Sony hate thread

[whatever I feel like]

They're contractually obligated to make DISNEY money, which is why sony is willing to take a hit and bundle them so aggressively. I'm not saying they aren't normalfag bait, journobait mass market appeal slop, but with the absurd budgets they have and how often they're bundled, they CAN'T make sony a profit, but they're not meant to, at least not directly. Sure, they don't want them to just be a money sink and at least make SOMETHING back, but they exist to be bundled and say "why spend $500 on an xbox one when you can spend $400 on a ps4 pro and get the last of us remastered, whorizon, god of bore, and spiderman all free!" because SIE is  DEEPLY unprofitable without that 30% cut of all microtransactions through psn, which means they need to remain the dominant normalfag AAA storefront.

We've literally seen their finances from the Insomniac leak, those big games make money.

 

[Bog-standard Poster]

Sony fans have taken to the PSblog to air their grievances of the recent price hike. Even the Sonyggers are pissed off.

 

[Markorian]

We've literally seen their finances from the Insomniac leak, those big games make money.

Those were literally the type of slides they prepare for execs that have no clue how things even work at their own company so that they can keep their own jobs, and if you notice when you look closer, they avoid any mention of actual profits. It's all things like "projected profits at X sales", without mentioning those need to be full-price sales and not bundles, or only including development costs and not marketing costs and claiming the game made $50 million profit if you ignore the $100 million spent on marketing, or not accounting for the share of revenue of say, spiderman, that is owed to disney.

 

[Mike Matei's Penis]

Holy fuck that AU price increase. I'd say I'm glad I got mine already but there's nothing to fucking play tbh (that isn't on PC)

 

[Two Dollars]

Wait, they really did another price increase? I thought this was all speculation on how Sony could shoot themselves in the foot, not that they would actually do it

 

[Bog-standard Poster]

Wait, they really did another price increase? I thought this was all speculation on how Sony could shoot themselves in the foot, not that they would actually do it

They're really that retarded. The cope is blaming tariffs...except the price increase is EU, UK and AUS/NZ but not US.

 

[Mister Fister]

GPU demand already is insane enough. We don't need Sony failing therefore pushing more people to PC.

 

[Chapalapachapa]

My bro told me there is no way in hell he pays the psn price increase next year and started to look for parts to upgade his 3600x -5700 combo. sony is fucking retarded

 

[Leaf Wage Slave Jr]

Well shit, I picked a good time to jump to PC.

Sure, I bought a prebuilt, and Leafistani Money means it was even more overpriced, but at least I can now largely ignore Sony’s stupidity, and just indulge in Steam Sales and Piracy.

I’ve said it before, I swear every division of Sony looks at the others being retarded, and just goes “Hold My Beer.” I used to joke that Playstation sales used to prop up Sony Pictures, but what’s propping up Playstation now?

 

[Kier Starmer]

Good job, Sony, you gave Nintendo a free win by letting them get casuals who like things like Elden Ring, etc. The Mario Kart game looks sick and Donkey Kong Elden Ring fuck yeah!

 

[FieldPiece]

Give me a fucking killzone.

Killzone sucked, the only positive I can give it is the aesthetic. Someone needs to License Jin-Roh/Panzer Cop and make a shooter in the same vain as that Robocop game. Imagine mowing down commie faggots in a game with this artstyle. Kino.

 

[Mister Fister]

Killzone sucked, the only positive I can give it is the aesthetic. Someone needs to License Jin-Roh/Panzer Cop and make a shooter in the same vain as that Robocop game. Imagine mowing down commie faggots in a game with this artstyle. Kino.
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The Jin-Roh brigade is seriously badass. I did Nazi that coming.

 

[chincel]

I’m the only one who remembers Infamous, another one Soyn killed along with Killzone

 

[Two Dollars]

This could very well be the start of PC becoming the dominant system in gaming. Sony keeps trying to out-screw themselves with increasingly bad decisions, Xbox has basically given up, and Nintendo exclusives can only go so far with overpriced systems and games. Handheld PCs are becoming more and more common, and Valve has a golden opportunity with Fremont to step in and make a “console” that’s (significantly?) cheaper and more powerful than a Switch 2 with a much bigger library of cheaper games. They just need to make sure it’s easily accessible - both in terms of how you purchase it and how easy it is to use for someone who’s new to PC gaming.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

Give me a fucking killzone.

I'd be satisfied with a collection, especially if it includes Mercenary.

This could very well be the start of PC becoming the dominant system in gaming.

Casuals will still mostly gravitate towards consoles. Valve could capitalize on the price increase Sony is doing and release Steam Deck 2 without restricting it to be sold exclusively through their site, and actually advertise the thing, but I guess they're not going to.

 

[Bog-standard Poster]

Steam launch a 1080p console for £299 win this gen and next.

 

[regalterry]

Killzone sucked

Yes, they were bad games, made all the worse because they never let you play as the Helghast, who not only look cooler, but also have genuine grievances and justification for what they're doing.

 

[Jarch6]

I guess TL;DR, Sony will be fine as long as they remain the default AAA box for normalfags and the fortnite, fifa, roblox, genshit, and cod lootbox/microtransaction dosh keeps covering for rising costs. All of their backup plans however have failed though, and their attempts at finding a backup have only hastened the moment when costs eclipse even the $9 BILLION in what is essentially free money they take off the top of all this monetization each year.

Sony's saving grace for this generation has absolutely been that, as the rest of their attempts at value-adds have failed - so much so that the highest compliment that could be paid to Sony's higher ups this generation was their willingness to can most of said attempts after the concord disaster (although. apparently not Marathon which seems to be shaping up to be a flop in its own right).

 

[Bog-standard Poster]

If marathon flops after Druckman and Hulst cancelled the most popular requested online game; TLoU: Factions, then my sides will fly into orbit.

 

[Adash]

People forget that the Xbone actually had a pretty decent set of games for its launch window with Killer Instinct, D4, and Titanfall.

Titanfall was on 360 (genuine fucking miracle that even happened), and yeah people forget about the Xbone having alright launch titles because everyone was obsessed with the whole used game DRM thing.

If marathon flops

It definitely is. The people that would have picked it up would look past it because it's nothing like the original Marathon games for Mac, and most others would look past it since Bungie has shat the bed with Destiny 2 last i checked.