Actually it depends on the company or IP holder, some companies have the ps4 compete with the switch, while others do not and just have it compete with xbox and PC, others will also group PC into it's own thing and segregate the consoles. You're basically getting into statistics and lying with statistics at that point, it also depends on who initiates the deal.
the irony is so sweet it's giving me diabetes.
especially since I didn't post any, you sure you're not reaching or confusing me with
@BananaSplit ?
yes, and? nothing you said changes anything at his point, at best its completely irrelevant. I get you want to pull your usual "skirt and deflect", but the topic is still DQ and how it's exclusivity will affect ps5 sales in japan. in what way does a mulitplat re-release of a highly requested fan favorite have anything to do with sony's japan strategy?
no shit "also depends on who initiates the deal." - which also doesn't matter. either squeenix wants to sell it to sony, or sony requests it. means fuck all
when sony doesn't care for it in the first place.
nisa/atlus/xseed/etc don't get paid, or at best a measly sum, since they have an inherent interest to sell on playstation for the reach to begin with. sony doesn't have to compete because these are not high profile games for the most part, and when they do it's usually timed anyway. this also conveniently ignores that switch and playstation hardly have overlap due to their hardware. nintendo won't try to outbid sony for most AAA for that simple reason alone (and when they do they go all in, see bayonetta 2).
>The whole Soulsborne genre became a thing because Sony throws cash at people,
ONE game during the ps3, ONE during ps4. as I said already, this isn't ps3 sony.
by their own admission they are focusing on big budget exclusives, and in case you didn't notice most if not all of
their high profile studios are western, already doing
movie "third person adventure" games. they also said nintendo is no competition for them (although they might have changed have their tune by now). so wtf would sony give a shit about DQ, which only really does matter in japan, possibly getting picked up by someone they don't compete with anyway, for a market
posted by your own stats has minimal effect globally? you think sony doesn't have the same metrics? and monhun is one of the bigger titles in that regard.
another indicator is studio japan is losing talent. if sony would care about "throwing money at other unrelated stuff" why not at their most prominent studio for that? wanna know why? because that niche is increasingly filled by indies, and most normalfags don't give a rats ass if a game with cute animu girls is made in japan or elsewhere. the amount of metroidvanias and "inspired by <insert classic jprg here>" is staggering. there is zero point spending money on that
when those people will come to you on their own because they want access to your 100+ million install base.
sony won't abandon japanese games, there's still profit to be made, so of course they will keep doing business there. however, this doesn't mean japan enjoys the same amount of focus it got in the past. sony is chasing the global shekel now, and when it didn't make much of a difference for xbox with it's non-existent presence, it won't for playstation with a much bigger global presence either.
also, fucking
crunchyroll again? of course there will be some connection, sony is a global conglomerate and even the crustiest boomer exec gets the concept of "synergy" and "cross promotion". that's like saying sony shilling their
electronics in their
movies is proof for sony re-investing in that sector when they've been eating shit there for years.
it's simply a smart business decision since it's an emergent market, especially with western media having shitfit after shitfit.
