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"PlayStation 5 Will Be Dead on Arrival with Sony's 'Hardcore Gamer' Strategy"
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Sony feels like they can overcome the odds with PS4 selling so well, and can take a chance by catering to a minority group of gamers with a high price tag. I think the concerns are real, if that's what they're gonna try to do... especially with Stadia in the mix.
Only the dedicated enthusiasts who are big fans of the brand will be on board from the go, and there are big concerns about the new leadership of Sony with things like censorship etc. that might put off those on the fence, and casuals are not going to willingly fork over in excess of $500.
Only the dedicated enthusiasts who are big fans of the brand will be on board from the go, and there are big concerns about the new leadership of Sony with things like censorship etc. that might put off those on the fence, and casuals are not going to willingly fork over in excess of $500.
If I get time, I will try and find the various posts in the Sales topics that proved (using stats etc) that exclusives do matter. IIRC Welfare was behind much of that.
yep
Each bomb might only destroy one city, but overall Europe is fucked.
I wish Defcon had a PS4 version. That game is meant to be played on a big screen.yep
Each bomb might only destroy one city, but overall Europe is fucked.
Doesn't matter. Electronics are supposed to get cheaper in real dollars and with inflation factored in.
Plus it's psychological.
I think price has something to do with this and it also means they will go for the well known games at launch and the first year after release. So we won't see any playlink or buzz games at launch (Ofcourse it can, but doubt it) They will focus mainly on exclusives too. Rumors about a 1 month GTA6 exclusivity and stuff like this aren't coming out of nowhere there must be atleast some true form in it.
We don't know much about the PS5 launch line-up, but something says to me that the first 3 months will be packed with Triple A games and even the launch might have some surprises for us.
Questions remains if the price tag will be high and or higher then the xbox how long will they wait with a price drop? Sony must know by now with their PS3 experience that it doesn't go well when it it's around the 600 and 500. BUT if xbox is going to cost 500 too then there is not much going to happen for Sony.
We don't know much about the PS5 launch line-up, but something says to me that the first 3 months will be packed with Triple A games and even the launch might have some surprises for us.
Questions remains if the price tag will be high and or higher then the xbox how long will they wait with a price drop? Sony must know by now with their PS3 experience that it doesn't go well when it it's around the 600 and 500. BUT if xbox is going to cost 500 too then there is not much going to happen for Sony.
Well, we still have a long year until arrival. There is plenty of time for The Verge to deliver.
Why even bother making a thread about this?
The writer of the article is either incredibly uninformed, or just trying to generate clicks. Either way, it's not worth discussing.
The writer of the article is either incredibly uninformed, or just trying to generate clicks. Either way, it's not worth discussing.
You have to compare to other electroincs on the market.
Curren the base phones are being sold at 700$ with the lower end selling around 500$.
500$ is nothing compare to the current market, whitch as been increacing year on year.
Which electronics have gotten cheaper ? Every thing has gone up in price. Phones were 400 dollars few years ago and now they r 1000 dollars.tabs ,laptops etc..all have gone up in price over the years . I think u live in another dimension or something if around u electronics have gone down in price over the years
PS1: 102.49 million
PS2: 155 million
PS3: 87.4 million
PS4: 96.8 million and counting
Nobody else in the game has this level of consistency. Sony fucked up hard with the PS3 at launch, and yet still managed to bounce back and outsell the 360 by the end of the generation. Nobody's catching them next gen, at least as far as units sold are concerned. All of these articles suggesting doom and gloom for PlayStation based on literally nothing are ridiculous.
PS2: 155 million
PS3: 87.4 million
PS4: 96.8 million and counting
Nobody else in the game has this level of consistency. Sony fucked up hard with the PS3 at launch, and yet still managed to bounce back and outsell the 360 by the end of the generation. Nobody's catching them next gen, at least as far as units sold are concerned. All of these articles suggesting doom and gloom for PlayStation based on literally nothing are ridiculous.
PlayStation 5 Will Be Dead on Arrival with Sony's 'Hardcore Gamer' Strategy
...because they are targeting people like me?
These "hardcore" gamers are the ones that actually go out to buy these consoles at launch, not the casuals. They usually follow afterwards.
This is all clickbait anyway.
...because they are targeting people like me?
These "hardcore" gamers are the ones that actually go out to buy these consoles at launch, not the casuals. They usually follow afterwards.
This is all clickbait anyway.
Could well be. 96.8 million was just the last official figure I could find, from March 31st this year.
haha, God of War ALONE has made my ps5 purchased guaranteed. But hey SONY is doomed!!!
So it's probably around 99 million by now, the last few months have been relatively slow.
The article would have been much more interesting if he tried for 2 pages to argue for this viewpoint.
Yeah $800 console is insane. Either company charging $800 dollars is too insane to even entertain tho. I think most here would agree with that.
The article is dismissing what some Sony exec said about learning hard lessons from the PS3 years. If the article writer is going to talk about about $800, talk about interviews Sony execs had.
Its an insane premise.
Exactly.
Follow the money. Who pays for the article? What draws attention? Don't expect serious journalism if you're not willing to pay for it.
The American market seems to be the only major region that any of the big 3 can win.
You haven't read the italian one, they're pushing this bullshit of article like if itnwas written by jesus and omitting part of it in their "transcription".
Sony just said they're focusing on AAA. That's it. I'm not worried about their ability to be successful in the console space. If they over price they can autocorrect and still make up ground. They have a million great IPs.
Promotion of indies is not going anywhere.They will be on Sony keynotes, they will be promoted on PlayStation social platforms, they will have easy way to publish games on PS5, etc.
It's only that the large marketing campaigns such as TV commercials and console bundles will [AGAIN, like with PS4] be focused on larger games.
And how many indie games were pushed extra hard by MS and Sony this gen [TV commercials and bundles]? The largest push was given to No Man's Sky.
It's only that the large marketing campaigns such as TV commercials and console bundles will [AGAIN, like with PS4] be focused on larger games.
And how many indie games were pushed extra hard by MS and Sony this gen [TV commercials and bundles]? The largest push was given to No Man's Sky.
Exactly this. Sony has that consistency which didn't exsist before them in the industry. If we get a Nintendo and microsoft chart you will see how different and weird it will look compared to that of Playstation. If we add the years they got released it in you will even see more consistency in Sony then in any other hardware company.
Given that the PS4 launched with a marketing campaign that stressed its hardcore gamer focus and it was consequently one of, if not the, best selling console in history, I really struggle to sympathise with the article's argument.
I'll make a small charts for comparison, when I get back from work.
Do we need new threads for every silly reality-bending hottake blog post? Because if we do, I could fire up a Wordpress installation and start generating them right now.
Given what Jim Ryan said about wanting to get first adopters straight away for B/c and also price I think he actually said they where going to try and market ps5 at 399.
I also think that's why they will be last to launch possibly 2021 so they can achieve this with price of chips being cheaper then.
This has to be a new meme or something.
It's one thing to think this, but to then write this down and share it with the world? This is some monumental level of wrong.