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ZaneWane on 13 February 2012
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pezus said:
happydolphin said:

MARCUSDJACKSON said:

 loss leading? explain plz.

unfortunately Sony doesn't have that AAA title and will likely continue to struggle to find their next big(LBP,GT5,UC) ip. 

Sony has great partners but not strong ones, so if Sony can lock in a strong indie dev. somewhere in the future, then i can see a big tripleA title coming from Sony.

junk? you must mean ip that don't sell, cause junk is far from an accurate word to use in describing the ip in question.  

loss leading, i.e. losing money for every platform sold. For playstation, it's playstation 3 and Vita sold at a loss for a prolongued period post launch.

Yes they do have that AAA title you're looking for, it's called Uncharted, and The Last of Us, The Last Guardian, InFamous, LBP, GoW. Gran Turismo is already a mega franchise! In other words, save those 20Million per weak game, and invest in marketing and pushing those for which you can leverage each another good 3Mil!

Indie dev? Are you kidding me? Fuck that. They need to strengthen ND, Media Molecule, Santa Monica and Insomniac, as well as Team Ico, and they need to push the big boys into massive success, via marketing and non-dilution of flagship software.

Sorry if I tingle your fannybone. I called them junk because it doesn't appeal to me, and it sure as hell doesn't seem to appeal to the public either, if we go by sales. Listen, MS owns the nitty gritty genre, Sony can't compete there. It's like butting your head to make a massive selling football game when Madden has been king for years. Unless you can topple the mountain king, stop trying! They rather need to differentiate themselves more than try to fend MS on their winning turf. KZ, Socom and Resistance need to stop if Sony is to stay in the game imho.

What has MS done in the "nitty gritty" genre? Gears is the only one that fits the bill and it doesn't sell a whole lot more than Uncharted. And according to you they should drop Team Ico, despite their games' insane quality. They should also drop R&C, Resistance, Motorstorm, Socom, KZ. They'll end up like MS if they do that and will have to resort to casual games.

uncharted is more heavy bundled compred to gears