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MoHasanie on 12 February 2013

Well they can still make great games, but its true that they are not nearly as good as they used to be.
Overall as a company, Sony is on a downward spiral and is being beaten by its South Korean rivals, Samsung and LG. Luckily for Sony, their diversification has helped them, but I don't think Sony will ever be as large and important as it used to be.



    

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Drakey on 12 February 2013

The market changed & sony adapted ... Simple



bananaking21 on 12 February 2013
sales2099 said:
bananaking21 said:
this guy acts like flower, flow, journey, littlebigplanet, tearaway, ratchet and clank and puppeteer dont exist

Well the sales as far as we know aren't noteworthy and LBP sales drop off after each new version. They exist but are perhaps "unnoticed"


having about 3 million in sales and a game winning multiple game of the year awards in a year when games like mass effect, halo and far cry release is hardly being "unnoticed" 



bananaking21 on 12 February 2013
Drakey said:
The market changed & sony adapted ... Simple


sony didnt adapt, they created this market with the PS1+ PS2. 



sales2099 on 12 February 2013
bananaking21 said:
sales2099 said:
bananaking21 said:
this guy acts like flower, flow, journey, littlebigplanet, tearaway, ratchet and clank and puppeteer dont exist

Well the sales as far as we know aren't noteworthy and LBP sales drop off after each new version. They exist but are perhaps "unnoticed"


having about 3 million in sales and a game winning multiple game of the year awards in a year when games like mass effect, halo and far cry release is hardly being "unnoticed" 

Awards are one thing, but sales trends are another.



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

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bananaking21 on 12 February 2013
sales2099 said:
bananaking21 said:
sales2099 said:
bananaking21 said:
this guy acts like flower, flow, journey, littlebigplanet, tearaway, ratchet and clank and puppeteer dont exist

Well the sales as far as we know aren't noteworthy and LBP sales drop off after each new version. They exist but are perhaps "unnoticed"


having about 3 million in sales and a game winning multiple game of the year awards in a year when games like mass effect, halo and far cry release is hardly being "unnoticed" 

Awards are one thing, but sales trends are another.

ok. and your point?  both get you noticed. specially to a game journalist. 



sales2099 on 12 February 2013
bananaking21 said:
sales2099 said:
bananaking21 said:
sales2099 said:
bananaking21 said:
this guy acts like flower, flow, journey, littlebigplanet, tearaway, ratchet and clank and puppeteer dont exist

Well the sales as far as we know aren't noteworthy and LBP sales drop off after each new version. They exist but are perhaps "unnoticed"


having about 3 million in sales and a game winning multiple game of the year awards in a year when games like mass effect, halo and far cry release is hardly being "unnoticed" 

Awards are one thing, but sales trends are another.

ok. and your point?  both get you noticed. specially to a game journalist. 

But my point was not being noticed enough.



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

bananaking21 on 12 February 2013
sales2099 said:
bananaking21 said:
sales2099 said:
bananaking21 said:
sales2099 said:
bananaking21 said:
this guy acts like flower, flow, journey, littlebigplanet, tearaway, ratchet and clank and puppeteer dont exist

Well the sales as far as we know aren't noteworthy and LBP sales drop off after each new version. They exist but are perhaps "unnoticed"


having about 3 million in sales and a game winning multiple game of the year awards in a year when games like mass effect, halo and far cry release is hardly being "unnoticed" 

Awards are one thing, but sales trends are another.

ok. and your point?  both get you noticed. specially to a game journalist. 

But my point was not being noticed enough.


what was it about then, since your mentioning of sales led were used to point out the "unnoticed" part 



VGKing on 12 February 2013
RolStoppable said:
A nice diversion. Usually this kind of opinionated garbage article is written about Nintendo.

But I don't think anyone agrees with this. Sure, gamers might miss Spyro or Crash Bandicoot but we now have God of War, Uncharted...etc.

Downward spiral? More like Sony is growing up.



silicon on 12 February 2013

I was a huge fan of SONY, I had the PS2, PS3, PSP GO and PS VITA. Regardless of whether I liked their gaming devices, the company as a whole has been struggling for a long time. Every aspect of their business struggles to keep pace with the innovations in the industry and their have a terrible corporate culture.

Did you know that SONY had the opportunity to partner with Apple for Itunes? They refused because they wanted their own proprietary devices.