You're wrong because Sony does not benefit from meeting the 24% where they are as much as they benefit from pulling more of them into the portion that includes a console.
Sony say inclusion of their first party onto PS+ has had a big (negative) effect on traditional sales
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So let's see: Sony wants to grow beyond their console and decide to start making PC ports of old games to reach new players and generate more revenue and profit.
There are three groups of PC players:
- A 24% of the gaming population who play on PC and not in console
- A 4% of the gaming population who plays on PC+console but not in mobile. Sony already reaches part of it because PS has almost half of the console market share
- A 15% of the gaming population who plays in pc+console+mobile
As it's the case of countries from regions like (non-Japan) Asia and LATAM where due to different circumstances they couldn't access to consoles properly or are too overpriced, but they have decent enough gaming PCs to run AAA games. Regions Sony said want to approach, mainly via PC and mobile but also with their console.
It's easier to grow in a bigger group you didn't cover than in a smaller group you partly already covered. I don't see why I'm supposed to be wrong.
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He didn't miss the point, just doubling down, hence a waste of time. Btw it's worse than that figure by multiple multitudes, much worse, and getting even worse with each passing year. If anything what you can infer from that is very little, and ergo dismissive of the threat. Used to be that platform holder leadership of old understood it very well. and you didn't need no market research, just a well trained business mind, market research only helps you tailor strategies after all....... but then we got the new crop of careerist at SIE taking command hence the strategy pivot. A foolish one at that, and I guess foolish sugar coats the potential danger, - business killing foolishness - if left unchecked and not stopped.
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Shame they sacrificed Horizon for that test. They won't be doing that again.
Yeah but at least thy tried and now know what we've all known (Sony it will destroy your sales!)
At least they learn a lesson. Shit is pretty obvious
On the back of console sales and subscription services. Bold strategy let's see howbit pans out
Console sales and subscrition services are in all time highs. In case of console unit sales instead of revenue, launch aligned PS5 is only less than 3M under their best performance ever. They also have record game sales and active userbase.
Their console business is growing, not shrinking.
STOP COPYING XBOX.
Simple. Just cause they do something, doesn't mean you have to.
Simple. Just cause they do something, doesn't mean you have to.
As obvious as porting games harming maximization of games & consoles sales on PS consoles (I know many people waiting for Ragnarok & SM2 PC port & avoiding/resisting buying PS5) they’d still followed Xbox disastrous & failed strategy of bringing more profit & expanding. They’re safe ways of expanding, increasing profits & gaining market share on other platforms without devaluing or putting PS console at harm. Nintendo know this by it’s singleplayer games being permanent exclusive to consoles bending knees of all gamers to buy a Nintendo consoles to play they’re games while live service release across Nintendo Switch & Mobile. & producing small budget games w a fast release cadence
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I think they are smart testing all waters like Thyve done pushing VR, evolution of PSplus, advancing controllers, etc... They just need to learn what works and doesn't and clearly tht wasn't going to work for them. Had tht shit added like tens of thousands subscriptions the convo right now would have been very different, I'm sure.
Some things don’t require testing…if you see someone jump off a building and break their legs, does that mean you should try it too to see if your legs might break? So dumb…. I wonder why Nintendo isn’t doing these “tests”…oh because unlike Sony, they’re smart enough to learn from other people’s mistakes. 
They definitely never would.Some things don’t require testing…if you see someone jump off a building and break their legs, does that mean you should try it too to see if your legs might break? So dumb…. I wonder why Nintendo isn’t doing these “tests”…oh because unlike Sony, they’re smart enough to learn from other people’s mistakes.
Just bringing this back up! And this is why Microsoft is going third party 
It's also something really hard to reverse. Ever since Sony put Horizon Forbidden West so quickly into PS+ I feel like any of their games could show up on PS+ any day now. It's a lot like PC port, once you open the door it's really hard to close.Just bringing this back up! And this is why Microsoft is going third party
Should I buy a PSVR2 to play GT7? Or will it just be ported to PC where I would be able to play it in VR with my Quest 2? That's like $500 I could save.