No it isn't unfortunately, to this day plenty of games still get PS4 versions.
Not to quibble but there are loads of inaccuracies on this. The Color TV game and home Pong don't count under the retro gaming community's definition of console because they didn't have a means of using outside data sources (such as a cratridge, or download to memory from CD or internet), the SMS, as far as I can tell, was a rebadged SG-1000, maybe with better internals like a 1980s Pro version, the G&W units had totally different internals depending on what they are and shouldn't be grouped together and the Virtual Boy and Pokemon Mini are both missing. Oh, and if Nomad counts for Sega (it shouldn't) then PSTV should be there under Sony's home consoles.It's not as simple as that. If you take a closer look, you'll see that :
And Sony still has the best sales average despite having only 7 consoles and only entering the market in 1994.
- Sony remains the master of home consoles.
- Nintendo is still king on handheld consoles.
Nintendo :
SONY :
- Color TV-Game - 1977 HC
- Game & Watch - 1980 HD
- Famicom - 1983 HC
- GameBoy - 1989 HD
- Super Famciom - 1990 HC
- Nintendo 64 - 1996 HC
- GameBoy Color - 1998 HD
- GameBoy Advance - 2001 HD
- GameCube - 2001 HC
- Nintendo DS - 2004 HD
- Wii - 2006 HC
- Nintendo 3DS - 2011 HD
- Wii U - 2012 HC
- Nintendo Switch - 2017 HD
Microsoft :
- PlayStation - 1994 HC
- PlayStation 2 - 2000 HC
- PlayStation Portable - 2004 HD
- PlayStation 3 - 2006 HC
- PlayStation Vita - 2011 HD
- PlayStation 4 - 2013 HC
- PlayStation 5 - 2020 HC
SEGA :
- Xbox - 2001 HC
- Xbox 360 - 2005 HC
- Xbox One - 2013 HC
- Xbox Series X/S - 2020 HC
Atari :
- SG-1000 - 1983 HC
- Master System - 1985 HC
- Mega Drive - 1988 HC
- Game Gear - 1990 HD
- Satrun - 1994 HC
- Nomad - 1995 HD
- Dreamcast - 1998 HC
- Atari Pong - 1972 HC
- Atari 2600 - 1977 HC
- Atari 5200 - 1982 HC
- Atari 7800 - 1986 HC
- Atari XEGS - 1987 HC
- Atari Lynx - 1989 HD
- Atari Jaguar - 1993 HC
The value of PC for Sony, more than its growth, is their current size is aprox. as big as the whole console market, and its popularity for AAA/AA games in countries where consoles aren't/can't be popular.
With the numbers we have so far PSVR2 is achieving their goal: to outsell PSVR1, which Sony was happy with. Sony are the kings of non-standalone, VR. So VR is successful for them.
The Sony numbers show they are making hundreds of millions per year with PC and that every year they make way more than the previous year.
If they have a non portable version it'll get slammed like every other time they've tried to face Playstation in that arena. And the fact of the matter is whatever works for Switch 2 for a few years is immediately wiped out once the next PlayStation comes out. It's not a masterful plan, it's staggered timing.
If it's just a different SKU like the Switch Lite was it won't get slammed it will just work like an more potent non-portable version (a lot like a PS5 Pro is for the base PS5) that will benefit from the massive momentum of the platform as a whole.
If they were as aggressive with supporting VR as they are with PC ports maybe they would've succeeded. Plenty of PS4 games could've benefited from VR versions like God of War for example (a game that would work perfectly with VR since it has no camera cuts). They didn't even bother porting Astro's Playroom to PSVR2 but they bothered porting Sackboy and R&C to PC.
Sony is playing with fire, assuming a 50/50 split between PS5 and PC for Helldivers CS + Dota is still 3 times bigger than that. Steam has a lot going on for it already without Sony going out of their way to help them.
It will absolutely get slammed. The fact that the switch lite didn't sell gangbusters proves that the main appeal of the switch is its portability. Take that away and you have the lowest appealing home console on the market. Nintendo were quickly and mercilessly relegated to third once Xbox entered the market. Falling behind Xbox? Yeesh.
You can make all the excuses you want for your fictitious scenario, but dooming Sony and propping up *checks notes* Nintendo who got booted out of the console market and Valve who preside over a dying platform is absurd. Sony is in the best position of any platform holder with their massive wealth of broad IPs, colossal revenue, and phenomenally successful GaaS titles.
They said their focus will continue being the console (their main revenue source) and PC (+ other new markets) would be a secondary revenue source to bump their profits.
True, they must make a ton of money and profit with Steam thanks to the 3rd party games, so they focus on it and don't need to sell their games outside to keep being profitable, specially when they don't have over two dozen AAA titles under development.
That makes no fucking sense, the fact that the cheap portable only version didn't sell well proves that the appeal of the switch is just the portability?
Proves that the "main appeal" of the switch is portability, yes. The crowd that wanted portability were perfectly satisfied by the portable features of the main switch SKU. They didn't open up a new market for the Switch here, nor would they do so if a stationary SKU was released btw - the hybrid likely fulfills that need already.That makes no fucking sense, the fact that the cheap portable only version didn't sell well proves that the appeal of the switch is just the portability?
Its portability is a major factor in its success. In Japan, for example, the Switch has sold 32 million units, while the Wii U has only sold 3 million, which goes to show that its portable nature has a big impact on sales.
Its portability is a major factor in its success. In Japan, for example, the Switch has sold 32 million units, while the Wii U has only sold 3 million, which goes to show that its portable nature has a big impact on sales.
The Switch carried over most of the Wii U games, and yet the Wii U was a commercial failure and the Switch was a success despite sharing the same games.
- Nintendo hanheld console (7 systems) : 612.93 million
- Nintendo home console (7 systems) : 281.86 millions
The truth is that, apart from the Wii, Nintendo's home consoles have never been huge successes, unlike their handhelds.
sure but that's no reason to make a distinction between the switch and switch lite. If the Switch is, as we say, most saleable due to its portability, then it makes no difference (other than a $200 price being more attractive) to its sales. That's like saying the PS5 digital should be counted as a separate console; part of its main functionality is gone.Its portability is a major factor in its success. In Japan, for example, the Switch has sold 32 million units, while the Wii U has only sold 3 million, which goes to show that its portable nature has a big impact on sales.
The Switch carried over most of the Wii U games, and yet the Wii U was a commercial failure and the Switch was a success despite sharing the same games.
- Nintendo hanheld console (7 systems) : 612.93 million
- Nintendo home console (7 systems) : 281.86 millions
The truth is that, apart from the Wii, Nintendo's home consoles have never been huge successes, unlike their handhelds.
In fact, Nintendo home consoles sales declined every generation since the NES (Wii being the exception).
Exactly. The failure of the Wii U was one too many for them in this sector.
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Almost as if they found a solution to not have to support two systems and still have a presence on both markets and that resulted in their best selling console ever, despite everyone else predicting than portable consoles were doomed because of mobile.
