Not to mention announcing PC ports in your own showcases negatively effect brands hype/aura & perception with consumers both hardcore & casuals. It might be a small notice in the present but long term is when you really see effects if we look at what happen with Xbox. Negative effects only showed when it was a new gen & some years after the new gen & all the hardcore bought the Xbox console in the first 2-3 years.
Only US then cause in Japan they were scalped out of the country.
Price cut doesn't matter in this context when PS5 MSRP is 200-250$ more than a Switch
PS5 delivers way more games and it's a high end device, so its price is still low compared to a device like the Switch even at $499/$449
then you should mention supply constraints and not global pandemic, cause global pandemic boosted PS MAU numbers and PS Plus subscription numbers significantly, so much so that today Sony doesn't even share PS Plus numbers anymore because of the loss in subscribers after the end of the pandemic.
Could be surpassing that if PS remove the option or ability of a consumer to say “I don’t really need a PS console to play PS game when I can play them on a PC or Steamdeck that cost the same price as a PS5”
Sony is putting themselfs in a though spot with PC ports because we're seeing the first generation of consoles in history to not have price cuts, if the PS6 releases at $600 and doesn't drop the price like the PS5 during its generation, consumers might feel more inclined to go to PC where they have more flexibility, the results of cannibalization due to PC are not instant, they can take years, we're seeing the situation with Xbox today, they can't even migrate people from Xbox One to Xbox Series S/X, many jumped ship to go to PC because of the support MS gives and their games running better there.
I feel like Switch was slow & really pick up hype in 2019/2020 during pandemic since it was cheap & people had extra income it was a easy pickup for both hardcore & family’s to keep them busy lockdown.
if they had Only On PlayStation as a thing today, PS5 would already have surpassed PS4, no one would even consider not purchasing their product because they know only in that box you can play games like God Of War Ragnarok or Spiderman 2
Software lineup been abysmal. We’ve essentially went 2.5 years almost 3 years since we had a decent lineup with a minimum of 2 singleplayer games from a PS own ip or new ip. 2022 w GOW, Horizon & GT7 was the last meaningful year for PS first party wise. 2023 only had SM2 & 2024 only had Astro Bot. I fully expect 2025 to be massive Ghost of, Bend studio & Bluepoint game, GOW/Uncharted remake, Cory new Santa Monica ip, Death Stranding I fully expect for 2025 with Fairgames, Horizon online, Marathon & maybe 1 other live service game maybe something from Neon Koi which is a mobile studio which means it should take less time to make a game. They can really be making anything from that mobile studio. A inFAMOUS genshin style gacha or a GOW/Demon Souls/Bloodborne Diablo style top down/rpg/looter. It can be heavily multiplayer centric or multiplayer centric w decent singleplayer option it really depends. Idk for Neon Koi is probably the most interesting because of what they can do & what it could mean for PS. PS having a big mobile game would be interesting to see people react. Bungie moba can be big on mobile giving how bad some mobas are on mobile yet there’s massive downloads/esports
It's a very logical explanation and till someone can come up with a better theory that's what I'll believe.
Agree. I could see ports being an even bigger problem when Valve announces the Steamdeck 2 & it can play PS5 games at 40-60 fps at 1080-1400 which is essentially what a PS5 is doing. Not to mention I fully expect the PS6 to be less meaningful in power as a ceiling has already been hit. I fully expect the PS6 to be a hybrid handheld like Switch that can either be played mobile or docked on a tv. There’s no reason for PS to continue solely traditional console when the Switch model can due both + going for power is more dangerous with you no longer having exclusive because PC by annual upgrade PS consoles will never be able to keep up w PC stats.
CAN YOU GUYS STOP MENTIONING MY NAME? LET ME LEVEL MY ROUGE IN D4 in PEACE, FFS.
It’s sad that Astro Bot is left to carry PlayStation this year. Especially when it has to also make up for the terrible press from Flopcord. No one will care about a PS5 Pro when all the games are on PC and still run better.
