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Jay520 on 27 September 2012
kowenicki said:


Even though that home console brand sales have dropped by between 50 and 66% in each and every region?    Thats fine?


By fine, I meant a sustainable amount of relevancy. Which is the topic of this thread.



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sales2099 on 27 September 2012
Jay520 said:
sales2099 said:

You dont get it. Look at things gen over gen. Sony is the only one of the 3 to take a step down. Thats the point of the thread....losing relevancy when your competition is gaining it.


Yes, it's lost relevancy since the PS2 days. But there's nothing to suggest that it'll become completely irrelevant.

Offcourse not. This gen is a stepping stone. Next gen will truly put the big 3 in their places IMO. We shall see.



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sub-zero-TM on 27 September 2012

Sony fighting to stay relevant? hmm and when were they irelevant lol? i laugh at stupid articles like that



Jay520 on 27 September 2012
sales2099 said:
Jay520 said:
sales2099 said:

You dont get it. Look at things gen over gen. Sony is the only one of the 3 to take a step down. Thats the point of the thread....losing relevancy when your competition is gaining it.


Yes, it's lost relevancy since the PS2 days. But there's nothing to suggest that it'll become completely irrelevant.

Offcourse not. This gen is a stepping stone. Next gen will truly put the big 3 in their places IMO. We shall see.

What do you mean "in their places"?



zumnupy10 on 27 September 2012

Looks like every irrelevant blog out there decided to side against Sony.

I have read at least 7 articles of this kind at N4G this week.



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teigaga on 27 September 2012

But they've had the best selling home console for the last year...



saicho on 27 September 2012
kowenicki said:
Leo why cant you understand this thread? It is very simple. It is about falling market share, falling sales and diminishing brand. Surely you don't disagree that those three things have happened?

This isn't about what Sony "gives gamers" or how great their games or devices are to fans such as you.


two words, Playstation blog.

Sony will stay relevant with Playsation blog.



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teigaga on 27 September 2012

Just check the weekly charts, you can even remove Japanese sales and it still beats the 360 by about 10k each week



Teriol on 27 September 2012
osed125 said:

I believe the Vita will be the last Sony's handheld (even if it ends up being a decent success), they understand that competing with smartphones it's a really difficult battle, only Nintendo have manage to kinda do it (in the west) with the 3DS. 

As for the consoles, as long as they don't go crazy with their next hardware (imo a max of $450) Sony should be fine, they'll probably never be as successful as the PS1 and PS2 eras but still remain relevant in the future years.


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Jay520 on 27 September 2012
kowenicki said:


I agree it currently has a good level of relevancy (it would be silly to think otherwise), but it is undeniable that is it diminishing and is under severe pressure next gen.  The article is saying that, it isnt saying it is irrelevant now.


I agree that their handheld division is on the verge of losing all relevancy (some might say it already has).

But I think it's a different case for their home console. Looking at their long term past, they have dropped severely. No doubt about that. But looking at their immediate past (past 2-3 years), it looks like they are making progress. They've made some great decisions during these past few years, but they couldn't offset the terrible decisions made during PS3's initial years. They had taken too much damage to completely reverse the PS3's situation. But the PS4 is a new console with the potential of great change. And if Sony's enters next gen making decisions similar to the ones they've recently made with the PS3, then they'll be much more than 'just relevant' imo.