Sony profits rise 346% thanks to strong performance from PlayStation

[KBG29]

Lawlight said:

KBG29 said:

I would like to see a Premium tier PlayStation that could complement Sony's top tier Audio and Video equipment. I think a PlayStation only sold at high end retailers, that delivers equivalent power to the top single GPU PC would be a very nice addition. Not a device that will sell a lot, nor would it be highly supported, but it would fill a small niche that is willing to pay. 

At the mass consumer level, I think at least one more PS4 should be released before PS5, around 8 -10 Tflops with 16GB of RAM, at $399.99 in 2019 would be a perfect send off to PS4.

I think Sony should have PlayStation devices from $100 - $1,500, covering the ultra casual to the A/V enthusiast. expanding beyond Home, to mobile, wearable, and transportation. 

Sony already covers all of these markets, but they lack direction. If they unify everything, and march towards a core goal, they would be able to increase unit sales and value of all of their products.

There’s no reason for them to spend millions to basically make a PS5 labelled as a PS4 to only sell a couple of millions of units. Developers would also push back because they’d have multiple PS4s to support. That defeats the purpose of a closed platform. Let’s not forget how it would sour gamers.

You’re also forgetting that they are gradually unifying everything that’s related - PS, PSNow, PS Movies, PS Music, PS Vue. They are making game for an IP that they have movie rights to. They tried/are trying for the reverse too - making movies out of their game IPs. They are making mobile games out of their console games. You can’t unify literally everything as that would cause so much interdependency that nothing would get done.

If PS5 is anything close to 10Tflops and 16GB of RAM, next gen is going to be truly underwhelming. PS5 should be over 20Tflops and 64GB of RAM minimum, but preferably 128GB, with an SSD in every unit. It appears days of one locked hardware lasting for 5 - 7 years are over, and we will be seeing scalable generations going forward. Everything is being built around scalability, this is not just a console thing. Developers have been prepairing for this well before PS4 Pro and XOX. 

As for the rest yes, they are slowly unifying things, by building around PlayStation. With Kaz at the top and PlayStation bringing in close to 1/4 of their profits and growing, I have no doubt they will continue. They definitly have a ways to go, and they will have to have things that branch off, but the ultimate goal should be to get to the point Apple is at.  

The one thing I would love to see them fix right away is the streaming mess they created. All streaming movies should be done through PlayStation Video, under G&NS. Having 4K Video behind Ultra, under Pictures is a stumble. People don't want multiple services, and multiple logins. Sony has ~80 Million active PSN users they could tap into for 4K video through PS Video, starting a new service with 0 users is illogical.