Yes. Because that money & time spent on a remaster/remake flop could’ve been used for a remaster/remake that would’ve benefited PS gamers that bought PS console.
Perhaps but they were probably cheap and didn't cost much money/time which is why they choose what to remaster and what not to.
Is getting 70% cuts from your direct competitors storefront & hardware worth PS5 lacking behind PS4 & PS consoles & ecosystem being diminished? How did Xbox getting 70% cuts on Steam worked out for there windows storefront on PC & Xbox hardware/storefront
both are dead now Xbox no longer gets 100% cuts in the future & now had to get 70% cuts of a direct competitor
Idk I would rather not get less then 5% of sales on PC from games that sell 20x & 99% on PS console if it meant I wouldn’t have to drink a cup of poison that long term will result in my death.
Neither Xbox or the PC store front is dead. How people here actually believe that based only on the "console" is beyond me. It's NOT about only the console anymore and as Sony keeps growing outward, eventually, even the most hardcore PlayStation fans will come to that realization. Microsoft's PC store front has grown due to PC Game Pass and Xbox is still going to make a shit ton of revenue and profit. More so, going to Steam and other platforms will gain them that extra 70% cut that they wouldn't be getting at all.
The reason why Microsoft is pretty much everywhere and actually started this in 2016 is the same reason why Sony is doing the same exact thing, just slower and that's due to the fact that they're NOT going to get everyone to buy an Xbox/PlayStation console. It doesn't matter what the price is or what they offer, there's people that just don't want to buy and own one. Instead of trying to convince these people to do so, both companies decided to go to where other people are at and gladly accept a 70% cut because that 70% cut is far better than 0%.
PlayStation (and Xbox) aren't going to die by growing outward. If anything, it's what will allow them to survive, thrive and succeed because they're no longer restricting or limiting themselves due to backlash from those who couldn't even run a lemonade stand let alone run a hundred billion or three trillion dollar company. Both know that consoles have a ceiling. They always have and they always will.
That’s the thing PS can grow & it doesn’t have to be only w console who said PS growth has to be w consoles? PS is a publisher that creates games. You know how you reach more gamers & increase profits? And it’s not a secret
you make games in new genres that PS doesn’t cover that cater to a new demographic. You make more games then you did previously gens & monetize them something PS doesn’t do
since PS4 gen PS been releasing 1-2 games per year PS still has the same cadence in the PS5 gen. You know how you grow from PS4 in the PS5 gen instead of releasing 1-2 games per year you make 3-4 games then on PS6 gen you make 5-6 games per year targeting different genres & monetizing both singleplayer & multiplayer games.
The only problem with your theory is that games are more expensive and take much longer to make than they did last generation with PS4 and will take even longer and cost more money with PS6 than they do right now with PS5. Sony also doesn't have the studios that can pull off making games on say a three year cycle. It's not going to happen especially when they're a tech company and their fans are obsessed with graphics and the visuals which takes longer to polish and get exactly the way they want it to be. There's a reason why they don't show you their games early anymore. It's because they want to make sure they're ready to be shown in the way that their fans want them to be shown and that takes money and time.
Monetizing single player games outside of micro-transactions doesn't work because DLC/expansions always have a small attach rate and isn't worth the cost, time and resources to do so. Multi-player wise, they're doing a few of them but they don't have the experience, expertise or knowledge to accomplish them which is why they acquired Bungie and even they aren't what they once were.
I mean look at Nintendo Switch 2 will sell the same as Switch 1 are we expecting Nintendo to release games on PC or PS? Lmao NO ofc not Nintendo knows its growth is in making games which there double downing so don’t be surprised if Nintendo releases 5+ games per year & continue to grow that cadence to 6-7 games per year & explore M rated games to grow & target specific audience onto Nintendo. See Nintendo is expanding but its expansion doesn’t mean Nintendo games have to be on PC Nintendo is expanding to cross media & parks both ventures that expands Nintendo ip to a whole new & wide audience who likely don’t even play Nintendo games. Ip like Mario are growing from the Mario movie & Mario park & nitnendo will expand w new ip in those ventures. Not sure why people think expansion of ip or brand has to be by diminishing & damaging your own brand, storefront & hardware.
You can't compare Nintendo to Microsoft/Sony because their tech is always a generation or two behind, their games don't cost $300M a pop before marketing/advertising, they don't go after realistic visuals which costs a shit ton of money, they rarely if ever put their games or hardware on sale and despite all of that, Nintendo profits are the highest despite their revenue being the lowest of the three. That's why they don't need to go to PC or anywhere else because they don't spend the money.
Sony makes the most revenue but their profit margins are the lowest and this is why I always find it hilarious when people say Xbox is dead or dying yet somehow want to believe that PlayStation alive and well. Microsoft's revenue is the second highest after Sony yet their profit margin is higher than Sony but below Nintendo. Think about it for a minute. Microsoft has double the studios, triple the teams, way more employees and yet they still make more money than Sony does as a company. The reason why is simple - it's because Microsoft knew a long time ago that keeping their games on a box that let's be honest, even if they were on fire, wouldn't go past 100m units sold which means that's your entire user install base which while people love to brag about Sony's games selling, the reality s that the attach rate sucks. Sony will sell 120m PS5 units and their best selling game which is a licensed IP which costs them a lot of money upfront will sell 30m copies which on the surface looks great but when you dig into it, you realize that 75% of the install base don't give two shits about the game and when Sony has to sell 8M copies at full price just to break even due to the licensing fees, im sorry but that's NOT good business. This is why Sony is growing outward.
It’s pretty funny seeing the results of Xbox that past 10 years people say these kinda things. You know how PS expands & grow there brand? They make movies & anime using there PS gaming ip, they make a Horizon park, GOW park, Patopon park etc just like Nintendo did w Mario & there other expansions that did not diminish or damage the Nintendo everything Nintendo does funnels back to Nintendo hardware, storefront & subscription
The results for Xbox now is far better than what it was 5 years ago and especially 10 years ago. It's amazing how so many people want to actually believe that locking everything down to a box that at best would sell 120m units and have shitty attach rates for 75% of their released games and in turn, make far less revenue and profits is somehow better than growing outward and get those people who are never ever going to buy your box into your platform and eco-system and yes, 70% IS better than 0%.
Sony can make movies and do all that other stuff but it's also going to cost them a lot more money to run than it does for Nintendo. Doing all this stuff adds extra costs. Nintendo does it because as I said earlier, they spend the least money, make the least revenue but their profits are the highest. Their margins are excellent. This doesn't apply to Sony (or Microsoft) because they spend a lot more freaking money than Nintendo does.
You grow the brand by going outward. Staying inward only minimizes your potential growth and if anything, will stagnate your progression in growing. Consoles don't grow at all. PS5 will sell 120m units at best. That's not growth from PS4. That's just retaining what they already had. Microsoft hasn't grown with hardware because they fucked up in 2013 and will never bounce back from it which is why they pivoted to growing outward which actually started with acquiring Mojang (Minecraft) and then expanded throughout the years to what it is now.
It's amazing, majority here believe that Xbox is dead or dying because of their direction to be everywhere yet they somehow believe that they would do better if they ONLY concentrated on the box/console which I find hilarious because that would be what actually kills off the brand and the platform. Being everywhere is what's going to allow them to stay alive and well because now, they don't have to be concerned about how many consoles they sell which they haven't been in years anyway but even more so now. They'll sell their 40m or so consoles to those like me who want it while also growing their IP's and franchises by being on other platforms in which those users weren't going to buy an Xbox anyway and taking a 70% cut from those people is far better than getting 0% due to not being everywhere.
