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Swordmasterman on 02 November 2016
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KBG29 said:
Intrinsic said:

The point is they dont have to do all that to be (more) successful.

They have playstation. make home console hardware that's connected to TVs. Release games for said hardware. Profit. Make iterations on existing hardware every 3-4 years and maintain forward and backward compatibility. Which extends home console user base and prevents you from ever starting from zero again. The beauty of that is that it flips the whole console model on its head. You no longer make new hardware worrying about building an install base as soon as possible. Instead you look at you insatll base every 3-4yrs and see how much h of it is still on your oldest running hardware which tells you where to focus on optimization. 

The have remote play, rather than try and release new hardware in every sector, tablet, phone, PC....etc instead they should focus on getting remote play right. This ensures that with the one console they expect everyone to buy, those people can use remote play to play on their tablets, phones...etc. 

The have Playstation Vue and PlayStation now, these two apps can be on every device platform you can think of. And PSvue is alresdy showing that's the direction they are going with. Thus you don't even have to have a PlayStation console to be tied into the Playstation ecosystem. 

The already have the foundations of a great and profitable business model and by simply fine tuning it they stand to make signifivantly more and become stronger. Simply no reason to invest heavily in so many different hardwsrr types and even take on already established operating systems when they can just piggy back on what's already there. 

Again, stop thinking as PlayStation as a hardware business. The hardware is just the trojan horse. The brand is more about software and services than anything else. 

Two problems though.

1. Sony is a hardware manufacturer, and they have devices and knowledge in each of the markets I mentioned above. Currently they are using Android on these devices, and it is doing massive damage to the Sony name. They need to bring all of their devices onto a single Sony OS, and the PS4 OS is the best they have. By running the PS4 OS, and Using PS4 tech in all Sony device, they greatly expand their userbase, and make the PS4 hardware, PS4 OS, and PSN a much more lucrative place for developers, which in turn makes it a more lucrative place for consumers.

2. Streaming is the future, eventually, but it is not their yet. Data caps are real, and Remote Play + PS Vue + PS Video + PS Music + PS Now, is more than the average consumer can handle on their data plan. Even as a hardcore data user, it is not feasible. I pay $300 a month for data, and I have Unlimited at home, but only 50GB on Mobile.

I already use Remote Play a lot on the Vita, and it is good at times, but for some games, fighting and racing most notably, local is the only way.

Swordmasterman said:

A lot of products with PS4 in the name would decrease PS4's sales like it did to  the Steam Machines.

This is a lot different than steam machines. Steam Machines has a bunch of different devices that were all nearly the same, and only focused on one market. 

What I am talking about is bringing PS4 tech to many different sectors, and using it to replace the current devices Sony already makes, in an effort to unify the company, and drive up profits. Sony is forcasting 12M TVs, 17M Smartphones, and 20M PS4s this year, in my example, that would be 49M new PS4 owners this year.

Seriously, this is the only logical way forward for them. They have to unifiy around an in house OS that drives up the value of their brand, and makes their hardware amoung the most lucrative places to release software, games, video, apps, etc.

That is a good move, but they should give another name for the other versions. The Wii U could have sold much more units if it sis not had Wii in the name.