Sony gave MS an opportunity on a silver platter, and MS couldn't take advantage.
Opportunity to do what? Conference ratings don't translate into sales or momentum. In the end it all about price, content and your friends.
Sony gave MS an opportunity on a silver platter, and MS couldn't take advantage.
Yep. They should do it properly. Make a show of it and get people talking.
I found this interesting - apparently Sony deliberately held back additional footage of exclusives from E3 2017, I'm not sure I follow the logic with that. I still think the conference was a bit too short, an additional 10 to 15 minutes would have helped immensely.
http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2017/06/sony_we_held_ps4_exclusives_back_from_e3_2017
I get that and presumably that's the reason for holding content back, I just agree with it. E3 is the most important show of the year and I think the show could have benefited with additional exclusive reveals to further highlight the core identity of the PlayStation brand.Because they have other conference before end of the year like TGS and PSX.
we have what 5 months till launch. I don't think its fair to expect all the games to be playable on the xbox at e3. I am hoping that MS does their own show either at the end of summer or early fall and have more stuff running on their demos.
Quoted from the MS E3 show thread to avoid derailing it to much with Sony discussion.
When Sony launched/revealed PS4P last year, MS countered with the reveal of Scorpio, wonder what Sony will try to counter XBX when it launches in November.
Price drop is probably the "easiest", but maybe not very useful. IMO the people buying a console day 1, have already made up their mind and price has already been accepted.
Maybe they will try with a barrage of game reveals and showing that PS is the platform to be on if you want to play multiplats and exclusives? Then again it looks like they are pushing into the casual segment now with the release of the Playlink titles. Could it be that they focus less on the "hardcore" segment this far into the generation and the masterplan is to widen the customer base?
I doubt casual gamers pay attention to E3 either. They pay attention to whatever their favourite gaming/news website or blogger or YouTuber is saying, who cover all the shows.
I doubt they've even heard of E3!I was thinking even more casual, parents buying for their younger kids, people getting it as another entertainment device, but not core enough to splunk down on more than 1-2 games per year etc.
I doubt they've even heard of E3!
I agree on that, but what I was trying to get across.
1. Core gamers that care about their systems etc, how to keep them on PS and not defect to XBX aka "the best" console. Personally I like the exclusives that PS has historically provided more than the MS ones.
2. None core gamers, lets call the super casuals, how do you get them to buy in. A PS4P or a XBX is probably to outside their budget in regards to a video game console, but why PS4 instead of an XBS.
Assuming that the consoles either are break even or do make some profit, who do you want to buy your console? I would assume the core, since they have a higher attachment rate, but how many casual gamers is a core gamer worth?
This might be video games industry marketing 101, but I still find it interesting to ponder/discuss
What reveals ? They hav big games coming out for the next 4 years or so announced. I would expect sony to start winding down first party titles if they are launching a ps5 in 2019/20 but who knows at this point.Quoted from the MS E3 show thread to avoid derailing it to much with Sony discussion.
When Sony launched/revealed PS4P last year, MS countered with the reveal of Scorpio, wonder what Sony will try to counter XBX when it launches in November.
Price drop is probably the "easiest", but maybe not very useful. IMO the people buying a console day 1, have already made up their mind and price has already been accepted.
Maybe they will try with a barrage of game reveals and showing that PS is the platform to be on if you want to play multiplats and exclusives? Then again it looks like they are pushing into the casual segment now with the release of the Playlink titles. Could it be that they focus less on the "hardcore" segment this far into the generation and the masterplan is to widen the customer base?
That's the question, do they have something up their sleeves to try and counteract the xbx or are they just doing their own thing.What reveals ? They hav big games coming out for the next 4 years or so announced. I would expect sony to start winding down first party titles if they are launching a ps5 in 2019/20 but who knows at this point.
what else would they have ? There wont be a 2018 ps4 upgrade or even a 2019 I think. Its way to close to the 2016 ps4 pro. Sony could try and get fans onto a every other year upgrade patch but I think they will loose the market if they try to force an every 2-3 year upgrade. Maybe 3 years.... Looks like MS is going to try for a 4 year cycle. So 2013-17 then 17-21 . That can be a good run there. I think sony will jump in 2020 with a new one.That's the question, do they have something up their sleeves to try and counteract the xbx or are they just doing their own thing.
Would games like dreams etc sway a potential buyer from xbx to ps4p for instance? Do they have something else or just going with Checkerboard will make us competitive. Or maybe the they feel the segment xbx targets is not worth fighting hard for at this time
What reveals ? They hav big games coming out for the next 4 years or so announced. I would expect sony to start winding down first party titles if they are launching a ps5 in 2019/20 but who knows at this point.