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Mystro-Sama on 22 May 2014

Didn't Shu say it would take years?



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Soundwave on 22 May 2014

Sony -- the only one with any damn sense when making a console this gen.

The fact that the PS4 is already profitable shows they chose correctly in getting something more powerful than the other two, yet still affordable without having to eat a massive loss.



theprof00 on 23 May 2014
joeorc said:
kowenicki said:

 

 

2.  Ps+... Living in a cave or something? Plus is required for online. Plus was a flop on the ps3 as recently revalued by Sony themselves. What's the difference now? Oh... Multiplayer is behind there too, bingo... Profits. 

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1st of All playstation plus is not all 100% required for"all online play on the PS4" for all  online multi-player gaming on the PS4, you can still play some games on the PS4 that are online Multi-play component without the need of playstation +. The fact you know this , but yet still try to imply that its "required" is spreading incorrect information.

AS FOR YOUR CLAIM of

"Plus was a flop on the ps3"

Your Opinion does not mean it is a fact, it just means it's your opinion. one i happen to quite disagree with.

Such a flop that MS decided to adopt the exact same model.



theprof00 on 23 May 2014
gooch_destroyer said:
I remember when it launched they were like "you need to buy one game and one year of PS+ for this to be profitable to us"

How did they cut costs so quickly?

economies of scale + attach rate of 3 games per console.

Probably a lot of digital sales too.