Sony: PS will remain our core product expanding our gaming experiences to PC & mobile |UP| Rumor: "Big games untouchable" regarding day/date to PC.

[Puff]

A little reminder of what Sony CEO said in an interview recently. Other Platforms mean PC, Cloud & Mobile not other consoles!

Kenichiro: Playstation will remain our core product, we will expand our gaming experiences to PC, Mobile & Cloud.

Timestamp 12:50

Update 3/6/24 Rumor big gages day and date to PC are untouchable.

 

[Kokoloko]

As usual it was Xbots trying to push the narrative because there own console HAD to sell games on other platforms.

Also they have already started the narrative of Xbox is leading the charge by going multiplatform.

And soon the “Sony anti consumer/Anti gamer for not going 3rd party” will happen

Now we just need these Sony heads to knock the talks of going to PC day 1 to stop.

 

[Infinity]

this doesn't discount anything that was said by the president. He wants to aggressively increase profit margins for pc. That means a shorter wait for ports or day and date.

 

[Kokoloko]

For anyone saying PS needs those 1-2 million sales from PC users. PS games are making profit and PS4 games sold better than any other generation.

 

[Kokoloko]

this doesn't discount anything that was said by the president. He wants to aggressively increase profit margins for pc. That means a shorter wait for ports or day and date.

Day and date will stop double dippers and just destroy the platform as explained multiple times.

Why do shorter waits = more profit? Returnal and Ratchet had short waits and supposedly sold less than games that took longer to arrive

 

[Neversummer]

this doesn't discount anything that was said by the president. He wants to aggressively increase profit margins for pc. That means a shorter wait for ports or day and date.

Your last sentence is you projecting what you believe to understand from the Sony CFO which he didn’t say or imply

 

[Danja1187]

Still will never support them putting anything but GaaS games on PC..they can make exceptions for ReMakes or put Single Player games on PC when the Generation is practically over like they did at the end of PS4 era.

PS5 games should have never been ported.

Sony however is dumb as hell for prioritiziy PC over mobile. A game like Helldivers 2 would have done gangbusters on mobile as well.

They should have been focused on mobile gaming from PS3 era. That Uncharted card game was a start but limped effort.

 

[Danja1187]

Imagine having a Days Gone Zombie Horde / co-op PvE mobile game? That would have been great as long as the PlayStation polish was there.

 

[Yurinka]

Of course! They have been saying it for years: they may release some stuff on PC or mobile, but their focus will be PlayStation.

In other consoles they'll have MLB and Bungie, that's all.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

Sony however is dumb as hell for prioritiziy PC over mobile. A game like Helldivers 2 would have done gangbusters on mobile as well.

It's not too late for that. The game has the potential to be as big as Fortnite and Genshin with a mobile version. It can be something separate from the main PS5 game.

Comics, movies, tv shows, figurines, sky is the limit with that IP

 

[Danja1187]

It's not too late for that. The game has the potential to be as big as Fortnite and Genshin with a mobile version. It can be something separate from the main PS5 game.

Comics, movies, tv shows, figurines, sky is the limit with that IP

True! While I know they didn't expect the game to blow up like this. It was still shorted to have not have a competent mobile dev working alongside Arrowhead. Just imagine how much the momentum would have snowballed on mobile as well where they could have access to hundreds of millions of players. They could have started out the Apple store and eventually Android.

But like you said still not too late. I hope they actually do some cross promo stuff too.

 

[Kx11]

Isn't this news in another thread?

 

[xollowsob]

I want to know why

 

[Fenton]

 

[Dr Bass]

Timdog really threw in the towel on MS lol.

 

[Puff]

A Small Mistranslation of Sony's Multiplatform Plans Causes Panic Among PlayStation Fans

Following Sony's financial conference call that included statements about the PlayStation business, an official transcript published today is causing some confusion.

techraptor.net

A mistranslated statement by Sony's CFO and COO Hiroki Totoki about PlayStation's multiplatform plans is causing unwarranted panic among some PS5 fans.

Yet, this is mostly due to the fact that, despite being from an official source, the statement is mistranslated just enough to be misleading.

Luckily, Sony also released the transcript in Japanese, which is the original language Totoki-san was speaking during the conference. The literal translation of the statement is as follows:

"Another driver is first-party titles, the growth of strong titles across multiple platforms, such as PC in addition to PS5, will lead to improved margins. I believe there is an opportunity [there], and we'd like to work aggresively to improve the margins."

 

[Darth Vader]

It's really interesting how some people pretend not to understand why PS having games on PC, even a year later, is a terrible business strategy that only works short term.

Sony makes most of their money from their ecosystem, not their games. Their games are what makes their ecosystem attractive. If they stop providing that incentive, people move out, which means less money from micro transactions, direct game sales, and accessories.

This is so simple that a toddler could understand it, and it's something Apple has perfected a couple of decades ago. The only games that make sense are live service, and even then select ones (GT should never be on PC).

 

[JAHGamer]

It's really interesting how some people pretend not to understand why PS having games on PC, even a year later, is a terrible business strategy that only works short term.

Sony makes most of their money from their ecosystem, not their games. Their games are what makes their ecosystem attractive. If they stop providing that incentive, people move out, which means less money from micro transactions, direct game sales, and accessories.

This is so simple that a toddler could understand it, and it's something Apple has perfected a couple of decades ago. The only games that make sense are live service, and even then select ones (GT should never be on PC).

Sony had it perfected as well towards the end of the PS4 gen and they were making the most money they've ever made with strong profit margins, and these idiots threw it all away for 2m steam sales

 

[Darth Vader]

Sony had it perfected as well towards the end of the PS4 gen and they were making the most money they've ever made with strong profit margins, and these idiots threw it all away for 2m steam sales

BuT iT's EaSy MoNeY

 

[Nhomnhom]

For anyone saying PS needs those 1-2 million sales from PC users. PS games are making profit and PS4 games sold better than any other generation.

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Spider-man is Sony most profitable game yet people keep saying it's unsustainable.

TLoU Part II is also a massive success and one of their most profitable games last gen.