Yeah, if some ppl are going to say the 360 was the leader last gen, they need to be very specific about what they mean by lead.Sony won with Ps1, Ps2
Nintendo won with Wii
Microsoft never took the lead, ever
Looks like we are.
Yeah, if some ppl are going to say the 360 was the leader last gen, they need to be very specific about what they mean by lead.Sony won with Ps1, Ps2
Nintendo won with Wii
Microsoft never took the lead, ever
Looks like we are.
PS5 will absolutely not be DOA, but I think if Microsoft delivers on the games, their strategy of getting the Xbox ecosystem into pretty much any screen/box imaginable is going to pay off big time.
I don't know how it compares to Steam but PSN made more money than both Nintendo and Xbox.
I will up this thread in 2020/21 again when it turns out the dude was right.
I would have betted my soul on Red Dead 2 ending up being a great game too and we all know how that turned out.
RIP Sony
When competition -needs- to hit every note, and you -need- to fuck up big time AND sell at a higher price... just to eventually still remain on top at the end... It says a lot about the brand's strength among consumers.The PlayStation line has consistently been some of the best selling hardware on the market ever since it came into being.
The PS3 launch is the only time they really foundered a bit imo, and even that ship righted itself over the course of the generation.
While not impossible, it would take a HUGE fuck up by Sony for the PS5 to actually fail in any meaningful way.
There was a $500 PS4?
The focus, not price. Hell we don't even know the prices of these boxes yet (though I would bet they will be over $400).
Lol did anyone look at the author's newest article titled "Nintendo Switch Lite Is the Antidote We Need to Sony's Naked Cash-Grab"
This guy is going all in on the bullshit. Apparently the PS5 is a cash grab now.
Oh wow, that's crazy you actually found one of those articles 😆. What a wild trip down memory lane.Yup even the PS2 had these articles. Publications were saying they'd lose their dominance.
Don't think most people are reading the link, the article's big premise is "catering to hardcore games = charging $800". It's more of a response to that Pachter prediction than the WSJ article too.
I don't think that predicting an $800 launch as DOA is really that crazy.
This quote alone is fantastic in hindsight:Yup even the PS2 had these articles. Publications were saying they'd lose their dominance.
PS5 will absolutely not be DOA, but I think if Microsoft delivers on the games, their strategy of getting the Xbox ecosystem into pretty much any screen/box imaginable is going to pay off big time.
Well that's a strawman, why would anyone even discuss an $800 console? Everyone with an ounce of sense can tell that would be a stupid idea and not even worth entertaining the thought.
If that's really the premise of the article then it's even more stupid than I thought, and yes I didn't read the article, based off the author's already stupid title.
"Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter recently painted a wild price tag on Sony's next-generation PlayStation 5 console. He said that the Japanese giant could price the successor to the PlayStation 4 at a whopping $800.
Such crazy pricing could kill Sony's next PlayStation. But the company has dropped a hint that it could be heading that way."
Lol did anyone look at the author's newest article titled "Nintendo Switch Lite Is the Antidote We Need to Sony's Naked Cash-Grab"
This guy is going all in on the bullshit. Apparently the PS5 is a cash grab now.
Yeah and this one is the only one I remembered off the top of my head but there were lots similar to this saying PlayStation's reign was over and it was all based off of emotional speculation rather than logical speculation.This quote alone is fantastic in hindsight:
"Sony is also under the mistaken impression that including the ability to play DVD movies is a huge selling point. But true technophiles and hardcore gamers probably already have DVD drives. I'm a good case in point. I already own a Sony DVD player, so I could not care less if the $299 PS2 can play movies. I'd rather pay less and get a machine that just plays games instead."
Yeah and this one is the only one I remembered off the top of my head but there were lots similar to this saying PlayStation's reign was over and it was all based off of emotional speculation rather than logical speculation.
It was either they wouldn't compete with the Dreamcast or later that Nintendo and Microsoft would wipe the floor with them. I wouldn't say that was widespread but it was a narrative circulating around.
No. This was stupid conjecture by people on the internet.Wasn't Sony going to focus on getting only AAA games on PS5, and leaving AA and Indies in the dust to seem like the place to be for a premium experience.
Actually no, you want FPS games like Gears of War and Halo. Believe it or not, those are for hardcore games. Sony hasn't done that since Killzone. Which they need to make again. Along with SOCOM, and Resistance.
Okay, thanks.
I don't think I talked about that....Wait, you think that Switch will outsell PS4 in the end? I have a bridge I would like to sell to you.