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Tridrakious on 28 December 2011
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spurgeonryan said:
Tridrakious said:
That's an interesting editorial from GameInformer. But after the PSN outage I think Sony wanted to return to basics. Focus on the fundamentals, promote the fun stuff.

That also explains the price this year as well. Sony tried to do everything they could to improve their image with the mass market. User Generated Content is not something that drives mass market appeal. inFAMOUS 2 and LittleBigPlanet 2 both have sold over 2 million in under a year and not released in a holiday shopping window.

We will see Sony getting very aggressive in 2012. Mark my words. The PS3 might be able to stay flat sales wise, but PlayStation as a whole will be firing on all cylinders.


This was supposed to be the year of Sony. Not sure what would make this year any different? They are launching a new handheld in the west. They have some exclusives coming out and the Wii is probably dead so they have less competition now. But they gained the 360 becoming a juggernaut for the casual crowd along with the core gamer. Look at the upcomeing preorders, 360 is still leading the way with a lot of games.  Will the 360 go back down to selling second now that Christmas is over? Maybe....

Also the Wii U is coming out, and possible the next box (we will have to see in that thread that just came out what the name is going to be) will be out by end of 2012. Sony is still struggling with the Yen, they just had to sell off their LCD division or something to Samsung, etc. That last one is probably good for them, so they are not losing as much money, but the empire is shrinking.

I think their one hope could be the Vita. The Vita could be a huge slam dunk. The PS3 will do fine, but it is not going to handle everything all by itself. The Vita really needs to shine, almost in the same way the 3DS has started to.

One question I have....is The Last of Us a PS3 exclusive?


Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. Slow down. Let's look at everything you said. Wii U isn't confirmed for 2012. I've checked upcoming releases database (I work at Gamestop) and the launch window was narrowed down, but to the final 6 months of 2012. It could get pushed back to 2013 (depending on how they plan the pricing of the system and the longevity of the Wii sales). Also the new Xbox system launching in 2012? How? Why? Halo 4 and GTA 5 are both coming out in 2012. There won't be a Gears or Uncharted for the 360 and PS3, respectively, but those are two megaton franchises. Add in Twisted Metal, Starhawk, Call of Duty, The Last of Us, Gran Turismo XL, Fable: The Journey and a handful of Kinect and Move games. 2012 won't be the new peak year for either system, but it will be a very strong year.

Yes the Vita needs to be a slam dunk and it will. I'm fully expecting the system to sell 90 million units by the time it dies. Tales of Innocence for Japan in January, Uncharted for North America/Europe in Feburary and MotorStorm: RC/ModNation Racers: Road Trip for Europe in March. Plus Final Fantasy X HD and LittleBigPlanet are coming as well. Vita will do great and the PStore will play a much more successful role for the system than it could for the PSP. Mainly because download speed won't hamper Vita like it does for PSP. (I use my PS3 to download anything for PSP because my new PSP 3000 sucks at downloading anything massive like Dissidia, Final Fantasy VIII or Breath of Fire IV)

The strengthening of the Yen helps Sony in Japan. With Vita being out in Japan now Sony will benefit for a couple months with that. Sony selling off their LCD division to Samsung is not a bad thing. Bravia has been a black hole for 8 YEARS. Why keep trying to turn it around if you don't have the resources to do it. They kept just putting a bandage on a broken bone. They couldn't fix it and it was the largest factor (that they could control) contributing to them losing money as a whole for 4 straight years. So it's a smart business decision. Use that $1.5 billion in a smart way. I say send that money to either turning the "PlayStation" tablets into a VAIO tablet brand.

Hell half the money and send the other half to the new Sony smartphone venture. Xperia Play 2 (with real materials this time and on more than just Verizon) for instance would be a good brand to build upon. So while Sony sold off their TV panel division, they did buy up Sucker Punch and bought out Ericsson of their 50% joint venture. Gaining (I believe) over 4000 patent families for mobile technology, plus complete ownership of the smartphone brands. Yes they lost the panel stuff, but gained way more than they sold.

Also I've never seen Sony ever develop a game for more than one system outside of the sports games. Look at God of War II for PS2, that released in the launch year of the PS3 and that stayed exclusively on the PS2. So I'm not sure what you mean by will The Last of Us remain PS3 exclusive. Anywho, sorry about the wall of text. Figured I would address everything you said.