Deck that the power of PC hardware can reach the living room, and that Microsoft officially embraces the idea that its games do not need an Xbox to be played. What justifies buying a dedicated console in 2026? Sony clearly focuses its sights on the most successful name in the industry at the moment: Nintendo. If you have to sell hardware, the key is exclusivity and making your object essential. It only remains to be seen if Playstation 6 will be so essential. In Xataka | Playstation 6: all the information we know (or think we know) so far

if it closes the entrance door to the 10 million inhabitants

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Since post-war Europe, immigration has been a silent constant in the economic reconstruction of the continent, first to supply labor in industry and later to sustain growth and the welfare state in increasingly aging societies. Over the decades, this phenomenon went from being an assumed necessity to becoming a central political debate, especially after EU enlargements and economic crises. Today, Europe once again faces a question that it thought had been resolved: how far it is willing to go to remain an open space. The nerve figure. The idea we tell it a few months ago. Switzerland heads to a vote which condenses many of the tensions accumulated in Europe during the last decade: demographic growth, immigration, housing and the economic model. The proposal to set an absolute limit of 10 million inhabitantsdriven by the Swiss People’s Partyreaches the polls after gathering the necessary signatures in a country where direct democracy turns social unrest into state decisions. The situation: with a current population of 9.1 million and growth much higher than that of its neighbors, the debate no longer revolves around whether Switzerland can continue to grow, but rather whether if you want to do it. From attractive to “saturated” country. For decades, Swiss prosperity rested on high wages, political stability and an open economy capable of attracting both low-skilled labor and international talent. This success has had an increasingly visible reverse: a 27% foreign residentsa stressed real estate market and increasing pressure on infrastructure and public services. For defenders of the population cap, this growth has become uncontrollable and threatens the quality of life, but for its detractors, it is precisely the engine that has sustained the country’s wealth. The limit and its consequences. The initiative, a priori, does not propose a gradual system or flexible quotas, but rather a rigid, hard limit, which would force action once it exceeds 9.5 million and which, upon reaching 10 million, would literally imply close almost completely the entry of new residents, including asylum seekers and family reunifications. This absolute nature is possibly what most worries economists and companies, which warn of an abrupt stop to the arrival of workers just when the aging of the population is beginning to be noticed and the demand for labor remains high. Europe as a red line. The most delicate point of the plan is precisely its direct impact on the relationship with the European Union. The reason is very simple: if the limit is not respected, the Government would be obliged to abandon the agreement of free movement of people, the cornerstone of the treaties that guarantee Switzerland access to the single market. In a country where nearly half of exports go to the EU, breaking that link is not only a migration issue, but a structural change of the economic model built over decades. The economy versus the emotional vote. Other factors appear here, since multinationals and employers have reacted harshlywarning of relocations, loss of innovation and additional tensions on the pension system, largely fueled by foreign workers. For its part, the business lobby Economiesuisse has described the proposal of chaoticwhile academics emphasize that the recent stagnation of real wages and the increase in the cost of living have created a perfect breeding ground for looking for culprits in immigration, although the problems have more complex roots. Beyond the census. Polls show a country divided almost in half, with a support close to 48% which makes the result unpredictable. So it doesn’t seem like it’s just about deciding how many people can live in Switzerland. The fundamental crux points elsewhere: defining what kind of country do you want to be in an increasingly tense European environment. Either one that preserves its openness at the cost of better managing its internal imbalances, or another that raises a symbolic limit and assumes the risk of redefining its relationship with Europe and with its own idea of ​​prosperity. And, meanwhile, Europe hold your breath for what may arise from the decision. Image | Pexels In Xataka | Switzerland is about to exceed 10 million inhabitants. And he will do everything possible to avoid it. In Xataka | The countries with the largest immigrant population in the world, displayed on this map

Decathlon has just bought Intersport in Spain. And with this, a business model closes: multi-brand sports retail.

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Decathlon has notified the CNMC the acquisition of Intersport CCS in Spain. The operation would add some 120 stores (30 owned and 90 franchised) to the 176 stores that Decathlon already operates in the country. Now the regulator You have one month to make a statement in first phase. Why is it important. This purchase closes one business model and consolidates another: Intersport represented the retail traditional sports: multi-brand, with Nike, Adidas, Puma and company on its shelves. Decathlon is the opposite: the own brand (Van Rysel, Quechua, Kiprun…) is what dominates, with mainly low prices, or at least lower than those of the big brands, and total control of the value chain. The first has gone bankrupt and the second keeps its locations. The background. Intersport entered bankruptcy in March 2025 with a debt of between 14 and 30 million euros. Tried to get 70% cuts with banks like BBVA and Sabadell, and with suppliers like Nike and Puma, but it didn’t work. In November, Intersport France bought the business for 300,000 euros and now it is Decathlon who takes it entirely. Between the lines. The battle of retail sports is no longer so much about what brands you sell as about how many square meters you control and what you sell within. The big sports brands have opted for direct sales to the consumer (Nike closing distributors, for example, although he got a frog). Intersport was trapped selling brands that no longer needed it to reach the customer, without great differentiation of its own and with very high inventory costs. Nike and Asics are not Kalenji and Artengo. Yes, but. Decathlon buys Intersport largely because it buys key locations before they are occupied by Amazon, Shein (which is about to physically disembark in Europe) or any other e-commerce actor that needs a physical presence at least to facilitate returns and collections. In it retail 2026, the physical store continues to be differential, but only if you sell products that cannot be easily purchased online. A Van Rysel cycling set is not on Amazon. Some Nikes, yes. The contrast. This is not very different from what happens in the food sector: Mercadona dominates because it sells its few own brands and controls the chain. Multi-brand supermarkets (those that only distribute) are in a more complicated position. He retail sports follows the same pattern: consolidate or die. Stores without their own identity tend to disappear. And now what. If the CNMC approves the operation, Decathlon will reinforce its hegemony in Spain. But the news is not so much the number of stores as the model that remains standing. In 2026, those who control what they produce, how they sell it, and where they distribute it survive survive. The rest is noise. In Xataka | Wallapop taught us how to sell used things. Decathlon has learned to make money with it Featured image | Decathlon, Intersport

The fashion giant closes its website while adding the incident

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If you visit the website right now www.victoriassecret.comyou will not see catalogs or special offers. Instead, a warning appears that reports a cybersecurity incident. Victoria’s Secret has temporarily closed its website and has suspended some services in store while investigating what happened. A preventive measure. According to the company, the closure is part of a series of preventive actions adopted after detecting the incident. In the message they explain that they are “working tirelessly to completely restore operations”, although it is not specified when the page will be available again. The closure does not affect all countries. Although Victoria’s Secret’s main site remains closed, the measure is limited to the international version with .com domain. The website for the Spanish market Follow operational, as we have been able to check, and shows no messages related to the incident or limited operation signs. Many unknowns on the table. According to Bloombergin addition to the closure of the web and certain services in store, Victoria’s Secret has stopped part of its office operations. Some employees were left without access to their email accounts after password blocking, and customer service has also been paralyzed. The executive director, Hillary Super, recognized in an internal note seen by the aforementioned means that the recovery “will take time.” Meanwhile, we know that the company works with experts to clarify what happened, but has not provided details about the type of attack, the actual scope of the incident or if any data gap has occurred. It is not an isolated case. In recent weeks, several major brands of the textile and retail sector have also recognized cybersecurity incidents. Dior recently confirmed unauthorized access to customer data in China, Adidas noticed a gap In an external customer service provider, and Harrods, Marks & Spencer and Co-Op HIt has been the target of similar attacks in the United Kingdom. Of course, it is not clear if these cases are related, Images | Screen capture In Xataka | How to change all our passwords according to three cybersecurity experts

Deepseek closes external investments and risk capital. You have three reasons to do it

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Deepseek, The great sensation of the beginning of the year in AIhe is breaking with all the rules of the startup ecosystem not only for his efficient AI modelbut also for rejecting the risk capital that other competitors need such as eating. Its founder, Liang Wenfeng, maintains 84% ​​of the property (an anomaly in its field) and does not seem to be in a hurry to give control. Chinese technology broke into the industry in January With its new AI model, but unlike its competitors, it does not announcing multimillionaire financing rounds. Nor want to do it, according to anti The three reasons. Liang Wenfeng has clear reasons to keep investors at bay: 1. He does not want to lose control of his long -term vision on AI.2. Depseek has sufficient its own financing through its High-Flyer investment fund.3. He fears that external investors, especially Chinese, intensify concerns about privacy and security. Why is it important. In a sector where competitors are launched to capture thousands of millions to finance the expensive AI race, Depseek is betting on an alternative path. Financial independence also gives Deepseek freedom to focus on research and development, instead of seeking rapid monetization that investors usually demand. Between the lines. Liang does not usually hide his distrust of investors. In a 2023 interview He openly criticized the obsession of venture capital funds by rapidly monetizing AI, to the detriment of advanced research. This position symbolizes a growing skepticism in the technological sector about whether the traditional financing model is compatible with the development of long -term transforming technologies. The figures. The Deepseek owned structure is unusual for such a powerful startup: 84% is owned by Liang Wenfeng, the founder. 16% are in the hands of people linked to their investment fund, high-flyer. 0% is of traditional external investors. In detail. Liang has funded Deepseek with the benefits of High-Flyer, its quantitative investment fund. “Money has never been a problem for us; the problem is in the prohibitions for sending advanced chips,” he said in 2023. This financial self -sufficiency has allowed Deepseek to develop without the usual external pressure of investors, usually focused on short -term growth metrics. The backdrop. As a Chinese company, Depseek operates under laws that give the Government broad access to their data. This has already caused prohibitions of use in several countries and private companies. The entry of Chinese investors could get this situation worse. The US government has history by sanctioning Chinese technology with government ties, such as Huawei and DJI. And now what. Deepseek will need more and better AI chips to stay competitive, according to Liang himself. These components are expensive and are strongly restricted in China due to the export controls of the United States. Without external financing, Depseek could be left behind in the technological career against rivals with more resources, such as OpenAi or Anthropic. Of course If someone has demonstrated ingenuityIt is Deepseek. In Xataka | Manus is the new sensation of China after Deepseek. Is generating as many expectations as doubts Outstanding image | Deepseek + Philipp Katzenberger | Alejandro Luengo

The company closes a study in the United Kingdom and cuts personal in Germany and Sweden

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The movements in Ubisoft follow. The video game company based in Saint-Mandé has announced The dismissal of 185 employees. Part of the affected team was part of a study in the United Kingdom that will close its doors in the middle of an important restructuring. Ubisoft Leamington will completely cease its activities, while Ubisoft Düsseldorf (Germany), Ubisoft Stockholm (Sweden) and Ubisoft Reflections (United Kingdom) will receive a scissor to reduce costs, although they will continue to work with less personnel and resources. Times of change and survival The giant founded by the Guillemot brothers Buy Freestylegames from Activision in 2017. The operation included the transfer of the team that had developed products such as ‘Guitar Hero Live’. He was renamed as Ubisoft Leamington and got involved in several projects. The company used this study as support for the development of ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division‘,’Star Wars Outlaws‘,’Skull and bones‘ and ‘Far Cry 5‘. After almost a decade, Ubisoft has decided to dispense with this part of its structure to “guarantee long -term stability.” It is no secret that Ubisoft is not at its best. At the end of last year He announced that he would close ‘Xdefiant’, his ‘call of duty’ free. That decision, which will materialize this year, is accompanied by the closure of studies in San Francisco and Osaka. If we analyze the rest of the catalog, the panorama is not much more promising. Star Wars: Outlawswhich was outlined as one of the great bets of the year for the French company, ended up registering Christmas sales below expectations. With this scenario, the looks are set in ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows‘Like the great hope to Revert the course in 2025. The problem is that the launch of this title has been delayed twiceand should be available from March 20 of this year. The first month of the year closes for Ubisoft with new drastic measures, all the chips placed in its next large title and increasingly strong rumors on a possible sale. The future of the company is still uncertain, and it remains to be seen if it will straighten the course. Images | Ubisoft In Xataka | Xbox releases the artillery by 2025 with in -depth views to the very brutal new ‘doom’ and the announcement of ‘Ninja Gaiden 4’

Trump government closes the Safe Mobility (SMO) offices that facilitated legal migration

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The administration of Donald Trump It is closing the migration processing offices in Latin America that the Biden administration established for give migrants the possibility of legally immigrating, According to internal government documents Obtained by CBS News. The internal documents of the State Department Obtained by CBS News, they indicate that the Trump administration is ceasing operations in those places, known as offices of the “Safe Mobility Initiative” and that They were established in established in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Guatemalaas part of a “broader effort to evaluate how the United States manages migratory processes to serve US national interests.” The offices allowed certain migrants who lived in those countries or passed through them to request to apply to programs that allowed them to legally enter the United States. The documents also cite the executive order of President Trump that suspended the United States refugee admission programwhich allows some people fleeing war and persecution abroad to reach the United States after interviews of interviews and security exams and doctors. Safe mobility offices were physical regional centers for the US to determine If migrants qualified to legally enter the countrywhether under the refugee program, family visas, work visas or an immigration benefit known as humanitarian probation. Continue reading:· They extend the authority to investigate and detain immigrants to other government agencies· Trump administration arrest 538 immigrants, several linked to criminal organizations· At least 11 prosecutors come against Trump and refuse to participate in new immigration policy (Tagstotranslate) State Department (T) Donald Trump

The US closes the door to all refugees who had already been approved to arrive in the country

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An executive order signed by President Donald Trump, where he decrees the cancellation of refugee flights, It shattered the dreams of thousands of foreigners who had previously been approved to receive asylum in the United States. The State Department issued a memorandum to its resettlement partners informing them that no more refugees will be allowed access to the American Union.this, even if they have been previously approved to reside in the American Union. “All previously scheduled refugee travel to the United States is canceled and no new travel bookings will be made. RSCs should not request travel for any additional refugee cases at this time,” the document states. It is estimated that nearly 10,000 refugees already had travel reservations, as their profile had been approved by personnel from the previous US federal administration. The most complex thing about the matter is that All processes to request refuge in the American Union were also canceled. “All refugee case processing processes and pre-departure activities are suspended. The RSCs and the IOM should not transfer the refugees to transit centers before they travel and must stop all pre-departure activities for refugee cases. No new referrals should be made to the USRAP,” the memo emphasizes. The State Department announced that all processes to request refuge in the American Union were also canceled. (Credit: José Luis Magaña / AP) This new position adopted by the US government must be implemented immediately, but will have no implications for refugees already residing in the United States nor for holders of special immigrant visas who, despite being outside the country for the moment, can re-enter when they determine. During the Biden administration, a limit was established to provide shelter annually to 125,000 foreigners who had previously passed various filters intended to rule out any sign of danger or risk to American security. However, from the perspective of Donald Trump, it is necessary to rethink all the support that the nation has given to the world, including the issue of providing asylum to people at risk in their respective nations of origin. Following the same policy, The US president separately ordered the Office of Management and Budget to suspend all types of support abroad, non-governmental organizations, international organizations or contractors, this during the next three months. Keep reading: • Republican senator claims that ICE arrested 308 immigrants in a matter of hours • They denounce the arrest of 200 immigrants in a surprise raid carried out in California • ICE withdraws ‘sensitive areas’ rule to carry out raids against immigrants anywhere: schools, churches, shelters, courts

CapCut closes in the United States after banning TikTok

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This Sunday, January 19, marked a before and after in the American digital landscape. With the entry into force of a law that bans TikTok and? It has also affected the short video application, CapCut. Since hours before this Sunday, thousands of users encountered an unexpected message when trying to access their accounts in both applications: “Service not available.” This measure, endorsed by the Supreme Court, establishes the separation of these platforms from their parent company, ByteDance, as the only alternative to operate in the country. The veto expands: from TikTok to CapCut Although the initial focus of the legislation was on TikTok, its impact extended to CapCut. This had been launched in the United States in 2020 and over time gained millions of followers thanks to its integration with TikTok, allowing users to edit content and participate in viral trends with ease. The app offered an accessible experience on both mobile and desktop devices, consolidating itself as an essential tool for content creators. However, as of last Saturday night, January 18, Users in the United States began receiving the following message when trying to open CapCut: “Sorry, CapCut is not available at this time. A law has been passed banning CapCut in the United States. Unfortunately, that means you can’t use CapCut for now.” In a statement published on the social network X (Twitter) the same day, the CapCut team thanked users for their support and provided a contact email for those who wish to resolve problems related to their accounts. “We will do everything possible to resolve your request,” the company said. An uncertain future for TikTok and its users The TikTok ban affects millions of users and content creators in the US, as until now it had been a vibrant space for them. Shou Zi Chew, CEO of TikTok, expressed his gratitude to the community and reaffirmed his commitment to keeping the platform operational. “We will do everything in our power to ensure TikTok remains a rich and vibrant space. There is more to come,” he declared. Thank you for your support for CapCut. Please contact us at capcut.support@bytedance.com if your account becomes unavailable due to the ban. Our customer service team will reply as soon as possible, and will continue providing support after January 19. We will do our best to… — CapCut (@capcutapp) January 19, 2025 President Joe Biden, who will hand over to Donald Trump on January 20, He left the future of these applications in the hands of his successorwho, for his part, indicated in an interview with NBC News that he was considering granting a 90-day extension for TikTok, although he did not guarantee that this measure would also include CapCut. “The 90-day extension is something that will probably be done, because it is appropriate. We have to analyze it carefully. “It is a very important situation,” said the US president a few days ago. Reactions and consequences The ban of TikTok and CapCut in the United States marks a historic precedent as it is the first time that the federal government blocks digital applications at the national level. Although some see this measure as a defense of national security, others consider that it limits the digital freedom of users. Keep reading:

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