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bowserthedog on 25 May 2016

Seems like Sony was wise to abandon the handheld business and focus on thier profitable console.



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JRPGfan on 25 May 2016
kowenicki said:
bowserthedog said:

Seems like Sony was wise to abandon the handheld business and focus on thier profitable console.

and charging for online...

Just wait until Nintendo does it too, profits skyrocket for them as well.



Acevil on 25 May 2016
JRPGfan said:
kowenicki said:

and charging for online...

Just wait until Nintendo does it too, profits skyrocket for them as well.

Can they do it? Honestly speaking, can Nintendo charge for online? Even with the same service offered (identical), I don't know if Nintendo will get away with it, like Sony has. 



 

JRPGfan on 25 May 2016
Acevil said:
JRPGfan said:

Just wait until Nintendo does it too, profits skyrocket for them as well.

Can they do it? Honestly speaking, can Nintendo charge for online? Even with the same service offered (identical), I don't know if Nintendo will get away with it, like Sony has. 

They might if they focus on makeing their party games online, Splatoon, Mario Karts ect.

Same with Mario 3D world, with online co op, ect.

Even then, if they just made a easy to develope console, powerfull enough, and made sure everything was equal to the other two in terms of features.

They could have 3rd party shooters doing the heavy lifting, makeing people willing to pay for it.



Acevil on 25 May 2016
JRPGfan said:
Acevil said:

Can they do it? Honestly speaking, can Nintendo charge for online? Even with the same service offered (identical), I don't know if Nintendo will get away with it, like Sony has. 

They might if they focus on makeing their party games online, Splatoon, Mario Karts ect.

Same with Mario 3D world, with online co op, ect.

Even then, if they just made a easy to develope console, powerfull enough, and made sure everything was equal to the other two in terms of features.

They could have 3rd party shooters doing the heavy lifting, makeing people willing to pay for it.

Honestly as Nintendo/Sony fan, I would be okay with it, but I don't know about the rest, but I think the two fanbases are so diferent at times. 



 

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Kerotan on 25 May 2016
kowenicki said:
Are people just ignoring the fact that they now charge for online as THE major reason for proper profits?

The PS2 era shows perfectly that even when hardware beasts and software sells massively that they alone can never generate huge profits. Gaming had to become a service with repeat income. Charging for online is the start. Wake up.

Nintendo proved that theory wrong.  It's not easy but it's possible. 



Kerotan on 25 May 2016
Turkish said:
kowenicki said:

Yeah, I doubted them so much I made a shit ton of cash from buying their stock at the right time.  I called the bottom almost exactly and people here will remember that and some of them acted on it and also made cash. 

What did you do?  Oh yeah, you predicted they would be the 2nd or 3rd largest mobile phone maker based on one quarter.  I said they should exit phones at the same time.  Lets see how that turns out shall we.

I'll take my own advice on stock and company issues if you dont mind and continue to make money.... because where that is concerned my opinion and actions arent coloured by bias.  You are just cheerleading a company exec, which I find odd. 

Lol  I remember our little debate about their stock a few years back, no it wasn't you who called the rock bottom, it was me. And uh let's not talk about your Nokia predictions and how they would come back.

Also nothing wrong with proclaiming that Kaz is the lord!

So what you're saying is neither of you have the track record of Kerotan the "self proclaimed" visionary?  Well I guess not many do :)



Fei-Hung on 25 May 2016

I wonder when PS Vue will make it over to Europe. Anyone have any idea how well PSNow is performing?



0D0 on 25 May 2016
Acevil said:
JRPGfan said:

Just wait until Nintendo does it too, profits skyrocket for them as well.

Can they do it? Honestly speaking, can Nintendo charge for online? Even with the same service offered (identical), I don't know if Nintendo will get away with it, like Sony has. 

Nintendo online services are a thing of the 20th century.



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Kerotan on 25 May 2016
Fei-Hung said:
I wonder when PS Vue will make it over to Europe. Anyone have any idea how well PSNow is performing?

No idea but they haven't launch ps now in most of Europe yet,  nevermind the world.  It will be a long time before its launched properly WW. In all likelihood the PS5 will be released before the thing goes proper mainstream.  It's an investment in the future