If that's the case, there is no reason not to announce a price drop at the event.
£450 for a four year old console is a piss take.
£450 for a four year old console is a piss take.
Sony says the PS5 is its "most profitable generation to date."
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Maybe people just assume you are going broke and that the console market is dead when you stop anouncing games and start focusing everything on PC.
Correct! They had a deal for Azure but it seems like it may have not materialised.
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You can ignore the reality and facts they explained in this presentation very clearly, as the others they kept sharing every quarter and year, but:before people like Yurinka and Mibu say that Sony is doing a great job, that's not the case
As they said it's the most profitable generation for them -so far this gen generated the same profit than all the previous generations combined- and the one where they also make way more revenue. Plus also the one where they have been growing in basically all KPIs and areas going beyond their records.
Sony's profit would have been higher in recent years, but they decided to reinvest a lot of the money they made on growing the manpower of their studios and acquire more teams. And there's also the issue of the inflation/covid increasing the component costs of hardware (plus even if they don't mention it, shipments). So it would be bigger than it seems.
And well, each one on their own way, PS2, PS3, PSP, and Vita had their own type of BC. And live service games have been there in console since the PS3 generation but in the PS4 became more important: in fact they are the main reason of why there's a record number of active users still engaged on PS4 that still haven't upgraded to PS5.
Live services have been a huge and key part of gaming since many years ago, specially in mobile and also (in fact they started there) on PC. To say they shouldn't count as excuse trying to downplay the generation PS5 success with a cherrypicking is nonsensical, it would be that since first party games are the main or one of the main reasons of Switch success shouldn't be counted or that Switch's success should be downplayed.
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Rich, coming from him. Used to write astroturfing articles against PS all the time.
Some things that can be seen from this slide:
Btw, today they may announce Astro Bot and Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.
- Seems no GaaS from Asobi (last August they trademarked an "Astro Bot" game logo, like the Rescue Mission but without subtitles)
- , Insomniac, SSM, SPPP, ND, Firesprite, Housemarque confirmed
- Notice Bluepoint is listed as support studio, they aren't working on their own game (they're in a support role in their current project as did in GoW)
- "Evolving / Multi-genre" means Guerrilla is working both in SP focused game (Horizon 3) and GaaS (Horizon Online) or games like GT7 or Little Big Planet, with have both meaty single player content and MP GaaS.
- That last point pretty much confirms that Bend's new IP despite being an open World like Days Gone will feature MP/GaaS elements. Maybe like Ghost of Tsushima (big focus on SP, secondary MP) but adding periodical post launch content
- It also confirms why Sony didn't include GT as SP focus or MP GaaS focus: because has both
Obviously not, they have have a gazillion more specially unannounced and obviously couldn't list them all there. They did choose these games and proportion to highlight that they have been increasing their investment on GaaS and PC versus before, where they were focused on console only.
Btw, today they may announce Astro Bot and Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.
The server hardware of the PS cloud are modified PS3, PS4 and PS5 hardware that MS can't build. And their cloud gaming uses Sony patented cloud techniques and stuff.
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Sony employees were not amused when the CEO went behind everyone's backs and attempted to cut this deal with Microsoft. There was pushback internally.Correct! They had a deal for Azure but it seems like it may have not materialised.
Sony Interactive Entertainment GDC22 Case Study
Using the opportunity of a generational jump from PlayStation 4 to PlayStation 5, Sony Interactive Entertainment reimagined its online multiplayer ecosystem to meet game developer and player needs at a global scale. In this session, Sony Interactive Entertainment shares how it reinvented its...
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Companies to collaborate on new cloud-based solutions for gaming experiences and AI solutions TOKYO and REDMOND, Wash. — May 16, 2019 — Sony Corporation (Sony) and Microsoft Corp. (Microsoft) announced on Thursday that the two companies will partner on new innovations to enhance customer...
Crunchyroll is the only at Sony that ended up using Azure.
