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BMaker11 on 06 August 2015

Also, I thought Sony was broke? And that the reason the PS4 hasn't dropped price was that they needed every penny they could get (although selling bucketloads without doing anything helps)? How is it that all of a sudden it's all about money and not marketshare? Remember, Sony's stock is at "junk" status. So, where are they getting these millions of dollars to buy up these exclusive games? Especially since some like to argue that they're getting games that "sell best in the U.S." Well, PS4 and XBOne are at a (statistical) tie in the U.S. It's not lopsided like the rest of the world. Where is this money coming from the keep games away from nearly 50% of its total potential customers?

Spencer is buggin. Nothing in his statement adds up



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bananaking21 on 06 August 2015
BMaker11 said:
Also, I thought Sony was broke? And that the reason the PS4 hasn't dropped price was that they needed every penny they could get (although selling bucketloads without doing anything helps)? How is it that all of a sudden it's all about money and not marketshare? Remember, Sony's stock is at "junk" status. So, where are they getting these millions of dollars to buy up these exclusive games? Especially since some like to argue that they're getting games that "sell best in the U.S." Well, PS4 and XBOne are at a (statistical) tie in the U.S. It's not lopsided like the rest of the world. Where is this money coming from the keep games away from nearly 50% of its total potential customers?

Spencer is buggin. Nothing in his statement adds up


hey hey give him a break. at least his tomb raider deal was about "passion" not money. 



Lortsamler on 06 August 2015

I never trusted Phil Spencer. He is just like everyone else in the industry. It's all about public relation,that's all. He says what he thinks gamers want to hear.

I am not sure i would call Sony shares junk anymore(i might be wrong). A year ago,they sold for as little as $16, but climbed to $32.74 at it's highest in May this year,and right now sits at $27.11.



kitler53 on 06 August 2015
Lortsamler said:
I never trusted Phil Spencer. He is just like everyone else in the industry. It's all about public relation,that's all. He says what he thinks gamers want to hear.

I am not sure i would call Sony shares junk anymore(i might be wrong). A year ago,they sold for as little as $16, but climbed to $32.74 at it's highest in May this year,and right now sits at $27.11.


you are right but for a while there he acted out his role quite well.  his had a few bad plays though lately.  

 

and lol at banana,..  i hear minecraft was all about passion as well. 



bananaking21 on 06 August 2015
kitler53 said:
Lortsamler said:
I never trusted Phil Spencer. He is just like everyone else in the industry. It's all about public relation,that's all. He says what he thinks gamers want to hear.

I am not sure i would call Sony shares junk anymore(i might be wrong). A year ago,they sold for as little as $16, but climbed to $32.74 at it's highest in May this year,and right now sits at $27.11.


you are right but for a while there he acted out his role quite well.  his had a few bad plays though lately.  

 

and lol at banana,..  i hear minecraft was all about passion as well. 


no no. that was about "sanity" remember? notch just needed a few billion dollars to keep it. 



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Porcupine_I on 06 August 2015

Is that some new kind of meme? "Phil Spencer says..."

cause i keep hearing that phrase a lot lately



“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”

- George Orwell, ‘1984’

HollyGamer on 06 August 2015

I thought Phil will be an Xbox messiah, but it turns out to be another Don Metrix



binary solo on 06 August 2015
KBG29 said:
Burek said:

Nobody was able to forecast Don Mattrick's meltdown.


Yeah, I have to admit, even as a 100% PlayStation supporter that I was a bit nervous coming into the 8th gen. Microsoft had gained a lot of momentum in the 7th gen, and seemed like they had all the cards. Then, XBO early media breifing about the next gen living room did not sit well with Xbox gamers (Which, honestly I thought was dumb, and applaud Microsoft and Sony's efforts at bringing all media on the TV to powerful gaming machines). Then everyone relised that XBO was quite a bit weaker than PS4, and things strated to slide even more. However, the nail in the coffin was, by far, Don Mattrick's infamous, "if you don't like our XBO policies, then we have a product on the market that is for you, and it is called X360." As they would say in God of War, By The Gods Don. 

I think it was quite easy to see why companies would have been backing MS going into gen 8, but that 2 month span between E3 and Gamescom will haunt MS and the Xbox for years to come.

Things were always looking better for PS4 because PS still had most countries locked down vs Xbox even with the late and bad start. I thought MS had USA and UK and that was it. And they wouldn't get as high sales ratio there. More like 1.2 or 1.3:1. PS4 was always going to win worldwide once Wii U killed it's own brand without any help from the competition.



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green_sky on 06 August 2015

Sony money hatting deals are based on market share. Xbox money hatting deals are based on Micro$oft. Am i doing it right?



Dr.Vita on 06 August 2015

Oooooh Phil....




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