What are you talking about?
eh i dont think so.
Gaming business is also huge at Microsoft it’s now their third biggest business bigger than windows now. It will also only get bigger.
Going to be honest someone said I should go check out these other forums so before really looking at who was there I made an account and looked around for awhile and haven't been back.Reminded me, Bryank75 got his own forum with blackjack and hookers these days.
Someone should drop by and check up on him.
Wait, wait, Nintendo is still standing!
Wait, wait, Nintendo is still standing!
Selling games in a closed garden store like the PSN on console is where the money comes from. All those 3rd party games and DLC where Sony takes a 30% cut is where most of the money comes from. Not 1st party games. So the moment you stop focusing in giving reasons for ppl to buy more consoles, is the moment you start killing your business.
Yeah the PS5 is the first Sony console I haven’t bought. All the games I went to their platform for are now multiplat so the appeal is gone. Interesting times!
yes the log on part on console i agree but its a streamlined version, i dont really need to install a bunch of launchers.
this is actually subjective. If you are talking about subscription fees like PS Plus, its still cheaper for me than building a gaming PC in the long run.
Exclusive is just a bonus, without exclusive i would still stay on consoles, i just prefer the plug and play of console.
He’s basically saying they need to be selling like 20 million units of some of their exclusives in that year of release like a big multi platform game. Over the generation god of way or another game selling 15-20 million over 6-7 years after discounts and promotions is not bringing in the kind of margins they want. Especially since most of their games are single player game with no live service components to them to monetize. This is why COD was so contentious for them when exclusivity came up. They literally said the fund their first party from the money they make from COD. Now Microsoft their competitor is now on the receiving end of the 70 percent and they’re are the largest console audience for COD as majority of players on console are PlayStation.
Rubbish, Sony are still on track to sell 21 million consoles this calendar year, and Nintendo just sold the most consoles of anyone with the Switch. Just because XBox is doing shit doesn't mean consoles are dying.
Im talking about the platform aka playstation, not division.
yes. Hopefully, Nintendo is dead soon.
I got it in 2020 and literally only have Demon's Souls, Miles Morales and Resident Evil 8 for it (and Humanity digitally). And I deeply regretted buying Miles Morales.
yea thats what im thinking. this is a very huge risk for Sony to go multiplatform like Microsoft.
THe best platform the only one that matters.
People still buy consoles despite games being available on PC. As an example, a lot of the guys that work in the IT projects department at work cannot stand using PCs outside of work as they're on them all the time. They'd much rather play on console.
I read that statement differently but who knows with translation.
I read it as him saying that was the case in the past, growing consoles but now they want to grow their 1st party games for more money
“In the past, we wanted to popularize console and the 1st party titles' main purpose was to make the console popular. It is true, but there is a synergy to it. So if you have strong first party content, not only with our console but also other platforms like computers, 1st party can be grown with multiplatform and that can help operating profit to improve. So that is another one we want to proactively work on.I personally think there are opportunities out there for improvement of margins, so I would like to go aggressive in improving our margin performance.”
Third parties aren't going to stop releasing their games on PlayStation if they sell a few fewer consoles. They'll still get the same third party deals they get now and console gamers will still buy as much software. Worst case PC first gamers don't buy a PlayStation. In the end it's a wash since PC gamers are already buying third party games on PC. But Sony potentially sells more first party software at higher prices day 1.
I agree.. being playing only on consoles since the ps3/xbox360 era... only on playsation since the xbone shitted the bed, but if sony moves to pc day 1 launch Im out, no need to play on weak hardware just "because" , even 6 months of wait is acceptable to me if I know every game will eventually end up in pc
If they want big sales numbers on PC they can't release old games that sometime perform like shit on PC
