If there's one sector that isn't really suffering from the current health crisis, it's the video game sector: the media is literally exploding, while people are forced to stay home for containment, taking advantage of the opportunity to clean up their pile of games to do, or to grow a dream island in Animal Crossing New Horizons.
As a result, many industry players have already stepped up to announce donations to the fight against Cornavirus. After Rockstar yesterday, it is now Sony's turn to open the floodgates, with the $100 million Sony Global Relief Fund for COVID-19.
This colossal sum will be distributed in 3 main areas of support: 10 million will go directly to humanitarian associations (UNICEF, UNCHR), the builder of the firm's technologies to support initiatives related to education, and finally, Sony intends to support studio projects cancelled or postponed because of COVID-19. Finally, Sony also said a few days ago that the epidemic should not affect the release of the PS5.
The studio chose the wrong day to make this announcement, but it doesn't seem like an April Fool. A portion of the online revenues from their two flagship titles, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Grand Theft Auto 5 will be donated to Covid-19 support funds.
