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[Topher]

This Jez guy has no insider or even basic industry credibility after he became a laughing stock from this comment

Add this to the Jez hall of fame

 

[Fabieter]

Death Stranding is not a Sony IP.

Yeah death stranding 2 is definitely getting a pc and xbox release no matter what's sony says.

 

[alphachino]

Sony continuing to release their games on steam is fucking retarded as fuck on so many levels.

 

[Fabieter]

You either believe this guy or you dont, which is it PonyGaf? Last week everyone said he put out an article so the opposite must be true. You still keeping that same energy? Haha

Ponygaf?

 

[DeepEnigma]

Add this to the Jez hall of fame

And these goofy ball huggers still go to bat for this retard, all to oWn tHe pOnIeS

Cringe af

 

[nial]

Which one is it for this guy? Lol.

 

[alphachino]

Sony's experiment on steam has been an abject failure. Personally I love it, i don't have to spend any extra money to get my playstation fix, but as a continuing business proposition, It could not be any more retarded. 2%, lol

 

[Truthtellers]

 

[dotnotbot]

Which tentpole single player games are we talking about?

The one with bald chick

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Jez may not claim to be a journalist but his relentless dedication to chasing down the truth proves his true journalistic credentials. I find his humility utterly remarkable in this day and age. How many people in his position admit to their flaws and pledge to do better?

I can't even begin to fathom how to respond to this.

 

[Fess]

1-2 tent pole releases per year isn't enough even if they change to true exclusivity.

 

[poppabk]

Coming soon:

PCMR

Sony's experiment on steam has been an abject failure. Personally I love it, i don't have to spend any extra money to get my playstation fix, but as a continuing business proposition, It could not be any more retarded. 2%, lol

Even when they could get the grapes they didn't really want them all that much - I mean that is one of the main reasons people give for them stopping the porting.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Sony's experiment on steam has been an abject failure. Personally I love it, i don't have to spend any extra money to get my playstation fix, but as a continuing business proposition, It could not be any more retarded. 2%, lol

So an extra 653 million in a fiscal year for PC ports is an abject failure?

Am I reading that chart wrong?

 

[Topher]

Sony's experiment on steam has been an abject failure. Personally I love it, i don't have to spend any extra money to get my playstation fix, but as a continuing business proposition, It could not be any more retarded. 2%, lol

It is closer to 4% of total game sales which includes all third party sales as well, whereas the PC portion is only first party. Either way, 4% is not nothing when it comes to corporate executives obsessed with profit margins.

 

[Holammer]

Average GAFfers's reaction to Jez stories.
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Average GAFfers's reaction to Jez stories which lines up with their console warring opinion.

 

[Fabieter]

So an extra 653 million in a fiscal year for PC ports is an abject failure?

Am I reading that chart wrong?

I mean there has to be some Xbox revenue as well. Wasn't this the quarter where helldiver 2 went to Xbox.

 

[Banjo64]

I can't even begin to fathom how to respond to this.

I wish I could take credit.

Jez may not claim to be a journalist but his relentless dedication to chasing down the truth proves his true journalistic credentials. I find the humility of that tweet utterly remarkable in this day and age. How many people in his position admit to their flaws and pledge to do better?

 

[Gaiff]

 

[JohnnyFootball]

No they're not. Valve knows it's bread and butter. They're complimenting their existing business model with side ventures like the GabeCube. They're not expecting to challenge Sony or Nintendo in the console market. It would effectively be suicide for them to try.

Agreed. This is their "dipping their toes in the water" moment.

 

[Topher]

Jez may not claim to be a journalist but his relentless dedication to chasing down the truth proves his true journalistic credentials. I find his humility utterly remarkable in this day and age. How many people in his position admit to their flaws and pledge to do better?

The man is downright Titanic!

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

This dude needs to stop running his mouth and go run on a treadmill.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

I wish I could take credit.

Ah completely checks out. Seemed way out of character for you so I was confused lol

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Fucking hell. What a cunt.

 

[Brakum]

Meh, it's not a very popular type of game on PC anyways, the first ones had decent numbers because i guess people were curious but even then none of them even cracked the 100k CCU i believe, everything that came after didnt do much better than microsofts games. God of war ragnarok for instance, a game that sold over 15M copies, couldn't even do double the terrible numbers of avowed

 

[Topher]

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[Physiognomonics]

So an extra 653 million in a fiscal year for PC ports is an abject failure?

Am I reading that chart wrong?

But it has a high cost to the overall health of Playstation First party group. Overall First party sales are decreasing, it should not happen as third party sales are thriving everywhere, including on their Store. Porting the games on PC sends a powerful signal to gamers. Why would they buy a Playstation at all and get milked by Sony when they can invest into PC gaming with free online and much better Steam store? We read that in forums everywhere. In Europe PS5 sales are also down PS4 sales BTW because they are subsidizing US market with high Europe prices.

Putting their games on the Steam has been a terrible mistake with grave long term consequences. Steam is the main competitor of their cash cow PS Store! how stupid were they.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

It was time to stop copying Microsoft. Nintendo, Steam and smartphones are their direct competition now. It's time to acknowledge that.

 

[Mayar]

 

[Varteras]

And there it fucking is. He goes from "hearing from a very good source" to "I was just speculating". This fat piece of shit is the epitome of everything wrong with media.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Try reading the thread before making yourself look silly bro.



Seriously....what is with you guys?

Lmao. Us guys? It's a joke. You can't be taking this seriously, surely old man. Love

If you can't see the joke in it, they sometimes say it's those most affected that get offended by jokes.

I've said it for the last two days. Better to take the piss out of anything Jizz Cordon. He's a damaged individual.

 

[Rambone]

 

[Topher]

Lmao. Us guys? It's a joke. You can't be taking this seriously, old man.

You've gone to that well a couple dozen too many times. Not buying it. Just stop being such a troll my man

 

[DenchDeckard]

You've gone to that well a couple dozen too many times. Not buying it. Just stop being such a troll my man

There is trolling all very the site if that's considered trolling. It was taking the piss.

 

[nial]

The quality of Sony first party games has been a complete joke this generation

Frankly, I dont give a shit if they release the games on pc or not at this point

I thought PC players loved Helldivers 2 and Stellar Blade?

 

[simpatico]

There's a guy in finance meetings at Sony who keeps talking about the chunk of money missing by not launching Yotei on Steam. They're probably not gonna ignore that as the income gets thinner and thinner.

 

[Topher]

There is trolling all very the site if that's considered trolling. It was taking the piss.

"It was taking the piss!"
~boy who cried 'wolf'

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

But it has a high cost to the overall health of Playstation First party group. Overall First party sales are decreasing, it should not happen as third party sales are thriving everywhere, including on their Store. Porting the games on PC sends a powerful signal to gamers. Why would they buy a Playstation at all and get milked by Sony when they can invest into PC gaming with free online and much better Steam store? We read that in forums everywhere. In Europe PS5 sales are also down PS4 sales BTW because they are subsidizing US market with high Europe prices.

Putting their games on the Steam has been a terrible mistake with grave long term consequences. Steam is the main competitor of their cash cow PS Store! how stupid were they.

My 2 cents as to why first party sales are decreasing is because they have released a lot of games that were super easy to pass on

For me personally the only first party game I have played that I thought wow I am glad I own a PS5 for that was Astrobot

 

[Varteras]

There is trolling all very the site if that's considered trolling. It was taking the piss.

That only works if everyone on this forum who has known you for any length of time suddenly developed amnesia.

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

He makes his living off of engagement and we keep getting threads made on his comments

Who are the retarded ones in that process?

 

[reinking]

He makes his living off of engagement and we keep getting threads made on his comments

Who are the retarded ones in that process?

Only the ones that take it seriously.

 

[Varteras]

He makes his living off of engagement and we keep getting threads made on his comments

Who are the retarded ones in that process?

 

[Topher]

He makes his living off of engagement and we keep getting threads made on his comments

Who are the retarded ones in that process?

I was thinking the same thing. He's playing us and we are falling for it.

 

[DeepEnigma]

He makes his living off of engagement and we keep getting threads made on his comments

Who are the retarded ones in that process?

The ones making the threads, yes.

We're all on a Gaf spectrum as well

 

[Mayar]

For some reason I'm sure that Jez trip to the bathroom looks something like this:

"Gentlemen, news from reliable sources: I need to go to the toilet."
After 5 minutes
"You know, new details have surfaced, I'm not entirely sure I need this."
Another 5 minutes later
"I've been told from a trusted source that I definitely need this."
Then he stumbles in the hallway, falls, and takes a dump in his pants.
"You know, I didn't really want to, and I didn't say that anyway."

I swear to God, take a weather station in the most unpredictable place on planet Earth, it predicts the weather more accurately than he writes.
Either he's just trolling or I'm slowly going crazy.

 

[owandeseis]

So an extra 653 million in a fiscal year for PC ports is an abject failure?

Am I reading that chart wrong?

Problem is people can't differentiate between revenue and profits, not sure how much Playstation made in profits, probably around 4 billion? considering the costs of the ports are so low, 600m or 15% of their total profits doesn't sound bad at all

 

[DenchDeckard]

"It was taking the piss!"
~boy who cried 'wolf'

That only works if everyone on this forum who has known you for any length of time suddenly developed amnesia.

I was hoping that we had all got to the point of knowing each other and light hearted banter from all sides was accepted.

I guess I was wrong.

I just hope you guys would show the same energy to your fellow Sony leaning friends who spam memes, GIFs, images and comments and none of you ever say anything.

It's really sad, this holier than thou crusade you Sony fans lean into.

It's basically one rule for anyone else...and then you will say...

Oh here comes the persecution complex.

You could have just passed over that comment but you guys always start shit like this.

 

[DeepEnigma]

It's really sad, this holier than thou crusade you Sony fans lean into.

 

[Topher]

I was hoping that we had all got to the point of knowing each other and light hearted banter from all sides was accepted.

I guess I was wrong.

I just hope you guys would show the same energy to your fellow Sony leaning friends who spam memes, GIFs, images and comments and none of you ever say anything.

It's really sad, this holier than thou crusade you Sony fans lean into.

"you Sony fans"

And there it is. Tribalistic take right on queue.