CO_Andy Member Oct 25, 2017 2,897 SNK said: SNK today announced that Mr. Kenji Matsubara will transition to an advisory role, where he will continue to lend his expertise and vision. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Full press release -- https://www.snk-corp.co.jp/us/press/2025/051302/ From the little sales data available from the Japanese launch (6300 sales for the PS5 version) and the low Steam player count, all signs point to City of the Wolves being a massive flop.  AMAGON Prominent Member Member Oct 25, 2017 8,023 Austin, TX I'm the biggest Fatal Fury fan from the very first game and can tell you they were throwing money away on this game   yogurt Member Oct 25, 2017 8,163 For someone out of the loop, is it that Fatal Fury isn't that popular, or were people turned off by the Ronaldo stuff, or what? Because my impression was that the game reviewed pretty well.   Eevea Member Sep 23, 2022 416 Maybe they shouldn't have put a rapist in the game. And no one feels good about Saudi money being dumped into a game.   Youngfossil Member Oct 27, 2017 3,888 Chicago Oh damn, thats no good. I know SNK is all about fighting games, but they should branch out more often  PlanetSmasher The Abominable Showman Member Oct 25, 2017 132,453 yogurt said: For someone out of the loop, is it that Fatal Fury isn't that popular, or were people turned off by the Ronaldo stuff, or what? Because my impression was that the game reviewed pretty well. Click to expand... Click to shrink... It definitely seems like the Ronaldo/Ganacci stuff came out at the WORST possible moment and derailed any hype the game was going to get. I don't think it was the only factor - Fatal Fury just isn't a big deal anymore in general - but it absolutely contributed to the game crashing and burning.  jack. Member Oct 27, 2017 1,355 The next one needs to have a roster entirely made up of friends of the Saudi royal family, imo.   Rosebud Two Pieces Member Apr 16, 2018 51,037 yogurt said: For someone out of the loop, is it that Fatal Fury isn't that popular, or were people turned off by the Ronaldo stuff, or what? Because my impression was that the game reviewed pretty well. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Fatal Fury isn't popular. Hate Ronaldo but if anything he sold like 6 copies   LiftGammaGain Member Oct 29, 2017 1,827 Asia-Europe Love this series from bottom of my heart. This sucks.   Holundrian Member Oct 25, 2017 11,100 yogurt said: For someone out of the loop, is it that Fatal Fury isn't that popular, or were people turned off by the Ronaldo stuff, or what? Because my impression was that the game reviewed pretty well. Click to expand... Click to shrink... I don't think you can point towards any one thing. But one fact is the game peaked higher during the beta than during launch on steam. That means less people returned for the launch of all the people that tried the beta usually already more hardcore. (steamcharts only) Usually launch will have higher numbers than the beta. It also performed worse than their previous game kof 15. The only other thing that's also safe to say is that for the money they were spending these are not the wanted results pretty safe to say.  Last edited: Today at 2:59 PM TimPV3 Member Oct 30, 2017 700 Fatal Fury just isn't that big of a franchise. My mind was blown when I saw the advertisement in the ring at WrestleMania, these people aren't going to buy this.   Hasney One Winged Slayer The Fallen Oct 25, 2017 23,164 Rosebud said: Fatal Fury isn't popular. Hate Ronaldo but if anything he sold like 6 copies Click to expand... Click to shrink... It's important to note that this looks like it flopped spectacularly though. Worse than the last King of Fighters.  SirKai Member Dec 28, 2017 10,116 Washington Didn't the recent KOF games and Samurai Shodown do pretty well? I didn't think COTW was necessarily gonna blow the doors off, and obviously the controversies definitely turned at least some folks away (including me), but the general reception about the actual quality of the game seemed pretty strong. I figured this would do well at least in terms of an SNK-tier budget.   Drachen Member May 3, 2021 8,470 Shouldn't have put a rapist and an industry plant in the game   Hassun Member Oct 25, 2017 71 I, for one, would like to welcome the new CEO, Mohammed bin Salman!   Jaded Alyx Editor-in-chief at SpecialCancel.com Verified Oct 25, 2017 40,087 yogurt said: For someone out of the loop, is it that Fatal Fury isn't that popular, or were people turned off by the Ronaldo stuff, or what? Because my impression was that the game reviewed pretty well. Click to expand... Click to shrink... All of the above. Then consider that the last Fatal Fury game was 25 years ago, and wasn't even called Fatal Fury in the West. Hasney said: It's important to note that this looks like it flopped spectacularly though. Worse than the last King of Fighters. Click to expand... Click to shrink... KOFXV wasn't a flop.  Yerffej Prophet of Regret Member Oct 25, 2017 29,321 I just didn't like anything about the game from my time with the beta. Jef Gerstman's assessments after time with the full game basically summed up my feelings towards it. Shame anyways.   NotLiquid One Winged Slayer Member Oct 25, 2017 37,812 yogurt said: For someone out of the loop, is it that Fatal Fury isn't that popular, or were people turned off by the Ronaldo stuff, or what? Because my impression was that the game reviewed pretty well. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Fatal Fury generally isn't that big of a thing. It's already had to play second fiddle somewhat to King of Fighters, its existence now was expressly going to be in large part fueled by the legacy of people supporting the company and the franchise. It's because of that reason you might be able to make a genuine argument that the Ronaldo / Ganacci cameos did more harm than good. Alienating SNK fans while trying to court general audiences who probably don't even care about a game that looks generationally behind virtually every single competitor in the market was probably not a smart move; nor was sinking in millions into esports money going to really look good on those balance sheets (as much as it's one thing that does benefit players).  DNAbro Member Oct 25, 2017 29,974 Watching the hype and excitement from the FGC die in real time was so interesting to watch.   Hasney One Winged Slayer The Fallen Oct 25, 2017 23,164 Jaded Alyx said: KOFXV wasn't a flop. Click to expand... Click to shrink... It wasn't, but this is the same audience. To not even come close to matching that, while investing money in so much advertising as well as these guest characters, is a gigantic flop.  HeikoSC Member Feb 8, 2024 296 Fighting games life and die by public perception, more than any other Genre. If a Game looks like its not doing well, then its dead, because players are extremely sensitive to player numbers for matchmaking. The most popular thread on smaller fighting games is people asking whether its worth playing or if you can find players, how long queue times are etc. etc. The market is completely oversaturated in general, but Microtransactions, DLC, BPs and initial sales are apparently enough to make profits on the development costs.  Blue_Toad507 Member May 25, 2021 3,766 The people that clamour for the return of old fighting games are a very vocal minority. It's the same reason Capcom won't revive Darkstalkers - it would simply be a massive bomb. The awful celebrity guest fighters didn't help either.  Squardles Member Oct 17, 2023 146 It was like what 20-25 years since the last game in the series or something like that.   Lirael Member Oct 27, 2017 16,619 The Ronaldo stuff killed me and my friend groups interest. We aint representative of the overall market, but we are massive fans of Mark of the Wolves and it was probably my most hyped game of this year before that. I've been waiting so long for a Mark of the Wolves follow up and they went and did that with it so I just didn't even consider buying it. I think there's also just so many great fighting games right now that you can't afford to fuck up your PR even slightly. Would some of us have maybe broke on our morals and picked it up if we couldn't easily just go play SF6 or Strive or Granblue or Season 1 of Tekken 8? Probably still no, but it'd have been closer if we had that fighting game itch and it couldn't be scratched by great games that are easy to find matches in right now.  Buckle Member Oct 27, 2017 44,595 jack. said: The next one needs to have a roster entirely made up of friends of the Saudi royal family, imo. Click to expand... Click to shrink... "Uncle Larry joins the brawl"   convo Member Oct 25, 2017 8,973 Far as i was able to tell they had enough Saudi money to not be concerned about anything, so they didn't need my business. Is it really the reason for this change in leadership as stated in the press release or just editorializing?  Ryu bogard Member Nov 23, 2017 467 they should have spend that obscene ad budget on the actual game. fatal fury was dead series for so many years. it needed something more to appeal to new players either better graphics or better single player content.   Jaded Alyx Editor-in-chief at SpecialCancel.com Verified Oct 25, 2017 40,087 convo said: Far as i was able to tell they had enough Saudi money to not be concerned about anything, so they didn't need my business. Is it really the reason for this change in leadership as stated in the press release or just editorializing? Click to expand... Click to shrink... There's nothing so far to suggest that the performance of the game has any relation to this news.   Android Sophia The Fallen Oct 25, 2017 6,647 As someone who casually plays fighting games here and there, my first thought upon reading this news was "Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves released already?" Which, apparently it did so about a month ago. So yeah. :\  jett Community Resettler Member Oct 25, 2017 46,310 I dunno how you could have made this game a success.   convo Member Oct 25, 2017 8,973 Blue_Toad507 said: The people that clamour for the return of old fighting games are a very vocal minority. It's the same reason Capcom won't revive Darkstalkers - it would simply be a massive bomb. The awful celebrity guest fighters didn't help either. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Bad PR is what killed my hype and several other otherwise huge Mark of the Wolves fans. If the huge fans won't show up to champion something, then a game won't have groundswell or good word of mouth.   Cameron122 Rescued from SR388 Member Oct 27, 2017 2,726 Texas I refunded the game after the guest character stuff   stumblebee The Fallen Jan 22, 2018 2,660 COTW flopping doesn't surprise me in the least. The game didn't look, visually, anywhere close to what it marketing budget suggested it would look like.   LiftGammaGain Member Oct 29, 2017 1,827 Asia-Europe Ryu bogard said: they should have spend that obscene ad budget on the actual game. fatal fury was dead series for so many years. it needed something more to appeal to new players either better graphics or better single player content. Click to expand... Click to shrink... The game is super good looking. looks better than SF6 to me. It plays great, net code is solid, and there's a bunch of lore and single player content to enjoy. Some tunes are bangers. Ronaldo discussion is valid, but that about it.  Catchphrase Member Nov 28, 2023 2,281 SNK and games flopping, name a more iconic duo   Josh5890 I'm Your Favorite Poster's Favorite Poster The Fallen Oct 25, 2017 26,415 The only reason I kept my pre-order was because I signed up for the Fatal Fury Combo Breaker tournament back in January. I already "bought in" lol.   Hunter-Zero Member Oct 28, 2017 79 yogurt said: For someone out of the loop, is it that Fatal Fury isn't that popular, or were people turned off by the Ronaldo stuff, or what? Because my impression was that the game reviewed pretty well. Click to expand... Click to shrink... I'm an old school snk fan and I loved the beta, but the Ronaldo announcement plus that random Ganacci dude pretty much killed all interest I had, and I guess I'm not the only one that feels that way looking at those sales, it pretty much felt like a slap to the face to be honest, but fatal fury was never that popular to begin with   Selective Alt-Account Banned May 5, 2025 419 It's not only a flop - it has massive technical issues! Specifically: enormous online security issues caused by incorrect purchase validation on PC - people can connect and play online with an illicit copy of the game, there is no anti-cheat, so people can do anything they want (including playing with the game's memory - to include cheating, but also just causing the game to crash for others) which, you know, is great! Good stuff! Keep it up!   Vanta Aurelius Member Oct 27, 2017 4,302 ATL Fatal Fury being niche definitely gives it an uphill battle, but I still believe presentation is more important for a fighting game than the fighting itself. Yes, the gameplay and online functionality is what gives a fighting game long term staying power in the FGC, but presentation and characters with very engaging visual designs is what will draw in people who are only casually interested in fighting game imo. City of the Wolves isn't a very attractive game either graphically or artistically imo. Even the menus aren't that attractive or immediately intuitive. The massive Saudi investment went into putting controversial celebrities into a game where their inclusion made zero sense, while the game visually looks like it was made on a smaller budget. I'm not saying the game needs to look like SF6 or Tekken 8, but even 2XKO looks extremely attractive visually (independent of being based on an extremely popular franchise). Separately, I wouldn't be surprised if the initial beta for the game turned people off as well. No training mode and extremely poor matchmaking likely turned a lot of people off who were even remotely curious.  ColonialHawk Member Oct 27, 2017 992 South Carolina As a fighting game, its quite good. Really fun in that area. But its a dormant series, the two guest fighters (while people have come around on Gannaci) killed a lot of interest, and SNK being backed by Saudi money damn sure doesn't help. I think it'll stay alive in the FGC cause its a good fighter, but I don't think its gonna bring in new players, just players from other fighting games.  J_ToSaveTheDay "This guy are sick" and Corrupted by Vengeance Avenger Oct 25, 2017 22,494 USA While I personally backed out of my purchase after Ronaldo was announced, this game always had an incredible uphill battle to gain an audience and I simply don't think they did enough to win that potential audience over. Most people are just not going to be aware of the Saudi ties... nor would I expect most people to care, sadly (see: WWE and other huge media that has Saudi ties still thriving). Game's presentation is going to strike most people as "budget," and then even if you look past the quality of the presentation, you still have to contend with subjective style preferences -- and I feel like there's plenty of anecdotal evidence that SNK did not land on a winning aesthetic for a lot of people here. Also, the amount of content on offer in this game doesn't seem like it's going to grab general audiences at $60 -- maybe for lower price than that, but not for the now-fading $60 full retail standard. The more "enthusiast" audience that was going to buy this game no matter what isn't out here really singing it's praises hard enough to convince casuals that do research to go in on it, either. There's a lot of coverage that's trying to do explainers on the guest characters, complaining about the quality of the rollback, and criticizing/cautioning the non-competitive content featured in the game. It just wasn't a winning combo. And this was a sequel I wanted for several decades. I'm not disappointed -- it's 2025 and SNK didn't make a 2025-mass-audience-caliber title. Simple as that, IMO. There's stuff to love in here from what I've seen, especially for long-time fans and competitive-minded fans, but the overall package just isn't enough to sell to a mass audience in today's gaming climate.  Kid Night Member Oct 27, 2017 591 I know the promoted the hell out of it. The logo was on screen during the entirety of Wrestlemania.   NinjaScooter Member Oct 25, 2017 60,594 Hasney said: It's important to note that this looks like it flopped spectacularly though. Worse than the last King of Fighters. Click to expand... Click to shrink... KOF is a much bigger name with more recent relevance. Fatal Fury was positioned as a long awaited sequel to what has become sort of a cult classic type game in Garou. I was kind of shocked they stuck the FF branding on it from the jump because its just not that big of an IP (Im aware that MotW was, at its core, an FF game, but it felt like a different, cooler thing even back in the day).  balohna Member Nov 1, 2017 5,781 I was ready to buy it but decided not to based on the guest characters. Felt cheap and one of them is likely a rapist. I was actually hyped for the game and wanting to drop my money on it day 1. It doesn't help that Terry and Mai are great in Street Fighter VI (arguably more interesting and appealing than they are in COTW), so my appetite for Fatal Fury stuff was already partially satisfied.  Subaru Member Oct 26, 2017 409 São Paulo, Brazil I LOVE SNK and Fatal Fury but I was turned off because of the guest characters. It went from a Day 1 to "not buy" at all.   Holundrian Member Oct 25, 2017 11,100 J_ToSaveTheDay said: Game's presentation is going to strike most people as "budget," and then even if you look past the quality of the presentation, you still have to contend with subjective style preferences -- and I feel like there's plenty of anecdotal evidence that SNK did not land on a winning aesthetic for a lot of people here. Also, the amount of content on offer in this game doesn't seem like it's going to grab general audiences at $60 -- maybe for lower price than that, but not for the now-fading $60 full retail standard. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Price also being a factor is def a big thing. They outpriced themselves without regional pricing in the areas snk was the most popular in addition to everything.   Red Hunter Member May 28, 2024 1,482 My mom could've told you this would flop   Jaded Alyx Editor-in-chief at SpecialCancel.com Verified Oct 25, 2017 40,087 ColonialHawk said: I think it'll stay alive in the FGC cause its a good fighter Click to expand... Click to shrink... It'll stay alive at the Pro level too because: Fatal Fury Receives $2.5 Million Prize Pool at SNK World Championship 2025 Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves publisher SNK, has announced the prize pot for SNK World Championship 2025. specialcancel.com Which is yet more absurd marketing spend for such a tiny game.  ColonialHawk Member Oct 27, 2017 992 South Carolina Jaded Alyx said: It'll stay alive at the Pro level too because: Fatal Fury Receives $2.5 Million Prize Pool at SNK World Championship 2025 Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves publisher SNK, has announced the prize pot for SNK World Championship 2025. specialcancel.com Which is yet more absurd marketing spend for such a tiny game. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Thats ... thats lot of money :(   Ryu bogard Member Nov 23, 2017 467 LiftGammaGain said: The game is super good looking. looks better than SF6 to me. It plays great, net code is solid, and there's a bunch of lore and single player content to enjoy. Some tunes are bangers. Ronaldo discussion is valid, but that about it. Click to expand... Click to shrink... i think the games art style looks great too. but for the casual player coming from sf6 looking at fatal fury it does not look great. i have seen a lot of complains online about how this game look cheap/low budget. the background stages look awful. i completed eost mode once and never want to play it again. it is very boring/repetitive. 

Photo Credit: Pixabay/Leonhard_Niederwimmer New satellite data shows NYC, Chicago, and Houston are gradually sinking Highlights 28 major US cities found to be sinking, latest satellite study confirms Houston records the fastest and most widespread urban land subsidence NYC and Chicago are sinking at rates reaching 10 millimeters per year Advertisement A new satellite-based study reveals that the 28 most populous cities in the United States—including New York City, Chicago, Dallas, and Denver—are gradually sinking at rates of 2 to 10 millimetres (0.08 to 0.4 inches) per year. Researchers at Virginia Tech used high-resolution radar measurements to map this ground subsidence across urban regions. In every city examined, at least 20 percent of the land area was found to be sinking; in 25 of the 28 cities, more than 65 percent exhibited measurable downward movement, posing serious long-term risks to urban infrastructure systems.Houston Leads US Cities in Ground Sinking Crisis Driven by Groundwater ExtractionAs per the Nature Cities report published on May 8, cities in Texas showed the highest subsidence rates, with Houston being the most affected—40 percent of the city is sinking faster than 5 millimetres per year, and 12 percent exceeds 10 millimetres annually. Under the direction of Leonard Ohenhen, the researchers linked almost 80 percent of the urban subsidence to too high groundwater extraction, a process motivated by growing urban needs. While natural geological activity is important as well, human activity is now the dominant driver of land depression.Experts warned that even small changes can undermine the structural integrity of roads, bridges, rail systems, and other infrastructure. “This hazard grows very slowly, decimates the ground from underneath, and if disasters occur, very few people recognise it in its early stages,” Manoochehr Shirzaei, who is an associate professor at Virginia Tech, said in a statement. The study also highlighted the vulnerability of not only coastal cities but also inland cities, including those located far from the ocean, where land subsidence increases the frequency of flooding and impacts the long-term planning of urban development.Although it's never going to be completely prevented, the report recommends more monitoring and legal action. Emphasis should be on improved satellite surveillance, changes in groundwater management, and building strong infrastructure. Left alone, the subsidence can turn into a quiet urban menace, experts stated. For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to know everything about top influencers, follow our in-house Who'sThat360 on Instagram and YouTube. Gadgets 360 Staff The resident bot. If you email me, a human will respond. More

Burger King is facing a class-action lawsuit over how they depict their iconic Whopper hamburger on television, compared to how it really looks in your hand.Nation's Restaurant News reports that a Florida judge has approved a class-action lawsuit against the fast food giant for false advertisement.It’s possible someone will see a BK commercial and start craving a giant Whopper, only to drive through the drive-thru and find disappointment in the bag.But wait, there’s more: The lawsuit doesn’t just cover TV advertisements. It also states that Burger King makes the Whopper look larger in its in-store posters and ads than it really is.With a name like the Whopper, has the urge to remain the king of burgers caused the fast food company to hit the zoom-in button too many times when making their digital assets?It would appear so, as what started as one person with a bone to pick has become a large lawsuit spanning 13 states — now 19 people have signed onto be plaintiffs.If you would like to show your support for either side of the battle, the case has an official legal name: Coleman et al v. Burger King Corp., and it is being heard in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.Go ahead, make it a celebration: Hit the drive-thru of your local Burger King and maybe get a few Whoppers yourself and have a trial viewing party.Burger King has beefed up with a a statement ahead of their date in court: "The flame-grilled beef patties portrayed in our advertising are the same patties used in the millions of burgers we serve to guests across the U.S."Get our free mobile appOnce-Beloved Fast Food Burgers That No Longer ExistThese fast food burgers got a lot of attention when they debuted. It didn’t last forever.Filed Under: Burger King, Fast Food, viralCategories: Original Features

The UK-founded design and engineering giant will support the Nordic Office of Architecture, which has studios in Norway, Denmark and Iceland, and Oslo-based Rodeo Arkitekter. The team won the commission ahead of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) in collaboration with Danish practice AART Architects and local practices Snøhetta with LINK Arkitektur. Entries were judged anonymously. The building, located at Normannsløkka in Oslo, will be arranged across two sections: a four-storey base, aligned with the surrounding urban scale, containing studios, workshops, newsrooms and support spaces; and a recessed, circular upper structure offering modern workspaces with panoramic views across the city.Advertisement The upper structure reflects the public broadcaster’s circular branding. It will include 60,000m² of gross floor area and 50,000m² of utility floor area, to include modern studios, publishing desks, post-production facilities, concert studios, workshops, and warehouses. A statement from the Nordic Office of Architecture said its sustainable development would ‘enhance the visibility and integration of NRK in the cityscape, promoting interaction with the local community’. It also described the ‘signal building surrounded by a park that extends onto the roof, with stormwater management and biodiversity enhancing the environment and ecological connections’. NRK broadcasting director Vibeke Fürst Haugen, who was on the competition jury, said panel members supported the Nordic Office of Architecture/Arup/Rodeo proposal unanimously, adding: ‘The solution appears good, robust, open and inviting.’Advertisement Arup director Nick Jackson said the facility would become a ‘world-class media production and an outstanding workplace for future generations’. He added: ‘The collaboration on its new headquarters reflects a shared ambition to create a flexible, future-ready media environment that fosters creativity, collaboration and innovation.’ Planning permission is still being sought for the building, with the broadcaster hoping to occupy it in 2029. Jackson said the win built on Arup’s London team’s recent win with Nordic Office of Architecture on a new stadium for the northern Norwegian football team FK Bodø/Glimt. The wood and recyclable aluminum Arctic Arena, for this season's Europa League semi-finalists, is set to have a capacity of 10,000.

A wildfire rages in British Columbia, Canada, in June 2023Imago/Alamy Stock Photo 2023 smashed the record for the hottest year, but it might have been even hotter. The entire northern hemisphere would have been nearly 1°C warmer on average during its summer without the cooling effect of smoke from massive wildfires in Canada, a climate model suggests. The smoke may also have led to the driest August in India on record. “I think it’s really hard to comprehend how gigantic the fires were. It was insane,” says Iulian-Alin Rosu at the Technical University of Crete in Greece, who presented his team’s findings at a meeting of the European Geosciences Union in Vienna, Austria. Advertisement The emissions were around five or six times higher than those during any previously recorded wildfire season in Canada, estimates Rosu. The carbon dioxide from these fires is having an ongoing warming effect, but in 2023 this warming was outweighed by the cooling effect of smoke blocking sunlight. To estimate how much cooling the smoke caused, Rosu and his colleagues ran a series of climate model simulations with and without the Canadian wildfire emissions. The results suggest that between May and September, the smoke caused local cooling of as much as 5.4°C (9.7°F) in small parts of Canada, and that the northern hemisphere as a whole was 0.9°C (1.6°F) cooler. This may seem surprising given that parts of Canada saw record temperatures during that summer. But the heat records were mostly in western regions, says Rosu, whereas the smoke blew east and had the biggest cooling effect on that side of the country. Unmissable news about our planet delivered straight to your inbox every month. Sign up to newsletter The impacts weren’t limited to Canada. In the model, the wildfire emissions led to changes in winds over Asia that weakened the monsoon and led to less rainfall in India – and that is what happened in reality. “The precipitation anomaly that is seen in the data is really, really close to what we see in our model,” says Rosu. That is an indication that the model did a very good job, he says. However, the cooling effect didn’t last long. “When I looked at the data for November and December, there really wasn’t much of any effect left,” says Rosu. The record set in 2023 for hottest year didn’t last long either – 2024 turned out to be even hotter. Reference:EGU General Assembly 2025 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu25-10833 Topics:climate

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Sony might not be the first name that comes to mind in today’s smartphone world, but every so often, it drops a device that reminds fans why it’s still a force worth watching. The new Xperia 1 VII is a perfect example: a phone that feels like a love letter to Sony’s greatest hits, all wrapped up in a sleek, familiar frame. It’s a device for those who want the best of both worlds: cutting-edge performance and a sprinkle of nostalgia. Back in 2018, Sony’s then-CEO Kaz Hirai hinted at the brand’s long game: smartphones weren’t the end goal but a gateway to a broader, smarter ecosystem. Fast forward, and the Xperia 1 VII arrives as a showcase of everything Sony does best. It’s less about fighting for market share and more about giving loyal fans, audio buffs, and camera aficionados a playground for the company’s signature tech. Designer: Sony The Xperia 1 VII’s display is a stunner, thanks to Sony’s BRAVIA TV heritage. Whether you’re binging shows, editing photos, or just scrolling through your feed, those crisp colors and deep contrasts are hard to beat on a pocket-sized device. When it comes to music, Sony leans into its Walkman DNA, loading the phone with top-tier audio hardware and support for high-res playback that makes any playlist shine. Photography is where this phone really flexes. The rear camera setup carries the Alpha branding, with Exmor sensors fine-tuned for mobile. Advanced AI features like auto-framing, subject recognition, and human pose detection work behind the scenes to make sure you nail every shot, whether you’re snapping candid moments or something more creative. There’s also Google-powered AI magic, including Gemini and Circle to Search, to round out the smart experience. What really makes the Xperia 1 VII stand out, however, is its refusal to ditch old-school essentials. While most flagships have waved goodbye to the 3.5mm headphone jack and microSD slots, Sony keeps both alive. Audiophiles can use their favorite wired headphones for the purest sound, and shutterbugs or binge-watchers get up to 2TB of expandable storage for apps, media, and endless photos. It’s a nod to the features that matter to loyal users, even if the phone’s overall design has barely changed since the Xperia 1 III. Sony hasn’t ignored sustainability either. The Xperia 1 VII uses recycled materials for all its plastic parts, quietly helping the planet without making a fuss. For anyone who’s missed the comfort of classic features but still wants the latest and greatest in display, audio, and camera tech, the Xperia 1 VII is proof that you really can have it all, no compromises required. The post Sony Xperia 1 VII is a walking advertisement of Sony’s greatest technologies first appeared on Yanko Design.

Photo Credit: Reuters More than 60,000 such titles are marked as narrated by these voices on Audible Highlights Audiobooks are the fastest-growing format in publishing Titles can be either created exclusively for Audible or distribution Audible will also offer a translation feature Advertisement Amazon.com's Audible is working with US-based book publishers to convert print and e-books into artificial intelligence-voiced audiobooks,  helping to expand its catalog particularly in non-English speaking markets.“Every book deserves to be heard in audio,” Bob Carrigan, chief executive officer of Audible, said in an interview. Audiobooks are the fastest-growing format in publishing, according to Audible, but only two percent to five percent of existing print and e-books exist in audio form, he said. “Our goal is to close that gap.”Publishers can select from more than 100 AI-generated voices across English, Spanish, French and Italian, including numerous accent and dialect options. Titles can be either created exclusively for Audible, with a more favorable royalty rate, or for distribution outside its platform. Soon, Audible will also offer a translation feature that can convert text and audio into multiple languages in addition to the original.“The opportunity to use AI to bring more storytelling to more people in more languages is a really exciting one,” Carrigan said.Audible membership, which costs $14.95 (roughly Rs. 1,275) a month for audiobooks and podcasts, is at an all-time high, Carrigan said late last year. It's launched in some new territories recently, including Brazil, and has been experimenting with new subscription tiers and royalty models to keep its edge against Spotify Technology SA, which recently incorporated audiobook listening in its music-streaming and podcasting app.The company generally doesn't allow publishers to upload AI-voiced audiobooks that were made using third-party tools, suggesting they'll have to work with Audible's technology to tap into its significant audience.Audible has been letting self-published authors in the US employ these virtual voices to turn their e-books into audiobooks. More than 60,000 such titles are marked as narrated by these voices on Audible, up from 40,000 around this time last year.© 2025 Bloomberg LP(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to know everything about top influencers, follow our in-house Who'sThat360 on Instagram and YouTube. Further reading: Audible, Amazon, AI Related Stories