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  1. akira__

    Discussion Your personal breaking point for Playstation.

    Weird that you would make this thread today. Let's look at what xbox focussed podcasts are talking about. Oh they are discussing the death of xbox, and that are angry that xbox are now going to support playstation. Last year we had a phil perspective on xbox games on PlayStation. It wasn't...
  2. akira__

    News Arrowhead Community Boss Says Helldivers 2 On Xbox Requires Sony & Phil Spencer To ‘Duke It Out’

    Thing is, unlike other hardcore fans. Xbox fans already have the ps5 and PC. They can already play the game.
  3. akira__

    Discussion Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Could Boost Game Pass by Up to 4 Million Subs

    The source of the IGN article is a article by gamesbiz industry written by Chris Dring. Pachter was one of the analysts. Updated the thread.
  4. akira__

    Discussion Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Could Boost Game Pass by Up to 4 Million Subs

    At the Cost of 6 Million Lost Sales, Analysts Predict. As Sun Tzu once said, "A great general wins first, then seeks battle." We have another chapter of doing the exact opposite of that quote. Game Pass creates an incentive against sales, as games are included in the subscription service. From...
  5. akira__

    News Satya Nadella confirms Project Latitude is not paused, more PS5 / Nintendo ports coming.

    There have been many that stated even during Bethesda take over, that buying publishers that get significant amount of their revenue from competitors platforms will create the financial incentives to become third party. The size of the deal with ABK, forced their hands. Even if ABK wouldn't...
  6. akira__

    News Satya Nadella confirms Project Latitude is not paused, more PS5 / Nintendo ports coming.

    That deal turned out to be the biggest "uno reverse card" moment in gaming history. Remember those deal threads all of the forums, and the celebration after deal closed. Cheered them on right into becoming third party like sega.
  7. akira__

    Analysis Circana September 2024: PS5 #1 (-45%) NSW #2 (-23%) XBS #L (-54%) / EA FC25 #1, Astro Bot#2, Madden 25 #3

    I still remember the moment they stopped publishing console sales, and declared MAU to be most important metric. To promptly stop mentioning MAU's within a year in their quaterly financial reports, but now that they have candy crush it's the number one metric again.
  8. akira__

    News Sony will earn more from Call of Duty this year, with a higher % cut per sale.

    One party has to pay for development, marketing, publishing, etc. The other one isn't.
  9. akira__

    Analysis Circana September 2024: PS5 #1 (-45%) NSW #2 (-23%) XBS #L (-54%) / EA FC25 #1, Astro Bot#2, Madden 25 #3

    Oh didn't you hear it yet? They are Nintendo, Valve/PCMR stans now. They might not actually have a gaming pc or switch. But there is a big chance they bought a ps5 pro. They act like they never liked xbox, and that playstation is doomed(Sonytoo).
  10. akira__

    News Sony will earn more from Call of Duty this year, with a higher % cut per sale.

    You out @akira__ me. Damn. I still remember the moment they came into the gaming scene. Back then I was a huge Nintendo fan N64 was my jam. Sony forced me to buy PlayStation because of FF7, FF8, FF9, Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo, Resident Evil 2, etc. But my heart back then was with Nintendo...
  11. akira__

    News Sony will earn more from Call of Duty this year, with a higher % cut per sale.

    Ah Nintendo is beating ps5 by losing each month circana. But you didn't say that yesterday you said following, without mentioning sales. if you don't remember people that you have conversations with the day after nor well known poster like @peter420 Than I guess this post about you holds true...
  12. akira__

    News Sony will earn more from Call of Duty this year, with a higher % cut per sale.

    that's weird let me refresh your memory, Yesterday you told us Nintendo was beating playstation incredibly hard. And when I asked you which games you played this year, it turned you played more than 20 games. But no Nintendo games... But I guess it was poster quite similar to you then, maybe...
  13. akira__

    News Sony will earn more from Call of Duty this year, with a higher % cut per sale.

    Didn't you say the goal of the acquisition for ms was to make games third party?
  14. akira__

    News Sony will earn more from Call of Duty this year, with a higher % cut per sale.

    Great post, but notice that is all PlayStation winning, sprinkled in with Xbox losing. As always. But what is missing is gamers winning.
  15. akira__

    News Sony will earn more from Call of Duty this year, with a higher % cut per sale.

    Perfectly executed move of the Phillness, expected no less.
  16. akira__

    Discussion Circana: 82% of all PS5 sales are disc versions. Sony knows they're really charging 920€ / $780 for the PS5 Pro people actually want.

    I was wondering, the disc attachment is the same as the new ps5 model right? If you have a ps5 base model with disc attachment couldn't you sell the that model on eBay as a digital version? And keep the disc attachment? The only issue would be the plates?
  17. akira__

    Rumor Microsoft is considering stopping console sales in the Middle East region, will focus on PC Gamepass and Accessories

    MS spokesperson was actually quite clear, but some hear want they want to hear. focus on: "Console availability may vary by country" They flat out said it, yet we have Jez Cordon and his online army saying thst isn't the case. Jez cordon: And when proven wrong his respond will either be: -...