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EricHiggin on 04 April 2020
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DonFerrari said:
EricHiggin said:

This was the first thing that came to mind below. V.  Looks like it came to Don right away as well.

SNY did this well after MS and all of their "most powerful console ever" marketing with XB1X. It didn't seem to phase Pro sales though and any backlash that may have existed was so minor I don't ever remember hearing about it or seeing it bubble up to a point where it became a problem. I don't see why it would be a problem now for PS5, other than the backlash that would come from XB fans.

A slogan for the PS5 hardware like PS4 and Pro had, and an overarching slogan for the PS(5) ecosystem like "greatness awaits", wouldn't be a surprise.

Also if PS5 releases like a week before XSX it is already enough to claim "the strongest console ever" even if they can only use it to hype before launch and couple days =p

Also since marketing get some leeway they can still say it is the strongest even after XSX releases, Sega do what Nintendon't, blast processing, etc weren't factually right but never prevented them using it.

Not to forget how many competitive products will use the "best product" at the same time (you can't have all of them as being the best) or those comparisons saying it is XX% better than competitors (and just tag a no name product for comparison). So Sony could also be silly and claim they are 8x more powerful than competitor by pretending Ouya, Switch or current gen is the competitor they are talking about without disclousing it.

That is why I never trust ads and marketing.

Not being 100% true shouldn't lead to a problem for PS5 anyway, since the same would apply to XBSX right now actually. It's slogan for the moment is "Fastest. Most powerful." Well it's not 100% the fastest. The PS5 SSD transfers and GPU clocks are clearly faster on paper, which is all anyone has to go by for now for certain for either system. If backlash was a given, right now MS should be up to their eyes in it. Yet that doesn't seem to be the case at all. Nobody seems to be upset at MS for not being entirely honest, and so why would they care if SNY did the same thing?



PS1   - ! - We must build a console that can alert our enemies.

PS2  - @- We must build a console that offers online living room gaming.

PS3   - #- We must build a console that’s powerful, social, costs and does everything.

PS4   - $- We must build a console that’s affordable, charges for services, and pumps out exclusives.

PRO  -%-We must build a console that's VR ready, checkerboard upscales, and sells but a fraction of the money printer.

PS5   - ^ -We must build a console that’s a generational cross product, with RT lighting, and price hiking.

PRO  -&- We must build a console that Super Res upscales and continues the cost increases.