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WingsOfGood
01/19/22 10:20:14 AM
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Free online gaming.
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s0nicfan
01/19/22 10:22:01 AM
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Sony still has a strong exclusive lineup. They'll announce a new GoW and Bloodborne 2 and everyone will forget that the third party market is looking worse and worse for Sony. Even then, though, Nintendo has coasted on their IPs for decades without much multiplatform support, so it's not like it isn't possible.

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Veggeta_MAX
01/19/22 10:24:51 AM
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Japan
Die hard fanboys

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KyoryuCyan
01/19/22 10:26:06 AM
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Games, Games and more games

MS just dropped $70 Bil on a company, but let me know when they can produce something as good as Horizon 2 instead of shooting themselves in the foot

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WingsOfGood
01/19/22 10:26:25 AM
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True backwards compatibility.
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Holy_Cloud105
01/19/22 10:26:40 AM
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Veggeta_MAX posted...
Japan
Die hard fanboys
Sony doesn't care about Japan anymore. They lost Japan to Nintendo and the west to MS/PC.

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Tyranthraxus
01/19/22 10:26:48 AM
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Just put hentai games on Playstation.

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lucariopikmin
01/19/22 10:26:56 AM
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Buy Microsoft.

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Solar_Crimson
01/19/22 10:27:09 AM
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Buying Capcom, Konami, and Square-Enix.

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WingsOfGood
01/19/22 10:28:08 AM
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lucariopikmin posted...
Buy Microsoft.


Solar_Crimson posted...
Buying Capcom, Konami, and Square-Enix.

Dumb answers.
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NeoShadowhen
01/19/22 10:37:06 AM
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I really dont think this will result in much of a loss in market share. Perhaps some in North America and Europe, but not to any significant degree in Asia.

Besides, if you look at the sales of the Call of Duty series, most people who play those games were playing them on Xbox anyway.

I just dont think its going to have as much of an impact as people think, even if they do disregard the Asian market, which I dont think theyll do.

I also dont think that Microsoft is particularly interested in making consoles. For years, theyve been slowly pushing in the direction of having there be a single household device to handle all the entertainment, and clearly they would prefer that everything be streamed as a service as opposed to having devices that can actually run games that people can hold in their hand.

Even if they do decide to keep their games off of Sony devices, theyll still be available on PC.

Will the PlayStation eventually poof out of existence? Of course. But probably not until consoles in general become obsolete.
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Tyranthraxus
01/19/22 10:42:58 AM
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NeoShadowhen posted...
Besides, if you look at the sales of the Call of Duty series, most people who play those games were playing them on Xbox anyway.

If you look at the sales the best selling title on Playstation every year is call of duty

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ViewtifulJoe
01/19/22 10:45:04 AM
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A heavier focus on presentation and graphics over gameplay.
Sony exclusive microtransactions for multi-platform games.
Triple A Interactive experiences about popular streamers.
A big button on the controller that makes a voice say "Bruh!"
Advertisements on loading screens and during cinematic openings.
The Last Of Us: Sticker Star.
New IPs based on Harambe, Dat Boi, Fidget Spinners and more.
Start categorizing genres in a language the contemporary self-labelled gamer can understand and will gravitate toward: Epic, Weeb, Cringe, Edgy, Lit, On Fleek, No Chill, Poggers, Omegalul and all that.
Sony exclusive NFTs.
A few months after a game has been out, patch the cutscenes to contain streamers' facecams and reactions so the player will enjoy the illusion of company.
Make a new sport game with the current year on the end.
Divide FF7 Remake into more fragments and sell them all over a longer period of time.
Whenever they can't follow through on a promise just say that promise got 360 quickscoped by the mtn dewritos illuminati, then disappear into a sea of laughter and applause.
Make players pay to add each other as friends, the more friends they add the more emotes they unlock.
Make Pachinko machines.

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Touch
01/19/22 10:45:28 AM
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lucariopikmin posted...
Buy Microsoft.


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SauI_Goodman
01/19/22 10:46:47 AM
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Sony literally outsold xbox 4 times over last gen lol. I think theyll be fine.

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lilORANG
01/19/22 10:48:38 AM
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Continue to make dope exclusives instead of the crap Activision is known for. It's not a big deal

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Questionmarktarius
01/19/22 10:50:18 AM
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s0nicfan posted...
Sony still has a strong exclusive lineup.
If by that you mean "has exclusives", then sure.

According to wikipedia, it's not a whole hell of a lot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:PlayStation_5-only_games
Six. Six exclusive games.
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voldothegr8
01/19/22 11:00:09 AM
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s0nicfan posted...
Nintendo has coasted on their IPs for decades without much multiplatform support, so it's not like it isn't possible.

Nintendo has Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon

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MrDrMan
01/19/22 11:03:27 AM
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Ive always been Team Sony but I think Microsoft is gonna destroy them going forward. Game Pass is just too good to pass up with games being $70 new.

You can either buy Sonys exclusives for $300-$400 or you could have a second console. I love Sony but thats a no brainer.

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WingsOfGood
01/19/22 11:05:50 AM
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MrDrMan posted...
Ive always been Team Sony but I think Microsoft is gonna destroy them going forward. Game Pass is just too good to pass up with games being $70 new.

You can either buy Sonys exclusives for $300-$400 or you could have a second console. I love Sony but thats a no brainer.

Will CoD go into gamepass or will they want you to buy it.
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MrDrMan
01/19/22 11:07:03 AM
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WingsOfGood posted...
Will CoD go into gamepass or will they want you to buy it.

I think it will. People on here can act like its not a big deal but millions of people buy COD every year.

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Tyranthraxus
01/19/22 11:07:06 AM
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WingsOfGood posted...
Will CoD go into gamepass or will they want you to buy it.
All Microsoft first party titles are gamepass.

It's not clear what will be happening with WoW, Hearthstone, or HotS yet.

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DarthWendy
01/19/22 11:09:37 AM
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D S
E O
M U
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N S

S 2

It is as simple as that.

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Funkydog
01/19/22 11:13:55 AM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
It's not clear what will be happening with WoW, Hearthstone, or HotS yet.
I assume WoW will be like ESO - you get the base game but still have to pay for the subscription. And obviously only on PC game pass.

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ViewtifulGrave
01/19/22 11:14:56 AM
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voldothegr8 posted...
Nintendo has Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon
Smash, Mario kart, Animal Crossing, and Metroid

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NeoShadowhen
01/19/22 11:16:44 AM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
If you look at the sales the best selling title on Playstation every year is call of duty

Do you have a source on that?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PlayStation_4_video_games

Those games didnt even break a million copies during the PS4 era.

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MrDrMan
01/19/22 11:20:52 AM
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NeoShadowhen posted...
Do you have a source on that?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PlayStation_4_video_games

Those games didnt even break a million copies during the PS4 era.

Those are lifetime sales. Hes saying over the course of one individual year. I saw it on Twitter as well. Seems believable enough.

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Teh_Dr_Phil
01/19/22 11:22:52 AM
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lucariopikmin posted...
Buy Microsoft.
Disney doesnt even have the cash needed to buy Microsoft lol

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itachi15243
01/19/22 11:24:29 AM
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I wouldn't be surprised if they either bought fromsoft or made deals with a lot of well know companies for exclusive.

If sony could get Capcom or Konami exclusives along with from software ones, it'd probably help.

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s0nicfan
01/19/22 11:25:05 AM
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Funkydog posted...
I assume WoW will be like ESO - you get the base game but still have to pay for the subscription. And obviously only on PC game pass.

The big risk in all this is game companies will start pursuing F2P monetization models under the assumption that people are just going to get in on gamepass anyway. MMOs already have a subscription so they're somewhat immune to this problem, but I expect some companies to push out grindier games with a bigger emphasis on DLC, cash shops, and battle passes because their main source of revenue will be in-game purchases over box copy sales.

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Tyranthraxus
01/19/22 11:27:53 AM
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NeoShadowhen posted...
Do you have a source on that?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PlayStation_4_video_games

Those games didnt even break a million copies during the PS4 era.

There's no way that list is accurate. Black Ops 3 alone sold 48% on playstation vs 43% on Xbox.

https://www.ubergizmo.com/2015/11/91-percent-sales-black-ops-3-console/

Black ops 3 sold 26 million copies total.

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WingsOfGood
01/19/22 11:29:43 AM
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s0nicfan posted...
The big risk in all this is game companies will start pursuing F2P monetization models under the assumption that people are just going to get in on gamepass anyway. MMOs already have a subscription so they're somewhat immune to this problem, but I expect some companies to push out grindier games with a bigger emphasis on DLC, cash shops, and battle passes because their main source of revenue will be in-game purchases over box copy sales.

Oh no

You are right. Gamepass is just gonna usher in microtransactions in single players games and advertising....
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lucariopikmin
01/19/22 11:34:59 AM
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NeoShadowhen posted...


Do you have a source on that?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PlayStation_4_video_games

Those games didnt even break a million copies during the PS4 era.


That list even says it's not complete and you're trusting it?
Cod2017 had 12m players on ps4 and 8m on xbox1.

Teh_Dr_Phil posted...

Disney doesnt even have the cash needed to buy Microsoft lol

Sony isn't Disney, smh. They just need to offer tree fiddy.

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VigorouslySwish
01/19/22 11:46:30 AM
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Buy Rockstar

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VigorouslySwish
01/19/22 11:47:19 AM
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lucariopikmin posted...
Buy Microsoft.



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Solar_Crimson
01/19/22 11:48:42 AM
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ViewtifulGrave posted...
voldothegr8 posted...
Nintendo has Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon

Smash, Mario kart, Animal Crossing, and Metroid
Splatoon, Kirby, Donkey Kong, and Fire Emblem as well.

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ViewtifulGrave
01/19/22 2:13:06 PM
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Thats because Xbox doesnt any icons outside of Master Chief.

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Balnazarr
01/19/22 2:16:52 PM
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They'll be fine. MS isn't competing with them per se. They're focused on Amazon and Apple. They don't care about Nintendo or Sony. They see the big picture and are setting themselves to dominate the future. The last thing they want is Apple or Amazon taking control of the streaming sub wars. You don't spend $70bil for something so trivial as a console war. You spend it to ensure the company as a whole survives and thrives the future.
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SSJPurple
01/19/22 2:32:10 PM
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They should find a way to acquire Capcom

All future Capcom games becoming PS only would absolutely keep people buying PlayStations.

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