Sony hate thread

[AbyssStarer]

As far as I can tell the PS5 is just like the PS4: lots of people buy it for one game hoping that plenty more will come out and by the end they're disappointed.

 

[ZMOT]

one game

 

[Marissa Moira]

As far as I can tell the PS5 is just like the PS4: lots of people buy it for one game hoping that plenty more will come out and by the end they're disappointed.

Be careful people said the same thing about the PS3 and when they were going to pull the plug suddenly all these irreplaceable games came out of hiding after 13 years.

worst part with the indie stuff is things like steam's next fest shit all over it, not only are there MORE games, they're also better presented etc.
which brings up another issue, who would wanna buy a scalped ps5 for fucking indie games? sure, you can use them as filler, but you have to throw in some meat every once in a while, and no matter what people think about SO, that's also a mulitplat, which again begs the question why the fuck should I buy a playstation console?

it's like they looked at microsoft's strategy from last gen and said "yep, that's how we wanna drive our brand against the wall, except even more gay". however ms has much deeper pockets for shenanigans like gamepass and coming from pc is also much closer to mustards. that's why the this new MUH BLOCKBUSTER scheme is so utterly exceptional, even stuff like days gone 2 would give people a reason to buy a playstation. ffs with the drought of notable games and sony games in particular it would probably fare even better under these circumstances. not to mention the rising popularity of weeb media they could milk since that was always xbone's bigger blindspot. who needs japan studio anyway...

To be fair, a bunch of stuff got pushed back due to Corona, Horizon was supposed to be out by next month originally and God of War Ragnarok was to follow.

Now Horizon is Quarter 1 of 2022, which actually was the same quarter that the original launched in 2017.

This isn't something exclusive to sony either, Nintendo had to push Xenoblade 3 much farther back. They had to nix accountments for it, so this is why they made a big deal out of $50 N64 digital rentals.

And Microsoft was especially hit hard, India has been wrecked by the virus and that meant 80% of their workforce was out of commission.

 

[Cubanodun]

Should someone create the Sony fandom salt thread?

 

[AbyssStarer]

Should someone create the Sony fandom salt thread?

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Only if Marissa Moria gets quarantined in it instead of using this thread to cry in.
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I wonder if they're considering shuttering their console division after PS5 or something. The "Playstation PC" brand sounds like a line of gaming computers more so than a label for their ports. Or maybe it is just a label and I'm overeager for them to eat shit.

 

[Raiken]

Honestly i'm glad that Sony is going into pc, less shit to buy for that one game. With the series that either died it became multi plat i would gladly put down the current Sony if they keep pushing cinematic.

 

[Cubanodun]

I wonder if they're considering shuttering their console division after PS5 or something. The "Playstation PC" brand sounds like a line of gaming computers more so than a label for their ports. Or maybe it is just a label and I'm overeager for them to eat shit.

Nah they are just returning to their roots

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

I wonder if they're considering shuttering their console division after PS5 or something.

Anyone working on game streaming is planning to abandon their consoles I'm pretty sure.

I mean, Sony will probably still sell a Playstation box to stream games that will be marketed to the few remaining diehard fanboys, but that's it.

Microsoft will be going the same direction.

 

[Miller]

I wonder if they're considering shuttering their console division after PS5 or something. The "Playstation PC" brand sounds like a line of gaming computers more so than a label for their ports. Or maybe it is just a label and I'm overeager for them to eat shit.

They will probably do their own Game Pass.

 

[Marissa Moira]

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They better start offering colors this time then.

Anyone working on game streaming is planning to abandon their consoles I'm pretty sure.

I mean, Sony will probably still sell a Playstation box to stream games that will be marketed to the few remaining diehard fanboys, but that's it.

Microsoft will be going the same direction.

You'd be crazy if you think they're abandoning consoles. Giving sales up to steam to that extent would be retarded.

Currently the Playstation Store drives a whole load of sales towards their own store platform which they also get paid subscriptions from. Microsoft can get away with this because they own fucking Windows and are established there. This isn't the case with sony, sony does not have a PC operating system or a slew of Business based PC subscription programs like Office.

This whole thing with the PC ports is meant to get people from outside America to buy a playstation since they're already invested in a series that was ported to other platforms. Weather it pays off or not in the real long term remains to be seen. But going Full PC would deprive them of so much revenue and they would have nothing to replace it.

 

[Cubanodun]

They better start offering colors this time then.

They really did good all in one PC's, good multimedia centers, terrible gaming rigs unless you tinker it

This whole thing with the PC ports is meant to get people from outside America to buy a playstation since they're already invested in a series that was ported to other platforms

Yessn't they are using this to bypass China regulations, if they put their games on Steam they dont have to deal with all the bullshit of putting 1 game in a console when is more expedite to just put it on there that is free reign that is not blocked on there

Sony is just putting content on steam to tell tencent to shove it,

 

[Marissa Moira]

They really did good all in one PC's, good multimedia centers, terrible gaming rigs unless you tinker it


Yessn't they are using this to bypass China regulations, if they put their games on Steam they dont have to deal with all the bullshit of putting 1 game in a console when is more expedite to just put it on there that is free reign that is not blocked on there

Sony is just putting content on steam to tell tencent to shove it,

I doubt the Chinese regulations have that much influence considering they've sold out their Chinese PS5 stock.

If anything stuff like this is more geared towards India and parts of Europe where many play on toasters. And with hardware prices as they are a PS5 looks like an more attractive package depending on what you want.

The thing I'm curious to see is how much the movie tie-ins will have an effect on Software. For how shitty the netflix Witcher series was it did cause more people to buy Wild Hunt. Uncharted is the first real instance of this and the next will be TLOU. They're also doing anime series for other game properties like Legend of heroes next year too.

They've also started to work on more Horizon games due to pre-order numbers. They may be unrelated to Aloy, but Horizon is also slated to get a TV show/movie tie-in.

 

[Jinmen]

All I care about is getting Bloodborne on pc and maybe the FF7 remake. I don't give a shit about Dad of War and everything else that has been announced. I'm convinced Sony is going to hold on to the IP out of pure spite.

Fuck you Sony and all the "insiders" who are participating in what I think is a large scale joke. "Hey guys let's start another Bloodborne pc leak and watch everyone freak!"

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

You'd be crazy if you think they're abandoning consoles. Giving sales up to steam to that extent would be exceptional.

Sony wouldn't be putting their games on Steam once they have a steady streaming service available.

I'm just saying, it's going to happen sooner than you think. Possibly next gen, definitely gen after that. They might still sell a Playstation "system" but the streaming service will be the bread and butter, which won't require selling a console they lose money on.

 

[The Last Stand]

Should someone create the Sony fandom salt thread?

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Looks like Sony is playing catch up with Microsoft with their game accessibility. Either way, this is consumer friendly. More people will get to experience PlayStation exclusives in untapped potential. Consoles aren't (rather, shouldn't be) competing with PCs.

 

[Cubanodun]

I doubt the Chinese regulations have that much influence considering they've sold out their Chinese PS5 stock.

Selling hardware is easy, selling software not so much, chinese bros can get their PS5 but have to wait millenia for a game to be a approved so if the joke of PS5 HAS NO GAEMS is hard on the west is infinitely more worse in china, they mostly import their games because their store is super neutered

Looks like Sony is playing catch up with Microsoft with their game accessibility. Either way, this is consumer friendly. More people will get to experience PlayStation exclusives in untapped potential. Consoles aren't (rather, shouldn't be) competing with PCs.

I think this is their answer for game pass, is to late to retool Playstation plus so this is the compromise that can be achieved to try to annoy sexbox in their own turf

 

[Marissa Moira]

Sony wouldn't be putting their games on Steam once they have a steady streaming service available.

I'm just saying, it's going to happen sooner than you think. Possibly next gen, definitely gen after that. They might still sell a Playstation "system" but the streaming service will be the bread and butter, which won't require selling a console they lose money on.

Streaming services even within the next 10 years for games won't work in a ton of areas due to massive data usage. The infrastructure isn't there and not only that the companies themselves throttle data usage like Comcast.

You're also surrendering even owning the software in any form at that point.

Consoles aren't (rather, shouldn't be) competing with PCs.

PC's stopped being a ground for game innovation awhile ago, even before the Xbox360 and PS3. It's why companies like Blizzard just banked on Warcraft and only Warcraft for so long. Hell it's why Valve isn't digging that deep into IP creation because they wanted to coast on e-sports.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

You're also surrendering even owning the software in any form at that point.

That's what they want though. I'm not saying it's cool or I want it, but that's the way the winds are blowing.

 

[Marissa Moira]

That's what they want though. I'm not saying it's cool or I want it, but that's the way the winds are blowing.

Not really no, the most in demand version of the PS5 is the one with the disc drive.

The Digital Only one has mostly sold out of necessity in more instances and they're the ones that turn up used way more frequently.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

Not really no, the most in demand version of the PS5 is the one with the disc drive.

The Digital Only one has mostly sold out of necessity in more instances and they're the ones that turn up used way more frequently.

let me rephrase

That's what SONY wants. They don't want you to own the games.