Sony has done a huge disservice to themselves. ( If )they have a weaker console they should have revealed the specs before MS and show next gen games.
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would be clutch if we could pre order right after the conference. that would be hype as wellNo, it will be a Sega Saturn situation. Just imagine the hype
Yep.
We know some basic things. That's about it. Their messaging is awful right now. And they know it, too. Them still not saying anything says a lot. If they still aren't "ready" yet, in the middle of March 2020, then they clearly have some issues. And as you can see, the competition doesn't have any issues at all showing their stuff. And it's impressive stuff.
That would be giving dreams a marketing budget it doesn't "deserve" tho 😊
COVID-19 has fucked everyone's plans. Shit is unpredictable now.
Especially if the economy gets worse & everyone, worldwide, is rightly more reserve for the holidays, buying only emergency supplies or saving for worst case scenarios. Feels like we're at the point where it's a safer bet that Sony rides out the silence, boosting only TLOU Part II & Ghost of Tsushima then depending on how the COVID-19 situation goes in the summer, they may not even do a huge PS5 Reveal at all til 2021. Gotta consider how it affecting their devs too.
Especially if the economy gets worse & everyone, worldwide, is rightly more reserve for the holidays, buying only emergency supplies or saving for worst case scenarios. Feels like we're at the point where it's a safer bet that Sony rides out the silence, boosting only TLOU Part II & Ghost of Tsushima then depending on how the COVID-19 situation goes in the summer, they may not even do a huge PS5 Reveal at all til 2021. Gotta consider how it affecting their devs too.
MS is showing basic things as well. Suspend resume and load times are something we knew back in the original wired article
I know people will think I'm crazy but I'm still not expecting a huge PS5 info blowout (specs, feature reveals and game reveals) until late June at the earliest. We know for a fact that Microsoft should be doing their game reveals around when E3 was supposed to be (unless they're completely rescheduling), if Sony goes just a few weeks before that they risk being blown out of the water by a strong Microsoft presentation just a few weeks later, meaning they'd lose control of the conversation and would need to have a 2nd presentation relatively shortly after the first one to take control back.
I think Sony is fine with Microsoft completely dominating the conversation right now because the months right before launch are way more important.
I think Sony is fine with Microsoft completely dominating the conversation right now because the months right before launch are way more important.
People are also forgetting 2013, when they had a PS Meeting in February and E3 before The Last of Us came out. They're not waiting for GoT and TLoU2 to come out to drop news, that's illogical. I don't really know what they're doing anymore and the fact that Microsoft is being so upfront about everything so consistently just looks understandably bad to a lot of fans (who are the ones that you need to get onboard first and foremost), even if in the end, people will absolutely pay attention when PS5 is fully announced and revealed.
Like a Dreams State of Play actually more expensive than inviting Jumanji The Next Level actors to play Dreams... 😏
Their 'creativity' with SoPs & the marketing for their own non-AAA first-party games deservedly laughable.
Awful because you want the the information now? Yeah the series X is impressive. I'm sure the PS5 will be as well. I don't see why Sony has to release more information now? They started dropping information 11 months ago. If I were them, I'd also wait until May/June for a full information blowout. Why copy what the others are doing?
You mean they might have done a disservice to themselves since the console being weaker is still an "if". One area I'm sure Sony is confident is in the SSD. I'm also holding onto the fact MS marketing only claims to be the best xbox ever as a sign even they know it's a tight race.
I'm surprised XBOX is showcasing their new hardware with Halo, Gears, and Forza. The specs and internals are fantastic for us. I was really intrigued but how it all comes together.
But I doubt it'll gain broader traction. I doubt that combined those vids hit a million views in a day because again, the only conversation that matters, is games. And I'm not sure how Ray tracing minecraft gets that broader interest. Also I'm seeing zero traction on social media.
But I doubt it'll gain broader traction. I doubt that combined those vids hit a million views in a day because again, the only conversation that matters, is games. And I'm not sure how Ray tracing minecraft gets that broader interest. Also I'm seeing zero traction on social media.
The idea of dropping news right now is odd. Friday feels like a month ago Covid-19 is all anyone is talking about online or otherwise.
We have a full spec sheet since today. And we knew XSX had 12TF RDNA2, etc. for weeks already.
Remember the last time a console manufacturer revealed their console specs earlier and the other one was silent (for a certain reason) and waited a few months? It was in 2013 and we all saw happened this gen.
It's doing good and is trending (#1) in germany right now.But I doubt it'll gain broader traction. I doubt that combined those vids hit a million views in a day because again, the only conversation that matters, is games. And I'm not sure how Ray tracing minecraft gets that broader interest. Also I'm seeing zero traction on social media.
Sony isn't MS and MS isn't Sony. One releasing info shouldn't prompt the other to in response.
series x looks great and I'm sure PS5 will be as well. They straight up said they'll release info when ready
series x looks great and I'm sure PS5 will be as well. They straight up said they'll release info when ready
Was Crash and Spyro IPs for sale?
Doubt Activision was trying to sell those IPs. Especially after the huge sucess of the Skylanders.
People always bring this theory up and yet Sony still continue to prove them wrong.
"They wont reveal Spider-Man news till God of War is out"
"They wont reveal TLoU2 news till DS is out"
"They wont reveal GoT news till TLoU2 is out"
Those are just the major ones that were continually bounded about off the top of my head. It's like people think Sony is such a singularly limited company that they can only handle announcing and focusing on one thing at a time. Anything more than that and they'd flop from the overload or something.
These products are so massively popular that they're able to succeed even without being the single point of focus. Honestly how many people are less hyped/focused on TLoU2 since GoT had it's release date announced? Do people seriously think either game is going to suffer commercially because they didn't have 6 months of exclusively attention dedicated to just them alone? It's irrational. If companies operated like this the output would be dreadful.
GDC was supposed to start today, I'm guessing MS was always going to reveal specs today and simply haven't altered course.
That being said, PS5's reveal is just impossible to speculate about at this point. Sony's timeline for sure doesn't depend on what MS is doing and COVID-19 is changing the world as we speak. Saying Sony hasn't revealed their specs because they are for sure weaker than Series X is a leap in logic too far but obviously one I expect to see on a message board.
Yeah, it's clear Sexies X is most powerful. It's was not a big deal, until Sony decides to not have exclusives anymore.
Does it really matter? The PlayStation 5 will outsell the new Xbox anyway, regardless of whatever both companies come up with. Sony can sit back and relax, release TloU2 and Ghost, put a new PlayStation in the stores and not worry all that much.
The PlayStation brand is strong.
The PlayStation brand is strong.
And it's always the same 4 people.Some of the theories going around here.
But why should we care about that at all. What's that got to do with anything anybody said. Nobody here works there
Even that seems to be too complicated for Sony these days. Kinda hilarious. This game will launch in a few months.
Well..... let's wait and see.
I don't think anyone here is concerned how much it will sell (at least I'm not), we just bored for the lack of news lol
No, but it makes you understand why Sony is so relaxed about it all.
This isn't how marketing works...at all. The second your marketing plan revolves solely around your competitors is the moment your marketing team has lost the plot.
Sony is clearly marching to the beat of their own drum and marketing-wise, its the right move.
+1
I actually quite liked the gameplay we got in 2018 but I'd like to see more moment to moment stuff. Maybe some stealth actually, seeing as that's like half the game.
I see the usual hyperbole, nonsense, and doom & gloom has started early today thanks to the Series X news. 🍿
I posted that not realizing MS had posted anything today just figured it was the usual want for Sony to say something PS5 related. Can understand why MS would put this out if they had already planned to. Though if they had posted it a week ago it probably would have gotten twice the visibility, not to say they should have seen this coming but it's just a weird time in the world for news right now.
Pretty much this.
Also people yet again forget that we are in gaming forum and consoles aren't coming in next 7 months. People here are just thirsty for information, but most gamers are in no hurry with next generation and Sony knows that too.
You can pretty easily spot console warriors in times like this.
My first thought seeing the Series X news was "Man, the Playstation thread is going to be unbearable today." 😢
The beat of their own drum is awful. Simple as that. The PS5 marketing right now doesn't exist. They know their specs fo months already and they had no issues to mention the PS5 in April 2019. And now it's all about silence. Again, this speaks volumes.
Would think that people would know that but for some reason people think Sony has to respond to what MS doing .
I can understand if the release dates were soon but we months away with a virus messing thing up.
Like you would know anything about marketing ;)
Seriously, some people with this "omg sony, say something" are so fucking annoying.
Except in 2013 their wasnt a pandemic occurring. For all we know Sony planned to reveal already but are waiting for the world to stabilize a bit. The virus is on everyone's minds and Sony might want to wait that out a bit more before sharing.
Crash was long dead and they even took him off their site until Sony intervened. Spyro was another story but by 2017 skylanders was already fading. That said they didn't tease Spyro at all, only Crash.
It does exist and from my point of view, their marketing team has been doing an excellent job. It's a marathon, not a sprint, and with so much news coming out from all over the world right now, it's better to say exactly what you want to say when you want to say it, rather than panic and start launching missiles that scatter all over the place.
The only reason their silence "speaks volumes" is because you want it to. Stop doomsaying and be patient. It'll be worth it.
How you check it?I'm surprised XBOX is showcasing their new hardware with Halo, Gears, and Forza. The specs and internals are fantastic for us. I was really intrigued but how it all comes together.
But I doubt it'll gain broader traction. I doubt that combined those vids hit a million views in a day because again, the only conversation that matters, is games. And I'm not sure how Ray tracing minecraft gets that broader interest. Also I'm seeing zero traction on social media.
It speaks that there plan has change and most likely dude to the virus .
Or did people forget Sony was the first company to start to pull there events and some people were making fun of them .
Either way they still have time .
So following their on path is awful what the hell is going on here.
what do you want them to say? there's so much uncertainty right now. i bet behind the scenes, they're wondering if things are going to normalize sooner rather than later, and release the ps5 this year or not. if they don't even know that, then why would they announce a PSM or say much else about the ps5? face it, you're only upset cause xbox are mouthing off and you want sony to do the same. meanwhile, the ps4 is going to have plenty of games to play from now until june. chill
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