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Snoopy on 08 August 2015
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bunchanumbers said:
Snoopy said:
bunchanumbers said:


Like I said, it doesn't matter. Sony doesn't have to do a thing. As a corporation their only goal is to sell units and generate profits. In this they are doing fine. As long as the other 2 don't cut into their market share or profit margins then why should they do anything? There's no reason for a price drop. Their profit margins are high. They worked out exclusive advertising deals. They money hatted some features. The desperate times of the early days of PS3 are far behind them and Sony is rolling in the money. If I were Sony all I'd do if I were asked about how I can make up for no gamescom I just point to TLG, Shenmue 3, FF7, and NMS and cash the checks.


No man skys and FF7 will more than likely be on xbox "console debut" and "first on playstation" just like cuphead and tomb raider. I want to see them invest into their own ips or lock down third party games like horizon and tlg (which we may or may not see).

Doesn't matter. Perception is reality and thanks to advertising exclusivity they can point to any random 3rd party game, declare it a exclusive, and drop the massive advertising campaign for it. Just look at what they did for Destiny and Watchdogs if you want examples. Then declare said 3rd party game better on PlayStation and cash the check. Look at what they are doing for No Mans Sky. Its a indie and Sony fans are treating it as a exclusive. It doesn't matter that NMS and FF7 and Shenmue and SF5 and Persona 5 and almost every other game is multiplat. Sony can treat any 3rd party game as a exclusive and its a win. Sony has this generation in the bag and outside of some disastrous PR fiasco there is no wrong they can do.


Yes, but it won't pay off in the long run. What if Sony messes up next generation at the begining or Microsoft gets the head start or another possibility Nintendo pulls a suprise and has a lot of third party support with their console?  You have to then rely on AAA exclusive titles and make sure there is a huge fanbase behind them and not some small niche group in order to get people on board with your console. Microsoft will always do fine due to Halo, Gears and more than likely Minecraft in the future. You have to make sure you have key exclusive franchises to push your console. I agree third party is still more improtant, but key franchises can help save your console from utter destruction. Look at what Halo did for xbox.