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Dante9 on 12 March 2020
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Azzanation said:
victor83fernandes said:

Wrong, playstation is destined to succeed no matter what, PS1, ps2, ps3 and ps4 were huge successes. The brand name alone guarantees it, even more next gen because its backwards compatible.

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This guy..

As Pemalite mentioned, remember the Vita?

If the PS5 came out with similar anti-consumer practices and bad PR, expect the same results as to what happened to the XB1 launch. PS2 super successful sales did not stop the 360 from taking away Sony's market share.

src said:

Larger userbase as in more PS hardware sales.PS has no game selling platform on PC. Removing exclusives will do nothing but reduce hardware sales. It is nonsensical to say removing exclusives somehow leads to more people buying PS5 lol

All those consoles you mention were either unattractive hardware or had little third party support. Neither of these things has ever applied to Playstation so its a silly analogy. 

Adding more options for gamers to play there games increases overall profits, you don't need hardware to be successful, ever heard of Steam? 

Yes I just proved your point wrong as I mentioned consoles that had better 1st party exclusives yet undersold compared to the competition. People talk up FF7 on PS1 and how well it did yet it wasn't exclusive, it was also available on PC and wasn't made or owned by the platform holder. This is a familiar scene today.

If 1st party exclusives is everything than Nintendo would have dominated the PS1 and PS2 era as Sony's 1st party exclusives weren't even on par. Yes 3rd party is where its at and its exactly what Xbox focuses on, just as much as PS. So competition will eat into the success of the PS4 userbase if Sony isn't careful with there marketing and same can be said for the others as well.

I will say you need a good mixture of everything plus good marketing helps. Look at both the PS2 and PS4, they were era's where Sony's direct competitors both slipped up with the Gamecube and Dreamcast and the XB1 and WiiU. While we are on brand power, the PS3 almost sent Sony bankrupt as well becoming worst console to lose billions overtaking the OG Xbox. The time PS had healthy competition there console struggled to sell majorly and need heavy face lifts to get back in the game.

Yeah.. The Vita argument doesn't fly.  Or maybe you think that Apple, for example, has a worthless brand because they have launched multiple failed products in their time? The Playstation brand is built on the home consoles and that has not diminished one bit because of what the Vita did or didn't do. Handhelds are a different beast and that's way their brand didn't work in the other direction. Sony took a stab at it but never ventured far from their bread and butter.

But you're right in that the best thing is to have a good mixture. Sony has that covered and it is also a part of their brand, which explains their continued success. Their biggest problem has been getting in their own way sometimes with questionable decisions.