Confirmed: Scalebound Cancelled

[Normchacho]

naruball said:

Normchacho said:

 

1. A hardcore gamer is going to spend more money. They'll buy more games, and be more likely to buy DLC.

2. Hardcore gamers are more likely to get the word out about a system. They're more likely to work at Gamestops and in electronics departments, they're more likely to comment on videos and articles, they're more likely to talk to their more casual friends about what they like and are playing.

Excellent points that I see for the first time posted even though they make so much sense. I seriously couldn't agree more.

It's obvious. It's the same reason they do PSX every year and the reason they HAD to release TLG. TLG is worth way more to Sony as a way to keep people talking about Playstation and as something they can hold up and say "See! We said we'd do it and we fucking did it!" than it ever was as a direct financial proposition.

It's the reason we're getting remasters of Patapon, Locoroco, Parrapa the rapper, and the N-sane trilogy. They're really small investments on Sonys part that will probably only make a little bit of money on their own but generate a lot of traffic and buzz.

It's just a way more effective version of Microsoft talking about Scorpio once a week.