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Sony's plan to compete with Xbox: Stay the course
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Y0ssarian
Banned
I'm just having some fun dude, playstation is my favourite system. If they drop out i would probably quit gaming because a future of ass blizzard/activision, bethesda and forza and 343i Halo doesn't appeal to me
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Well, I don’t think Sony have stayed the course at all and based on the recent news they are pivoting as fast as possible.
This is not what staying the course is, prepare for a lot of change from Sony and I think overall it will be better for it.
Microsofts stumbles with the Xbox one and promoting Phil with his vision allowed microsoft to realise this so much sooner than they probably would have. Gaming needs to be as accessible as possible and let people play where they want. You will ultimately be more successful and make more money.
This is not what staying the course is, prepare for a lot of change from Sony and I think overall it will be better for it.
Microsofts stumbles with the Xbox one and promoting Phil with his vision allowed microsoft to realise this so much sooner than they probably would have. Gaming needs to be as accessible as possible and let people play where they want. You will ultimately be more successful and make more money.
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uhm weird but okay ...tastes are tastes
The_Mike
I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
This post didn't age well
No one cares about The Last of Us. Part 2 was a dud.
hahaahah exactly
Sickteddy
Member
...and... Uncharted 5
Mozza
Member
Yet in the PS3 era they were pretty much neck and neck.
Little Chicken
Member
Well this aged like milk.
Their strategy was clearly "let's wait and see what Microsoft do and copy it 6 years later".
Total lack of vision, leadership and innovation from the "market leader".
Their strategy was clearly "let's wait and see what Microsoft do and copy it 6 years later".
Total lack of vision, leadership and innovation from the "market leader".
SSfox
Member
EA has sport games but anyone can make better sport games with better pricing.
Ubisoft has some legendary IPs but the company turned into trash and all their talented people are gone
In the end the one who will get the Japanese publishers will be the real winner, maybe Rockstar too
Ubisoft has some legendary IPs but the company turned into trash and all their talented people are gone
In the end the one who will get the Japanese publishers will be the real winner, maybe Rockstar too
phil_t98
#SonyToo
Not every month on PS+ is heavy hitters, some good months but some very poor months also.
things like God of war or Gran Turismo never going on there, if i remember right i did get uncharted on there at some point though
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Stay the course turned into
Papacheeks
Banned
Their strat is the same as Nintendo's make games people want to buy a box for, and put them on PC for second chance at sales. Looking at God of war beating the newest Monster hunter game for 3rd week in a row I say its working. Looking at their Lineup for 2022 knowing some of it was overflow from Covid 2021, shows they know content is king.
So take that for what it is. They still are outselling Xbox by over 5 million. Maybe the gap gets shorter in 2022? Maybe they allocated hardware knowing most of their fall slate of 2021 was slipping into 2022?
I mean we wont know until we get NPD for Feb-March to be honest to have an idea.
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Yoboman
Member
Microsoft could buy Atari and you'd have Xbox fans claiming MS invented gaming consolesHow many of those were originally released under Xbox banner?
Don't forget billions of Candy Crush downloads...
SSfox
Member
Just like Gamepass or any of that kind of service.
PropellerEar
Member
TastyPastry
Member
in development right now. i'm saying this as someone who only has a ps5. look at the list of studios and ips microsoft now owns then compare them to the studios sony owns. sony is completly getting steamrolled ~3 years from now by the amount and type of games the microsoft game studios are going to pumps out. they will beat sony at their own game (prestige SP games) while sony now wants to make 10 live service fortnite games.
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GulfCoastZilla
Gold Member
Pivoting to GaaS and giving their single player / multiplayer fearing userbase is definitely not staying the course.
It's adapting to the times and making their console more appealing. I love it.
It's adapting to the times and making their console more appealing. I love it.
phil_t98
#SonyToo
Not like game pass in any way whatsoever. Game pass is comparable to psNOW .
PlaystationFan5349
Banned
Part II was the best game last gen easily and one of the best games in the history of video games. There’s nothing like it yet.
YeulEmeralda
Linux User
OG Halo came out on OG Xbox which was going against the 120 million PS2.
YeulEmeralda
Linux User
You know I think you have a point. It is no longer about creating and nurturing your own talent it's about buying studios. IMO that's creative bankruptcy. Xbox has historically been about "money hatting".
DJ12
Member
Or Maybe they should just buy more.Maybe Microsoft should of stuck with 5 developers seeing how an extra 15 dont matter
But of course if they do and remove them from PlayStation like you think they will, then 30-50% of that revenue is already gone.