Sony is going down the wrong path with their game development?

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steverhcp02 said:

A_C_E said:
Some company's don't know how to move on to the next big thing. Sony isn't really doing anything revolutionary with their games in the online department and their marketing is way off. Their marketing for games sucks but now that they've found a sweet spot for the PS3 slim then maybe they'll find a sweet spot for their software as well but I doubt Sony will ever be able to sell very many 5 mil sellers for the rest of this gen.

I see lots of new successful IP's in the OP's list. That to me is the most important thing for a developer, especially a first party developer as a consumer.

Online is one aspect of development, but ill take good new IP's over 4 ratchet, games in 4 years with online play.

Also, lets not forget LBP, possibly the most revolutionary online game of this generation.

Ok here, some company's as a whole don't know how to move on to the next big thing, although I do see the 'Play, Create, Share' genre becoming massive for this and next generation so I'll give them that but overall as a company they are just so linear. Sure they offer great games and great new IP's which are important for a company but look at how they are selling. Sony is no MS when it comes to marketing but I know they have it in them to sell large amounts of software, they just haven't been doing that at all. Their only major title I see selling over 5 mil is GT5 and after that...what? RFoM? It's franchise is already on decline. KZ? KZ2 Hasn't reached 3 mil yet. LBP2? 1st hasn't reached 3 yet. Uncharted of all semi-hardcore franchises that are geared more towards casuals most likely won't even make it to 4 mil yet it's one of the most highest rated games of all time in a genre that is known to sell in the 10's of millions. There's a major problem for Sony to overcome. They've got great software just not enough juice to squeeze, somethings missing.