Psvr 2 would only fall into Q4 22 correct? All of the other quarters are still up.
Sony PlayStation cross-platform game strategy
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Psvr 2 would only fall into Q4 22 correct? All of the other quarters are still up.
Other quarter are up but not more than two time up.
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Fair point, some of the other quarters were not similar, nor marginal increases. By my point on the guesswork of what drove the increases remains.
Hopefully Sony will introduce greater transparency on the smaller parts of their business that currently get consolidated into Other. That ought to happen when they reach sufficient growth.
The challenge with Other is it includes PC gamers, controllers, charging stations, Pulse Headsets, and everything that isn't PlayStation console hardware or software.
I know gaming journalism is at a low point, but it would have been nice if PC Gamer reached out to Sony to ask how PlayStation games were selling on PC! <insert facepalm emoji>
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Interesting article about GAAS strategy of Sony and Firewalk and confirmation of a day one release on PC and PS5.
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Rift Apart will be a interesting title to see on PC with various storage options.
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プレイステーション5(以下、PS5)の普及が加速する中、つぎなる戦略は？ ソニー・インタラクティブエンタテインメント代表取締役社長兼CEOジム・ライアン氏に展望を訊いた。
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Interview of Jim Ryan.
They will continue to release PC games
But they will stagger PC release and priority to Ps5
Which fans? Conventional wisdom says you want concurrent releases to maximise marketing investment - an older game is a bit 'stale' even if not played. Is that not really a concern? PC sales aren't bad, but they also lag PS sales per title despite a larger potential audience - is that a result of releasing later, or just different interests from PC gamers?
He never asked to PC fans. This is Jim Ryan the guy who told Sony don't want cross play to protect the children. This is because Playstation is the main platform of Sony and they don't want hardcore gamers to quit it for PC. PC is additional revenue and this is why it is in column other in Sony earning report.
Sony main revenue and profit comes from third party games sales, DLC and microtransaction on PSN. PSN and Playstation console or cloud will always be the priority for Sony.
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PS consumers apparently. Sony needs to keep as many PS owners as possible in the PS ecosystem. The services and royalties are the big revenue sources.
So Sony makes sure that there are more reasons to buy a PS5 rather than another unit of a software they specifically made regardless of platfom. PS5 exclusives ensure this. A PS5 owner will bring revenue to Sony by buying the next Gran Turismo and the next Fifa. A PC owner will just bring revenue from just Gran Turismo.
If PC release had any impact on Playstation consoles sales, Sony would have stop the PC release. This is just how it works, console or Cloud in the future, the PS ecosystem is king.
Apparently the business model of releasing PS5 exclusives later on PC rather than day one, doesnt have any effect.
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Quite obvious strategy tough read with amusement here posts expecting most game day 1 on pc【VIPインタビュー】SIEジム・ライアン氏が日本への想いや、PS5のさらなる飛躍に向けた戦略を語る | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com
プレイステーション5(以下、PS5)の普及が加速する中、つぎなる戦略は？ ソニー・インタラクティブエンタテインメント代表取締役社長兼CEOジム・ライアン氏に展望を訊いた。
Interview of Jim Ryan.
They will continue to release PC games
But they will stagger PC release and priority to Ps5
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Of course, it makes sense. Give PC tech time to catch up to PS5 capabilities
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Conventional wisdom also means that for people who own both a PS5 and gaming PC, they may well double-dip and if you give such owners day and date options, that might opt to buy on PC digitally from Valve or Epic depriving Sony of the retailer cut they would otherwise have gotten from a PSN sale. And the piracy situation remains vastly worse on PC.
Silent_Buddha
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However, there's also a downside to that if the person that owns a PS5 and a gaming PC only ever buys the occasional PS5 exclusive because that's the only reason they own a PS5. That means that PS5 isn't contributing a lot to Sony's bottom line since it's not generating revenue from 3rd party game sales. Granted this is far more impactful when the console is supply limited than when it is not, so going forwards it should have minimal impact. However, when the "next" generation arrives, Sony will be reducing their revenue a fair amount by not having their titles release day and date.
On the plus side however, it means they basically have more development time for the PC version and thus the PC versions of their games will always run better than if they were released day and date ... oh wait. Uh, at least in theory that should be the case.
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