death stranding wasn't, i don't see why this would be
death stranding wasn't, i don't see why this would be
Incredibly stupid move from Sony, if true. High quality exclusive games have always been a powerful tool to sell a console and to throw all of that away for... what exactly? Some extra sales that in the grand scheme of things amount to chump change? I guess we're about to find out how much PC gaming really effects console sales.
I see two ways forward with this.Incredibly stupid move from Sony, if true. High quality exclusive games have always been a powerful tool to sell a console and to throw all of that away for... what exactly? Some extra sales that in the grand scheme of things amount to chump change? I guess we're about to find out how much PC gaming really effects console sales.
Regular people dont play non esports/mmo games on a computer. Who is going into walmart or going on Amazon to get fleeced on prebuilt pcs or watching 30 - hour tutorials on youtube before building their own and learn about the upkeep of a computer? Certainly not your average consumer. I really don't get posts like these unless you talking from a fanboy perspective .Man, Sony is really not doing a good job of making an argument for why people should invest in their consoles moving forward. If everything's just gonna be on PC eventually, neither Playstation or Xbox need to exist.
I really don't understand the business model here at all, especially when exclusives have always been THE reason to buy a PS machine.
This isn't true at all, most third party games are on PC and many still see the majority of their sales on consoles. Sony first party on PC would be no different much like in the case of Xbox exclusives. User preference and ease of use are still big selling points (even if the ease of use thing is barely a thing these days but it's still the overriding opinion).
Incredibly stupid move from Sony, if true. High quality exclusive games have always been a powerful tool to sell a console and to throw all of that away for... what exactly? Some extra sales that in the grand scheme of things amount to chump change? I guess we're about to find out how much PC gaming really effects console sales.
Let's be honest. Non-Nintendo consoles since Gen 8 have become nothing more than PCs-in-a-box, and Microsoft has embraced this even further with Series X looking like an actual PC tower. The uniqueness is already a thing of the past for PS and Xbox.Extremely disappointing to me if true.
One of the few people who like exclusives. I would much prefer to buy multiple systems and have each one feel unique and memorable.
You're gonna be waiting years at a time though, based on this. It's safe to assume that Sony only feels comfortable bringing a 1st party game to PC long after it has had enough success on PlayStation. In Horizon's case, as a new IP, it took 3 years. Let's think about something like The Last of Us and Spider-Man, which have the kind of power to sell PS5s for a very long time, you'll be looking at what? 4-5 years, if ever? Don't forget they'll be trying to push PS5 sales.
Not strictly true and it may be the reason why they are trying to push more power in a smaller cheaper package with the PS5
Not everyone wants to take the PC plunge my man. 399 to have all the work and none of the maintenance/troubleshooting, extra gear?
Consoles are just Prebuilt PCs with a warranty and there is value there
The Russian leaker apparently has this to say:
I'm talking to different developers who are making something for the PlayStation 5, and they said to me that Sony warns them "keep the PC version in mind"
This will probably only happen for their multiplayer GAAS games. They won't even day and date PSNow.
Let's see. Most of my ps friends bought the console for exclusives but don't need more than one platform.
Maybe they take their customers for granted.
Lol.
I bought a ps4. Doesn't that make me a person that buys console ?
If they port their exclusives to PC I am not buying a ps5.
I can use a controller a PC (like I have been doing for the past 15 years...), the library is steam and gigantic, and many games are getting crossplay now that sony allowed it so the "friends" thing won't apply next gen anywhere as much.
Clearly the exclusives are going to matter then and if they're all on PC we have little reason to get a console.
someone who had a massive meltdown over MLB going multiplat, and was banned from here.
lol. I can't tell if this is sarcasm. "People don't buy games because they are good games. They buy them because they're on their favorite console."It is a lose-lose situation. People don't buy SIE games because they are SIE games, but because they make a very good pair with PlayStation consoles. Break a part and break all the magic.
Sony will completely lose PlayStation identity with this approach. Turning the brand into a pc-like like Microsoft does with the Xbox is simply throwing yourself as a generic alternative in a space that you have no stake in and losing what differentiates you in the space you dominate.
It is a lose-lose situation. People don't buy SIE games because they are SIE games, but because they make a very good pair with PlayStation consoles. Break a part and break all the magic.
And I say that as a person who has the 6 consoles they launched. If this is confirmed, I have no interest in a PlayStation 5.
Consoles are worthless without exclusives. The PS and Xbox completely overlap in terms of features, so without unique games they might as well just not exist at all. Just kill them both and replace them with a generic box.
Or locked to a monthly subscription.
Right. What I'm saying is PLAYSTATION and XBOX specifically don't need to exist if this is the direction the industry is going. Sony and Microsoft can collaborate on a hardware standard and just erase the console war entirely. A generic box not controlled by either of them that plays all the games from both.
Just end it. Stop wasting our time and money on hardware that won't provide anything unique.
this is a hilarious, sorry, but people dont buy games for "SIE magic", they buy it because they're good, and if anything, they'll be even more magical played at better framerates and higher fidelity.
🤭😁😄wait, are you telling me that everytime people say they arent interested in pc gaming because "comfy couch, ease of use, dont wanna have to deal with updating drivers bla bla bla"-that was all bs? was it always just games? :)
Right. What I'm saying is PLAYSTATION and XBOX specifically don't need to exist if this is the direction the industry is going. Sony and Microsoft can collaborate on a hardware standard and just erase the console war entirely. A generic box not controlled by either of them that plays all the games from both.
Just end it. Stop wasting our time and money on hardware that won't provide anything unique.