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[jumpship]

Sony haven't attended Gamescom since 2019 and still it makes headlines not attending the show in 2025 lol.
Nintendo and Microsoft will duke it out at Gamescom an already saturated market leaving Sony to focus on the larger game show in a region with huge growth opportunity and developer talent all by themselves. Well yeah makes total business sense.

 

[FewRope]

I mean, I don't blame them. They know Europe loves them and they can treat them like shit and they still buy there stuff

This is the sad reality btw

 

[ElFenomeno]

So Chinese players and sales do count. The internet told me otherwise.

 

[Lambogenie]

Isn't ChinaJoy massive now? Last couple years its been the more interesting gaming show for me.

 

[PixelatedBeast]

I does not surprise me. Most signs point out that there's no games from them to show...

Like another poster said, they havent been to Gamescon since 2019. They already released Death Stranding and they just gave us more info on Ghost of Yotei. Im guessing they're skipping Gamescon for Chinajoy to show off games they're publishing or funding like Phantom Blade Zero and Lost Soul aside.

 

[Sharius]

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This is quite possibly one of the most insanely stupid things I've ever read lmfao.

nah more like you let your hatred for china cloud your mind, their chinajoy getting bigger and bigger over year, and their thirst for GAAS more inline with sony now, we, these countries around china and japan in this time of year get more news, and cosplay picture, of chinajoy than TGS

 

[TheMule1983]

Can't show anything when you don't have anything.

 

[PeteBull]

I mean they had to delay/cancel/scratch their 39 gaas multiplayer shooters, ofc they got nothing to show now

 

[Black_Stride]

More Chinese Soulslikes?

Isn't ChinaJoy massive now? Last couple years its been the more interesting gaming show for me.

More Interesting than what show?

This is what Sony brought last year:

 

[Clintizzle]

I mean, China has a billion people, New Zealand has five million. It's just business.

Then start a breeding movement, maybe sony will notice when you folks reach over a billion population in near future.

Well New Zealand produce 0 games for PS5 so...

Lads, I was obviously joking. Chill...

 

[llLeonhart]

They don't really have anything first party to show. With the China Hero project they have some exclusives + all those gachas.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

Westerners are now second rate citizens

More like Western Development is second rate.

Asian games development is entering a renaissance. Get on board or go home!

 

[Exede]

Don't care, I'll be there with my exhibitioners ticket and will love it!

 

[yurinka]

More like Western Development is second rate.

Asian games development is entering a renaissance. Get on board or go home!

That's because Europe no longer exists but Asia still does.

They also have EU and US markets on lock.

It's smarter to focus on the market with a lot of potential for growth.

I'm glad they're doing a big show there but why the absence at gamescom?

It isn't that they consider western players second class citizens.

PS already dominates in EU and NA, where they are very well known and have huge numbers in social media and YouTube, while in Asia (in gaming the largest gaming market, China is the top 1 country in the world regarding revenue and playerbase, and a few countries like India or Indonesia are some of the fastest growing ones in the world) they are way smaller and have more room for growth, and in fact are substantially growing more there than in EU and NA.

So it makes sense they prefer right now to push big in-person events in China (ChinaJoy) and Japan (TGS) over Gamescom, specially when Chinajoy is bigger than Gamescom.

 

[nial]

C'mon, nial stop tripping buddy, you know damn well that the majority of people know about "ChinaJoy" for like two or so years now, while Gamescom has been a main event in the early days of Neogaf even. I was here in 2009 Lurking already, and Gamescom was already well known. ChinaJoy for the Gamers interests(meaning You and Me) are rather niche compared to Gamescom, and all those Games that have been showcased, revealed or Demoed at the Event. You know I'm right buddy, regarding that.
Nobody knew that a "ChinaJoy" even existed 3 years ago, except the Chinese Demographic

So what? Not that it makes it niche, especially compared to Gamescom which has been irrelevant for a while now. It's not 2009 anymore.
But okay, what about the fact that they're going to Tokyo Game Show as well? Surely that's not niche for you?

Can't show anything when you don't have anything.

I mean they had to delay/cancel/scratch their 39 gaas multiplayer shooters, ofc they got nothing to show now

They don't really have anything first party to show. With the China Hero project they have some exclusives + all those gachas.

Get better material, sisters. They're going to TGS as well.

 

[SNG32]

The Chinese will get gobbled up by PC and Steam. Lord Gaben is ever hungry.

So Sony is proactive in publishing a lot of these Chinese games that will end up on PC and Steam. If they can't sell a lot of consoles over their atleast they can get some of that software money on PC.

 

[nial]

So Sony is proactive in publishing a lot of these Chinese games that will end up on PC and Steam. If they can't sell a lot of consoles over their atleast they can get some of that software money on PC.

They need to do that because console publishing permissions will take a while to materialize, so it's important that those Chinese games are available on all of China from day one.
For example, Horizon Forbidden West and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart did not release in Mainland China until last year.

 

[mckmas8808]

China has huge growth potential while Europe is near saturation. Smart decision.

This is Sony's secert for long term console growth. A hard focus on India will be next after China. India will more than likely be their focus in the 2030s.

They have nothing. This company sucks and they are not even 10% of what they used to be.

fuck even their input during the PS3 era was better than this.

What a shit of a company, thanks to its poor management and wasted years chasing GaaS when its single-player exclusive games are what made them stand out.

All thanks to no competition anymore. if you want a home console, you really don't have a choice ( Nintendo lives in its own bubble, they don't count )