Jason Schreier: Sony's Obsession with Blockbusters is Stirring Unrest Within PS Empire

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Farsala said:

RedKingXIII said:

Why would they remake The Last of Us??? Even the original PS3 version looks and plays fine. Seems like a waste of resources.

Sony wants money.

And why not?

From the same generation, Nintendo is bringing Skyward Sword. Both were pretty much the swansong of each console.

@OP I think Sony took a lot of risks during the PS3 era, and it turned into a financial disaster. HW was unprofitable, SW didn't sell high numbers. Sony doesn't want another disaster, they want a profitable ecosystem no matter what console they make like Nintendo. Sony also sees themselves as a more premium product as days go by. So blockbusters that continue to sell at $60-$70 and consoles that continue to sell at original MSRP is the goal.

If they want a profitable ecosystem they'd need profitable hardware, and the Ps5 is still selling at a loss last I checked so....

Also Skyward Sword is not Last of Us. For one thing the title isn't playable via existing backwards compatible features like LoU apparently is, the other is that it isn't already remastered for the Wii U before going to switch. A more accurate compare would actually be TP being it was on the Wii, then remastered for HD on the Wii U. If it appeared on the Switch as a remake that would be the same sit....

Probably won't, because there are many games that need a remake before TP, but the point. 

Also I am noticing the 'Nintendo does the same thing'. I'd argue that it isn't because the Switch is still getting a mix of Nintendo's top hype games (Smash, Zelda, Pokemon) and smaller titles (stuff like Paper Mario, Ring Fit, and Clubhouse Games). They also are a bit more diverse than the output that Sony is going for (Fighting, RPG, Adventure, Platformer, Shooter, etc)