Sony Q1 FY2022 Results (2.4m PS5,

[nominedomine]

How is that a bannable offense? It's a good question; are some games (especially 1P) going to be so demanding later on that Series S won't be sufficient to run lower-end native versions of them? Will it get treated like the Switch does as a cloud-streaming solution instead?

I don't know, looks like one other guy was banned for the same reason after me.

MS has sort of suggested it multiple times in the past, that they want to move on from this the concept of generations.

Anyway does anyone think some of these results might convince Sony to reconsider certain strategic approaches? For example do you think they'll scale back on some of the planned PC ports if they think there's a correlation between those and decreased revenue from 1P software sales on console (where they make a ton more per sold copy)? Do you think they might even scale back on some of the planned live-service content, maybe instead of 10 games by FY 2025 they cut it down to 6 live-service games by FY 2025?

When I think back to PlayStation's FY2020 results and how they were the highest ever for 1P software revenue, there's a lot of big AAA single player story-driven games there as a part of it, but very little in the way of live service games. Maybe investors respond better to hearing the talk on expansion into live-service content and it's not like Sony are actually scaling down on the non live-service AAA games (they plan to increase those as well by a big margin), but maybe they'll push for a better balance of both types in public-facing spaces, and in how they rollout the live-service games in relation to the non live-service 1P titles.

Just a few thoughts.

PC got nothing to do with this, if people we not buying the PS5 then maybe you could blame that on PC, but people buying PlayStation games on PC at this moment only helps their numbers.

God of War Ragnarok is going to be a good test, assuming it is as good as the 2018 game will it sell just as well or will many people wait for it to show up on PS+?

 

[adamsapple]

This from the "Xbot"? A division that doesn't even make profit? A division that spent more than 70 billion dollars of its parent company's money, which makes it an ACTUAL money sink?

By the way, you do realize that "money sink" and "profitable" are oxymorons right?

Dropping 37% in profit means you're still profitable. I didn't look at the numbers but if they went from 2 billion in profit to 1.3 billion in profit, or so, that's still pretty good given the current conditions.

Kinda funny how unhinged you and your buddy are being on this board, since you know we are trying to be more open. You're just showing your ass though.

7% drop in revenue "not slight"
more than 1/3rd drop in profit margins because of declining sales "that's still pretty good"
I like the fire

How is that a bannable offense?

That wasn't the reason lol, the reason is publicly visible for everyone to see.

 

[nominedomine]

That wasn't the reason lol, the reason is publicly visible for everyone to see.

You just can't help yourself, here is the post linked as proof in my ban there:

"What is inevitably going to happen is that they'll follow the mobile model and just have games that will only work on Series X at some point and spin it as them moving beyond the concept of generations, they already talked about that sort of stuff in the past. They are shameless when it comes to walking back on promises, just like when they said the One X would have VR support but then just said "actually nope, that was just a lie".

How could anyone be so offended by that?

Before that my other ban was for bringing up all the nonsense FUD Xbox users were spreading about RDNA and the PS5 over these years. Years of people posting stupid shit yet you get banned for bringing it up? Kinda gives free reign for people to keep doing it again since they know people won't be able to hold them accountable for spreading lies.

Before that it was for disrespecting the legacy of Phil Spencer by simply stating when he was promoted to head of MS studios.

Something happened there that they got really concerned about controlling the narrative so that the board wouldn't turn completely anti-Xbox, like it happened in most other places. That's just what naturally happens when you release a bad product and underdeliver for so long.

 

[adamsapple]

You just can't help yourself, here is the post linked as proof in my ban there:

"What is inevitably going to happen is that they'll follow the mobile model and just have games that will only work on Series X at some point and spin it as them moving beyond the concept of generations, they already talked about that sort of stuff in the past. They are shameless when it comes to walking back on promises, just like when they said the One X would have VR support but then just said "actually nope, that was just a lie".

How could anyone be so offended by that?

I don't want to copy stuff from other forums, but once again the reason is publicly visible to anyone whose interested and it comes with a [+Multiple] tag meaning you were not banned for that one post.

Anyway.

 

[Deleted member 13]

Im waiting for your thread on GAF. Have you give up on doing it?

You missed it. They banned me permanently before my ban date was lifted (probably due to me on here).

They also banned my IP. I was able to get someone from d-pad to send my message to them. It was quickly locked and they removed the entire thread within minutes.

 

[Dr Bass]

Anyway does anyone think some of these results might convince Sony to reconsider certain strategic approaches? For example do you think they'll scale back on some of the planned PC ports if they think there's a correlation between those and decreased revenue from 1P software sales on console (where they make a ton more per sold copy)? Do you think they might even scale back on some of the planned live-service content, maybe instead of 10 games by FY 2025 they cut it down to 6 live-service games by FY 2025?

If they aren't hitting their goals, when they think they could be, I do think they will adjust. Of course. I just hope it's in a way that we like.

 

[nominedomine]

I don't want to copy stuff from other forums, but once again the reason is publicly visible to anyone whose interested and it comes with a [+Multiple] tag meaning you were not banned for that one post.

Anyway.

Funny that they call me an asshole like that while I never disrespected anyone (besides Phil Spencer and Jimbo maybe), how rude, they have no class. They want people to behave yet make sure to insult everyone they ban, no wonder that place is like that.

 

[MScarpa]

He doesn't pretend to be neutral he is just passive aggressive, It's kind of fitting really because that's exactly how Xbox does it.

I really don't understand the moderation there. I knew I was going to get banned anyway so I wasn't walking on eggshells but they banned me for the last thing I could've expected, the reason was that I predicted that at some point there will be games that will run on the Series X and not on the Series S.

There is just something about that place, it always turns to shit no matter what.

Is this the place where people go when they get banned? It's a who's who of banned members here. Really quite incredible. With that said, let your hate out my friend. Crush those XBots and their evil plastic boxes!!

 

[nominedomine]

Is this the place where people go when they get banned? It's a who's who of banned members here. Really quite incredible. With that said, let your hate out my friend. Crush those XBots and their evil plastic boxes!!

What are you doing here? I thought I was rid of you, you creep me out.

Ask for a permaban here and I'll ask for a permaban there (assuming they don't ban me for good before I get back). Deal? That way we'll never need to interact with each other again.

You are also misreading the situation, the reason I wanted to get banned there was because I found this place a lot more fun. The only time I didn't get banned on purpose there was when I got banned close to E3 for calling Phil Spencer and his almost unbelievable bad track record of producing games.

 

[Papacheeks]

Look at how happy that dog is? Wish a certain aquatic animal was that happy? Alas they just bring misery to all other species………..paging @Sircaw

 

[MScarpa]

What are you doing here? I thought I was rid of you, you creep me out.

Ask for a permaban here and I'll ask for a permaban there (assuming they don't ban be for good before I get back). Deal? That way we'll never need to interact with each other again.

I'm here because it's a video game forum, I didn't know I wasn't allowed here, and I don't want you banned anywhere. I've told you that before. It's not me that's getting you banned, that's all you buddy. Just got to tone it down a little over there. Here you can be a hardcore fanboy and it doesn't matter.

 

[Cragarmi]

Yikes. It seems the Playstation train is losing stream.

It's just pulled out of the station. With stock of PS5 this winter and Ragnarok it will be a perfect storm!

 

[Sircaw]

Look at how happy that dog is? Wish a certain Feline animal was that happy? Alas they just bring misery to all other species………..paging @Sircaw

I 100% agree with you there bud, Cats are disgusting, just like in the movie the Purge we need them eradicated.

@Aeorath, just read his post above my reply, you better now be taking this lying down, again. He is styling all over you m8, Fight back NOW.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

If I said the exact things that got me banned about Sony instead of Xbox I woul've never gotten a warning. At least here we are all on a even playing field it's a lot more relaxing. Even trolls like ricky and adamsapple somehow manage to avoid a ban there, yet I got banned once for stating the fact that Phil Spencer was made the head of MS studios 14 years ago.

You can't say anything that put Xbox or Phil in a bad light, even banal stuff. The mods and xbots are extremely sensitive. Everything is "warring".

What's crazy is that even after the mega purge of PS fans, it's still not enough. They keep attacking you, swift_star and the very few left. They want an echo chamber "wow xbox is amazing" and that's it.

 

[MScarpa]

You are also misreading the situation, the reason I wanted to get banned there was because I found this place a lot more fun. The only time I didn't get banned on purpose there was when I got banned close to E3 for calling Phil Spencer and his almost unbelievable bad track record of producing games.

I can't keep up with the edits. Sorry. I want to make sure I understand you. You DON'T want to be over there and you're TRYING to get banned? You know you aren't FORCED to post there or even browse their threads. You could also just message a MOD and they will delete you. Guess I'm confused by what you're saying. I'm from the U. S. so I know sometimes stuff gets lost in translation. My fault if I missed something.

 

[MScarpa]

You can't say anything that put Xbox or Phil in a bad light, even banal stuff. The mods and xbots are extremely sensitive. Everything is "warring".

What's crazy is that even after the mega purge of PS fans, it's still not enough. They keep attacking you, swift_star and the very few left. They want an echo chamber "wow xbox is amazing" and that's it.

They are very strict there. To each their own, but complaining about them being an "Echo Chamber" while posting here is, I mean come on, that's a little funny.

 

[ethomaz]

He doesn't pretend to be neutral he is just passive aggressive, It's kind of fitting really because that's exactly how Xbox does it.

I really don't understand the moderation there. I knew I was going to get banned anyway so I wasn't walking on eggshells but they banned me for the last thing I could've expected, the reason was that I predicted that at some point there will be games that will run on the Series X and not on the Series S.

There is just something about that place, it always turns to shit no matter what.

You are fine... they didn't know why I was banned.
They used the random you are a console warrior but it has no post with warring in any thread.
My last ban was like two years ago and I did not receive any warning.



They planned to remove me and others but they could not find excuses... so they started to random ban a few regularity.

BTW in the past I have talked a lot with mods and they said that the amount of reports I receive made their work hard and so they sometimes just removed me from the threads... there are two bans that I receive that were released a few hours late because well it has nothing to do with me at all lol I was not even posting in the thread but a early comment made by me generate so much reports that they took action.

But I realize that even if I do "Hello guys" the amount of reports should be the same because Xbox fans there just know how to do that.
It is different from what I believe PS fans do... for example I never reported anybody there and mods knows that.
Another point is that Xbox fans there do Alt accounts all the time without any action from them.. .and they know that... while I never had an alt there (well except one time that I created an alt to talk with Evillore and after I asked mods to delete my alt account).

And I laugh a lot when Xbox fans things I have an alt there
Happened a lot of times in the past when I got a ban people started to say each new member was me

 

[ethomaz]

They are very strict there. To each their own, but complaining about them being an "Echo Chamber" while posting here is, I mean come on, that's a little funny.

Do you think this place is a echo chamber? Explain if it not bother you too much.

 

[Swift_Star]

You missed it. They banned me permanently before my ban date was lifted (probably due to me on here).

They also banned my IP. I was able to get someone from d-pad to send my message to them. It was quickly locked and they removed the entire thread within minutes.

Which means you’re right I guess.

 

[ethomaz]

Anyway does anyone think some of these results might convince Sony to reconsider certain strategic approaches? For example do you think they'll scale back on some of the planned PC ports if they think there's a correlation between those and decreased revenue from 1P software sales on console (where they make a ton more per sold copy)? Do you think they might even scale back on some of the planned live-service content, maybe instead of 10 games by FY 2025 they cut it down to 6 live-service games by FY 2025?

When I think back to PlayStation's FY2020 results and how they were the highest ever for 1P software revenue, there's a lot of big AAA single player story-driven games there as a part of it, but very little in the way of live service games. Maybe investors respond better to hearing the talk on expansion into live-service content and it's not like Sony are actually scaling down on the non live-service AAA games (they plan to increase those as well by a big margin), but maybe they'll push for a better balance of both types in public-facing spaces, and in how they rollout the live-service games in relation to the non live-service 1P titles.

Just a few thoughts.

Sony didn't have a critical title... I mean a massive appeal title to know if the PC strategy needs to be changed or not.
I guess they where just preparing with what they did until now and they real test are Spider-Man and TLOU Part1.

The first is the massive name they needs on PC... Spider-man sell by itself and the game is so good.
And the TLOU TV Show plus TLOU Part 1 on PC will be the second big test.

If these two fail then they will probably made big changes in the PC strategy.

But the chances to fail like GoW or Horizon are way lower imo... and you see that in their financial projections... they are relying on Spiden-Man and TLOU Part 1 in the FY2022 to almost quadruple the revenue with PC ports.