torok said:
Pretty much. And now people seem to think that flooding the PS Blog will change anything. Before making online mandatory, PS+ had around 1M subscribers. Now it is arouns 40 to 50% of the PS4 sales numbers, so we can guess they have a good 30M paying subscribers. People voting with the wallet. The next stuff that people will vote with the wallet is microtransactions. Fifa Ultimate Team makes 1 billion dollars every year. |
Yep, when offering great games doesn't move the needle but blocking online instead of riot generate heaps of sales the wallet talked clear. I do have PSN+ but I don't play online. It still offers value on the discounts, free games and some platinum demand online play. But I wouldn't buy it for the multiplayer.
I hope the microtransaction and lootboxes don't infest Sony games in the near future because of how much the other companies are making with it. But we know it will, if there is profit to be made then companies will go there.
duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363
Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994
Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."
