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Will Sony span two generations with major sucess?

Even-Steven! 21 8.97%
 
Nintendo Switch (switch) 49 20.94%
 
PS 5 is Alive! 129 55.13%
 
It's XB2 Electric Boogaloo! 15 6.41%
 
No more consoles, just a ... 20 8.55%
 
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The problem with not including UHD is that they're also not including BD-XL. As games keep getting bigger, that's going to hurt down the road for those who aren't exclusively on digital distribution. Presuming Scorpio has an optical drive, Microsoft will have the option of releasing a game on a BD-XL disc that will work for Scorpio and Xbox One S (perhaps with a full game download option included for OG Xbox Ones). For many games 50GB already doesn't cut it, let alone down the road. PS4 Pro could have started doing something about it, and it's a missed opportunity for Sony. I'm all for digital distribution, and that's what I do personally, but that's still not the reality for many people. Whether their internet connection is too slow or unreliable, or because they value physical media, many want a disc. Regular BD for AAA console games is obsolescent, and systems should either be digital-only or have BD-XL, IMO. Nothing else makes any sense.  We're already seeing games that are incomplete on disc, and you can't play the entire game without a download to get the rest of it (I don't mean a bug fix, I mean the rest of the game).



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SegataSanshiro said:
leo-j said:

First of all, Sony increased the price of PS plus due to the increasing quality of PSN, and the fact Xbox live is more $ and is arguably worse in quality than PSN is today..... 

 

ROFL! That sentence alone makes you not worth responding to. That is a joke. Yeah the quality it's down more times it is up. Bye not even responding to this thread again. I am a PS+ memeber and the service is an absolute joke.

Sure Jan, when your ui can barely run on your so called all in one console, how can you expect live to run well as well? This isn't the 360 of 2007 vs a just launched psn service anymore 



 

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Ucouldntbemorewrong said:

Do you think Sony will get cocky next generation with the PS5 and start implementing user retrictions and forced funtions like only digital formats (no disks) etc. Are we starting to see it already with no 4K drive in PS4 Pro? Will Sony drop the ball to second/third place. History is against them Sony, MS, nintendo, Sega have all done it. What's your take?

How is history agianst them ? 3/4 of their consoles besmirched the competition.  



SamLeheny said:

I'd like another option that says "who knows".

These things seem to rely on the smallest of circumstances.

I often wonder if Sony would be dominating this generation nearly as hard if Microsoft hadn't shown up at E3 four years ago and basically HANDED this generation to them on a silver platter.

Probably. Xbox can't compete with an equal price PS, especially WW.



Of course, if Switch flops and Scorpio flops, Sony will do something stupid again.

Sony tends to do insanely stupid stuff if they think they have complete market control. If that is the case, question becomes - Will MS Scorpio, Nintendo Switch, and future prospect of PC flop so bad to let PS4 have complete control of market?

I doubt it.



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sure maybe

 



SegataSanshiro said:
Next? They already are and it began with the PS+ price going up and still not fixed security. I said tit before. Nintendo got arrogant after NES/SNES. Sony got Arrogant after PS1/PS2. Nintendo got arrogant after Wii. Oddly MS got arrogant even tho Xbox 360 did not win. Nintendo and MS now are more humble and Sony is arrogant again. Nintendo if Switch does very well will be right where they were after Wii lol. It's an endless cycle. Why competition is needed to keep putting one another in their place.

 

Super Maro Run is $9.99 and requires internet connectivity to play....



Guitarguy said:
SegataSanshiro said:
Next? They already are and it began with the PS+ price going up and still not fixed security. I said tit before. Nintendo got arrogant after NES/SNES. Sony got Arrogant after PS1/PS2. Nintendo got arrogant after Wii. Oddly MS got arrogant even tho Xbox 360 did not win. Nintendo and MS now are more humble and Sony is arrogant again. Nintendo if Switch does very well will be right where they were after Wii lol. It's an endless cycle. Why competition is needed to keep putting one another in their place.

 

Super Maro Run is $9.99 and requires internet connectivity to play....

"More humble" As in compared to where they were begining of this gen



SegataSanshiro said:
Guitarguy said:

 

Super Maro Run is $9.99 and requires internet connectivity to play....

"More humble" As in compared to where they were begining of this gen

Ahhh I see :)



Rafie said:
pray4mojo said:

No BC so they can leaverage PS Now.

No CD player (after lying and saying they would, look it up)

Pay wall for MP

Lack of AAA PS Plus games

Upping cost of PS Plus $10

Not using all that revenue to make their servers as secure as XBL

Not allowing you to change your own background to leaverage paid background themes

Microsoft did just as much bullshit on their end at the start of the generation. So no, they're no exempt from the bullshit either.

 

PS Now isn't really successful. It's really just....there.

Didn't find any evidence about the CD player. Not that it really matters.

The paywall for MP was to secure more servers.

Why do people keep saying lack of triple A titles. They do have triple A titles. Just not every month. Same as GWG.

Charging 10 more bucks for Plus is the same for the "mp" on point 3.

You do know that Xbox has been hit quite a few times this generation already. It's not just Sony.

I don't really personally care about making my own background. Does Xbox One let you do that? I've never tried to. I just used my achievement pics as my background for Xbox One.

 

I still don't think Sony will be arrogant on a high scale. Everything that you listed isn't evidence of arrogance. That's just business decisions. Same as Microsoft.

I think his definition of arrogance might be "not trying as hard as the competitor", a sentiment which I strongly share. And yes, you are able to change your background on the Xbox One for free. Also, actual complaints regarding the PS4. 

  • Limitation of mod support
  • Lack of plug and play external storage
  • Lack of more efficient removable battery wireless controllers
  • Poor server framework (they've done a lot, but they're still sort of sluggish and unstable) 
  • The rise in pricing (again, they were doing all right before)
  • No UHD BD on the Pro
  • No cross region purchases (purchasing from the JP store in XBL was relatively hassle free. The JP PSN Store where it actually makes sense? It's a clusterfuck)
  • PC Support (MS dropped the ball here, this was either a very good or very bad thing, but I think it was very good and Sony still refuses to start porting their exclusives to PC) 
  • Budget and quality controls (as mentioned before, a reason many JP games don't make it to the Xbox One seems to be thanks to a policy created to weed out shovelware titles. The policy sets a minimum of 200000 physical discs as a sales quota to be fulfilled by any dev not an indie)
  • Adding to the one above, a lot of PS games bank on cheap sex sells tactics rather than seeming compelling (around the vast majority of whatever it might be Idea Factory creates)
  • Refusal to allow localizations of certain games (DOAX3 and Grisaia were both to be localized, and Sony blocked them. In the former, at least Kecmo decided before they were told they'd veto the localization anyways while Grisaia was blocked on the spot) 
I think they aren't terribly bad, but they definitely are the kind of dev I don't like. They act in a way that benefits devs more than gamers. MS initially tried to cosy up to AAA devs but gamers reacted badly, but since Sony did this covertly they were able to run away with a free pass. 
I don't consider it fair, but then again, with generations, if you drop the ball at the start, you are sort of down... 
Even if you're not out.