It does seem like China should have had something dumped onto the world for cheap by now.Bye Sony. It will be slow and painful.
China, time to make your move.
The bigger question is will it matter?True. Though you don't think this would affect hardware sales in the future?I know it would for me.
Its not even that, bro, if its bad sony/playstation news i dont blame adamsapple for making new thread about it, it is what it is.All these PlayStation related threads by MS centric posters trying to control the narrative.
If I go pc, am already prepared to install all the stores. I used to hang up on that previously. But now I won't be doing that. Those would be the only non essential software I will keep.You're talking about something that you clearly don't understand and have no experience with.
This idea that Valve just sit there collecting money without doing anything to develop/innovate on their platform is just asinine. Do you think all the Steam APIs, SteamOS and Proton have just come out of thin air?
Also, miss me with the resentful yacht comment. Do you think that all the execs at all the other large and successful gaming companies aren't doing similar things with the money they've earned?
And yet we still aren't getting Blooborne on PC and other platforms.
Yes. PlayStation is a console.The bigger question is will it matter?
100 - 200 million PlayStation consoles vs 300m - 1 billion devices that can play the games.
Nintendo isnow!
The bigger question is will it matter?
100 - 200 million PlayStation consoles vs 300m - 1 billion devices that can play the games.
They don't make games. They don't employ people. I'll use Steam for stuff like indies or other titles not available anywhere else, but I'd rather use just about any other store first. GOG is better. MS store goes to people that make games. All of this will be irrelevant with prominent windows multi-stores. People can shop anywhere they want and it'll just load into your multi-library.
And like I said, anyone on PS with years of digital purchases will have to PRAY they make a PS Store on PC or else they are stuck on PS Hardware while they transition away from a hardware centric model.
If you imagine losing all the 30% from the third party sales and digital transactions and all your subscriptions revenue it would matter.The bigger question is will it matter?
100 - 200 million PlayStation consoles vs 300m - 1 billion devices that can play the games.
Fuck that lol. I'd much rather use my PS log-in and get it free with trophies.I'd much rather repurchase my whole library on Steam
I highly doubt there will be 2 years wait gap anymore for any of the new releases. Because Sony knows the hype would have died down. I am expected Astrobot pc release this year or at worse early next year ( or one of Sony games )Day and date matters big time. A lot gamers will not wait 2 years for ports. Playstation will still be the only device to play all AAA day 1 games, except Nintendo games
If they go 100% multiplatform you can kiss those HW sales and the PSN+ ecosystem money mostly goodbye. I have not seen their leadership being stupid in the last 10 or so years and that is why I do think people are taking this comment waaaay to far.It isn't either/or. 100 - 200 million PlayStation consoles will make a hell of a lot of money.
why? who likes to play on console will stay on console...If they go 100% multiplatform you can kiss those HW sales and the PSN+ ecosystem money mostly goodbye. I have not seen their leadership being stupid in the last 10 or so years and that is why I do think people are taking this comment waaaay to far.
Technically overall it was Switch that really won the console war. And surely Switch 2 will win it again for there love for there fanbase and exclusives.Cant believe Nintendo made sony give up on consoles.
/joke
An app that loads on all windows devices, or cloud with your library and saves.Then what's Xbox?
We'll see.what's PlayStation? what's Switch?
Do you have a pc? Xbox?They are making it pointless to purchase ps5 and in the future ps6.
Not pointless, just one option. Playstation will likely still attempt to subsidize the hardware, so it's mostly going to come down to cost. And if they don't ever pursue a PC store at all then it'll be the only place to use your existing library.They are making it pointless to purchase ps5 and in the future ps6.
Yes, but just potato desktop and potato portable. Borrowed switch. No xbox.Do you have a pc? Xbox?
If you look at PC sales, Playstation games coming sooner to PC did not increase their sales. I still think it will depend on the game, but 1-2 years makes senseI highly doubt there will be 2 years wait gap anymore for any of the new releases. Because Sony knows the hype would have died down. I am expected Astrobot pc release this year or at worse early next year ( or one of Sony games )
If spider man 2 didn't last more than 1 year, nothing else will ( aside from GT7 or older games like demon souls remake for some fucked Jo reason )
An app that loads on all windows devices, or cloud with your library and saves.
Sony is making a big gamble with so much risk, and in the long run which will turn off so many PS owners and fans. I really don't know if they have real gamers in there board of directors or just MBA people who don't even play games.Not pointless, just one option. Playstation will likely still attempt to subsidize the hardware, so it's mostly going to come down to cost. And if they don't ever pursue a PC store at all then it'll be the only place to use your existing library.
It's not a gamble. It's not something that was only going to affect Xbox. It's just reality. 1) Hardware will keep getting more expensive. 2) Younger people are not buying in at the same rates, and they've grown up expecting access to their content on everything across devices. 3) China is exploding in growth, and is mostly on PC. 4) Massive political uncertainty affecting hardware and supply chains, 5) Game development costs are increasing faster than the audience is growing. 6) Traditional console gamers are increasing in median age, and approaching their late 40s and 50s.Sony is making a big gamble with so much risk, and in the long run which will turn off so many PS owners and fans. I really don't know if they have real gamers in there board of directors or just MBA people who don't even play games.
If you imagine losing all the 30% from the third party sales and digital transactions and all your subscriptions revenue it would matter.
This would be like Apple moving away from HW and bet only on their apps and services. You have a solid walled garden, nurture it!
They have no chance to make a store like Steam and get third parties in it, their first party studio stable is too small to just do software.
I think people are taking their comments way too far, I do not think they are copying the multiplatform strategy Xbox is running considering the effects on HW revenue and their subscriptions (imagine them without Activision Blizzard going full party and losing all those digital sales and microtransaction free 30% money from all third parties, yeah no….).
What console are people going to buy instead? Might lose some to the Switch 2 if they end up porting games there, but it's always been a different market than the Xbox/PlayStation.
And that 100 - 200 million PlayStation consoles will still be in the mixIt isn't either/or. 100 - 200 million PlayStation consoles will make a hell of a lot of money.
And that 100 - 200 million PlayStation consoles will still be in the mix
And there was a blurb today in the news about 100% Silicone Tariffs.I dont think the ps6 will be subsidised.
Even Apple realizes you cant hold everything in an ecosystem. And historically Apple is the biggest walled garden computer company, who even makes PC vs Apple TV ads.If you imagine losing all the 30% from the third party sales and digital transactions and all your subscriptions revenue it would matter.
This would be like Apple moving away from HW and bet only on their apps and services. You have a solid walled garden, nurture it!
They have no chance to make a store like Steam and get third parties in it, their first party studio stable is too small to just do software.
I think people are taking their comments way too far, I do not think they are copying the multiplatform strategy Xbox is running considering the effects on HW revenue and their subscriptions (imagine them without Activision Blizzard going full party and losing all those digital sales and microtransaction free 30% money from all third parties, yeah no….).
Microsoft leading the way again,
Exactly, You can't tell Xbox from PlayStation on PC, an Identity crisis is coming definitely.Sony is making a big gamble with so much risk, and in the long run which will turn off so many PS owners and fans. I really don't know if they have real gamers in there board of directors or just MBA people who don't even play games.