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disolitude on 04 June 2013
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xwan said:
disolitude said:
bonkers555 said:
disolitude said:
This thread is quite ridiculous...but ill bite.

Sony's time to shine was when the industry needed a new physical medium and complex hardware ever new gen. Since digital distribution is the way to go and DVD/Blurays are no longer needed and x86 is the hardware of choice, I begin to wonder why Sony is still around on the console side.

If PS4 doesn't really take off, Sony can probably make more money being a publisher if they keep making these great games...which is what I actually see happening down the road. Google and Apple will bully someone out of the gaming industry in the next 10 years.

Don't forget Samsung, which show interest in the Video Games market for a while now.

Right...

Honestly, the same way Sony got in to the industry is the way someone like Samsung could get in. (money, hype, cross brand promotions). And who is to say that Samsung won't buy as awesome studios and developers as Sony did? 

I don't see why anyone would shed a tear over Sony or Microsoft in this industry. Any huge corporation can take their place...

Sony has a proven track record of staying game-focus, even if they used their console to push DVD and BluRay. Samsung on the other hand has proven nothing yet, because they haven't even made a single game. I am afraid if Samsung gets into gaming, you will just get a shit-ton of cell phone games on your console. Why would you want to replace a proven, well rounded World Wide Studio with an unproven Samsung is totally weird; eventhough that's how the PS1 got started, the landscape has changed so much, the investment to make a AAA is much higher, the risk is higher and the return for profit has not really change significantly.

And to the other guy "Consumer" will fund it? Where do they get start up funds, making a game takes 3-4 years, you can't do all that with crowd sourcing, you need a giant publisher or platform holder to dishout money for AAA, consumer isn't funding shit until you roll in the green with your game going 'gold'.


I enjoy many of these "cell phone" games as much as most console games, including Sonys. Game is fun no matter what platform is on...

This thread has a very misguided faulty idea behind it. You're illustrating and example of someone that thinks their beliefs and taste in gaming matter most and are the "right". Its very common around here.