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What is up with Sony and lack of communication?

QuiteSomething

QuiteSomething

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Feb 26, 2018
2,753
The title says it all.
For last 2 year Sony have been really bad with communicating their ideas and plans for the future:
Poor State of Play showings;
Random PS5 articles;
No E3 or other big shows;
Absolutely zero communication about exclusives going to PC;
etc.

Which begs the question what Sony is even doing right now? Do they even have a future road map? Or they completely lost their vision for the gaming business? Is it because of the leadership shake up from not long ago?

What do you people think? How do you think they can make it better?
 
TheInfinityGauntlet

TheInfinityGauntlet

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Nov 3, 2017
4,393
What do you want them to do? Email you personally about the PS5 details instead of having a "random article" on a huge tech website lmao
 
kadotsu

kadotsu

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Oct 25, 2017
3,505
You cracked the code. Sony will show their PlayStation 5 cancellation trailer next month.
 
Betty

Betty

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Oct 25, 2017
17,604
If they only do State of Plays this year then I'd worry a little.

They just need one proper live event again.
 
nsilvias

nsilvias

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Oct 25, 2017
23,760
when you're a market leader you don't feel like you have to put in as much work as your competition
 

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"They had nothing to show / They will tell us when they are ready/ They are in the lead they don't have to say anything / It's just Microsoft have to be proact be cause Sony dominated them / PlayStation meeting is coming, calm before the storm."

I keep hearing these replies, and they are all true or an element is true, but at the same time, it's been years of this now and it's obvious that many people feel it is true that there is a communication issue with Sony and the feel of a power struggle. Hence so many comments, and threads.
We still don't know what went down with Shawn Layden. Right?


What will be really interesting:..We assume PlayStation meeting is coming:

Will it be... weird? Or Disappointing, or unclear, or tell us stuff we know and little we dont, or avoid answering what we want to know.

How will we feel after PlayStation Meeting?

I think this is the Litmus test.
 
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Keyser S

Keyser S

The Fallen
Oct 26, 2017
8,480
A lot of the business staff moved from US to EU. New people in charge in different position. They chose to do this change at the end of a cycle. Nothing wrong with slowing down for a while when those people find their feet. However, if they are not louder this year. Then it will be strange.
 
PlanetSmasher

PlanetSmasher

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Oct 25, 2017
115,660
They need to communicate. It's so weird to see Microsoft being all excited about next gen and the only thing we got out of Sony in months was the blandest, most predictable logo of all time.

Honestly, Jim Ryan's era of leadership thus far has been absolutely miserable - there hasn't been a single bit of good Playstation news out of Sony since he took over. I'm not looking forward to the PS5 at all with him in charge.
 
Ricelord

Ricelord

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Oct 25, 2017
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Really dont have to do anything when you are the market leader and you have the best selling console in the last decade and the current console still have big games coming out this year.
 
VinFTW

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Oct 25, 2017
6,470
I really dont see a big deal.

Sony will have a PS5 reveal event +/- live stream around E3 and it will be immensely popular. As with 90% of their "events", it will be straight forward and hype as hell.

Patience.
 
AllChan7

AllChan7

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Apr 30, 2019
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I don't feel like there's been a lack of communication lol
 
DGenerator

DGenerator

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Oct 26, 2017
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QuiteSomething said:
Poor State of Play showings;
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Subjective. Just because they're not Nintendo Directs doesn't mean they're "poor." FFVII and RE3 was dope as shit.

QuiteSomething said:
Random PS5 articles
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I guess a top 1,400 website globally with 19.3M readers digitally and 3.1M in print in 2018 is a "random" outlet.

QuiteSomething said:
No E3 or other big shows;
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I guess gamescom with its 373,000 in attendance isn't a "big show." Nor is Tokyo Game Show with its 262,076 attendance. No big shows, nosiree.

QuiteSomething said:
Absolutely zero communication about exclusives going to PC
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You can't just expect a full court press on PS5 communication based on a rumor that happened very recently when PS5 hasn't even been showcased.

We're ten months away from the expected release of the PS5 yet a bajillion games are due to come out. Relax; there's plenty enough time.

Good lord, forum braining is bad.
 
Stinkinmushroom

Stinkinmushroom

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Oct 27, 2017
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PlanetSmasher said:
They need to communicate. It's so weird to see Microsoft being all excited about next gen and the only thing we got out of Sony in months was the blandest, most predictable logo of all time.

Honestly, Jim Ryan's era of leadership thus far has been absolutely miserable - there hasn't been a single bit of good Playstation news out of Sony since he took over. I'm not looking forward to the PS5 at all with him in charge.
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Jim Ryan is in charge of making the hardware or games? If not, why do you event care lol. 'Not a single good news' ... so nothing in the last State Of Play made you excited? Dreams finally coming out? The release of RE3? ... all bad news ?
 
leng jai

leng jai

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Nov 2, 2017
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Why do we need constant communication about what they are doing? So we can have shit storms on forums over every trivial thing?

Microsoft has to because they're trying to win people back.
 
Kei-

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Mar 1, 2018
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What lack of communication? They've announced things when the announcements were ready, this is probably in response to the, probably an hopefully true, rumors of Horizon coming to PC, but again, that's not poor communication, that's literally them just not announcing it yet.

Random PS5 articles? Again, how are they random? They provide they convey the information Sony is ready to share. Seems like you're confusing your want for more information for poor communication.
 
starblue

starblue

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Oct 28, 2017
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Agree with the OP

Since 2018 i'm zero hyped for any sony stuff because of the lack of good marketing/communication. Im not an Xbox fan and im more excited now to see all what Xbox has to offer. They always have exciting news and rumors around (gamepass, series x, new studio acquisition, games on the switch...). And they still go to the e3
 
Zukkoyaki

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Oct 25, 2017
11,279
Not giving you exactly what you want when you want it ≠ Lacking communication.

The PS5 will be shown and detailed, new first party games will be shown and detailed. It's going to be okay.
 
WordsAndDreams

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Jan 4, 2018
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We've gotten an appropriate amount of TLOU, GoT, and FF7 at this point. Outside of that they aren't going in-depth on the PS5 until the reveal event. In fact they've talked about it more than I expected so far.

And they're not going to comment on rumors about games going to PC (or any rumors for that matter), which is pretty standard practice.
 
Memento

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Oct 26, 2017
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You guys are so anxious

The rumours are that they will reveal PS5 next month

Calm down
 

Fredrik

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Oct 27, 2017
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PlanetSmasher said:
Honestly, Jim Ryan's era of leadership thus far has been absolutely miserable - there hasn't been a single bit of good Playstation news out of Sony since he took over. I'm not looking forward to the PS5 at all with him in charge.
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You will once they've shown the trailers for the exclusives ;)

Honestly I wouldn't worry about it, new leadership, people in new roles, maybe they've changed things and things haven't stabilized yet, new tech needs to go through certification or new services or whatever, or they're just waiting for the right time to talk, etc. We'll hear about their plans sooner or later.
 
Bishop89

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Oct 25, 2017
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DGenerator said:
Subjective. Just because they're not Nintendo Directs doesn't mean they're "poor." FFVII and RE3 was dope as shit.



I guess a top 1,400 website globally with 19.3M readers digitally and 3.1M in print in 2018 is a "random" outlet.



I guess gamescom with its 373,000 in attendance isn't a "big show." Nor is Tokyo Game Show with its 262,076 attendance. No big shows, nosiree.



You can't just expect a full court press on PS5 communication based on a rumor that happened very recently when PS5 hasn't even been showcased.

We're ten months away from the expected release of the PS5 yet a bajillion games are due to come out. Relax; there's plenty enough time.

Good lord, forum braining is bad.
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^ ^ ^ this
I totally don't understand the OP
 
jsnepo

jsnepo

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Oct 28, 2017
4,648
Lack of communication? You just don't like how they're communicating.

Lack of expensive conferences does not mean lack of communication.
 
Zonnes

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Dec 26, 2019
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QuiteSomething said:
The title says it all.
For last 2 year Sony have been really bad with communicating their ideas and plans for the future:
Poor State of Play showings;
Random PS5 articles;
No E3 or other big shows;
Absolutely zero communication about exclusives going to PC;
etc.

Which begs the question what Sony is even doing right now? Do they even have a future road map? Or they completely lost their vision for the gaming business? Is it because of the leadership shake up from not long ago?

What do you people think? How do you think they can make it better?
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They hired a dutch dude to be the leader of a Japanese company, they are losing it
 
NLCPRESIDENT

NLCPRESIDENT

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Oct 25, 2017
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PlayStation is riding high as hell right now. That's all people talk about at work. The regular people only need to see the logo. They're coming off their best gen ever.. like, wtf. What is there to say?
 
modiz

modiz

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Oct 8, 2018
17,841
PlayStation's marketing team often used the "show dont tell" marketing, most evident by E3 2016, which i dont believe they particularily hyped it up with "best playstation E3 lineup ever" or stuff like that, they just advertised it like every E3 press conference.
however, i would really appreciate it if they did some interview regarding what is the strategy in playstation right now.
 
MickZan

MickZan

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Oct 28, 2017
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Marketing will start. Really soon even. They'll come out guns blazing. Everyone is just impatient because Microsoft already started a month ago.

I bet in a view months time, everyone will have forgotten about this weird spell.
 

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Oct 25, 2017
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They want the pent up demand. That's what they seem to be going for.

People bitched that Sony shows stuff to early, so you get what you wished for.
 
PlanetSmasher

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Oct 25, 2017
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Stinkinmushroom said:
Jim Ryan is in charge of making the hardware or games? If not, why do you event care lol. 'Not a single good news' ... so nothing in the last State Of Play made you excited? Dreams finally coming out? The release of RE3? ... all bad news ?
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Bad or neutral news. I don't care about Dreams at all and I'm not particularly interested in RE3.
 
wafflebrain

wafflebrain

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Oct 27, 2017
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All that matters is the software and as long as there's a decent amount of titles available I can't complain. This past year was lighter than others but we still just got Death Stranding which is a top five game of the generation imo, and as others have pointed out this is the calm before the storm. I'd prefer a stop to early reveals in general and am A-okay with a six month window of reveals to release. If their big blowout event is light on confirmed titles for this year and PS5 launch then I guess start to be concerned but until then I'm going to remain confident in their ability to continue releasing quality games.

The one thing I wouldn't mind hearing details on early is plans for PSVR2, anxious to see what sort of display it has, input solutions, and if it has any goodies like eye tracking or foveated rendering.
 
Zok310

Zok310

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Oct 25, 2017
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Its typical Sony, they have never been one to brag or communicate until they are ready.

They seems more to want to SHOW than tell.
They have always been this way.
 
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