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Sony Q2 FY2020 (July-Sept) Results - PS4: 1.5m (LTD: 113.6m) / PS4 is now the most profitable console in video game history / Profits +61.4% YoY
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ArmGunar with another fantastic Sony Earnings Call thread. Congrats man!
SIE/PS4 is an absolute juggernaut. A lot of "best ever" in the OP ^_^
SIE/PS4 is an absolute juggernaut. A lot of "best ever" in the OP ^_^
Damn, those numbers!! Talk about shifting from PS4 to PS5 with absolute peak momentum. Sony nailing it.
Software, accessories, PS5 stuff etc. As you can see, besides the DualSense controller, everything PS5 related is sold out . Software sales aren't slowing down. PSN is a beast. So yeah, makes sense :D
PS2 didn't have PSN. PSN is a monster ^_^
Or they could use that money on something people actually care about.
Is this like the "I'm just asking questions" of console warring?
That price point timeline comparison of all three consoles is so interesting.
Frankly the only way MS can really grow is to do what they're doing now, expand the reach of Xbox to the PC and streaming onto other devices, they're not going to pry the lead away from Sony in the console space.
Nintendo as always will do their own thing
Don't want to go too off topic, Sony crushed it this gen and are set up to do it again, they're push to digital was really timely, locking people into their ecosystem with BC
UGC in GoT could be really cool. People can create their own "wandering samurai" adventures. I know I would!
What surprised me the most about inFAMOUS 2's UGC was how intuitive and user friendly it was. It wasn't as versatile as LittleBigPlanet at the time, but it still allowed a lot of flexibility for missions. I created a 4 part series where Cole was tracking down a deranged serial killer across New Marais, and yeah, it was a lot of fun. Man, I really want an inFAMOUS 2 Remaster (a complete Remake would be amazing, but I'd be happy with a Remaster).
I feel like Bluepoint's wheelhouse is more 3rd person action/adventure titles, so if they moved on to remaking both inFAMOUS games (or at least the first, then move on to the second should the first do well), I'd be A-Ok with that. lol
Slim version? There's already a PS4 slim, I don't think they can make it even smaller unless they make it digital-only. But the Ps4/Pro is most likely getting another price drop in a year or so.
If nothing else then I would be happy with a sequel.
An idea I had is if they let you create your own character and choose different powers with lots of decisions and freedom. The series has tons of potential.
You won handily, among everyone who tried to predict.
My guess was 70m + and I distinctly remembered most people were going lower on gaf.
Yes, and I think that made them convinced to set PS5 at $400 and $500 price with big subsidy on production cost, due to excellent performance of this first half of the year. They expected the drop of profit to less than 5% in the second half of the year after launching PS5.
I definitely think inFAMOUS should grow to being about more than just a specific protagonist. Go the Dragon Age/Mass Effect route, where you can create your conduit, and while the jist of the story is the same, your powerset can be your "build." If there's a series where RPG like mechanics and a more open narrative slot nicely into it, it's inFAMOUS. But Sucker Punch has their hands full with Ghost of Tsushima, so I don't expect we'll be revisiting inFAMOUS from them anytime soon. I'd be okay with another talented developer continuing the series, though. I seriously think that Bluepoint is a good fit, but have them work their remake magic on the original(s) first.
If Sucker Punch is ever able to expand to two studios, I'd love to see them alternate between Ghost/inFAMOUS/Sly Cooper. I feel like Sly Cooper is a great mid-budget series, that could slot in between Ghost and inFAMOUS titles.
The inFAMOUS series has a ton of potential, thanks to the conceit of it not necessarily being beholden to a specific protagonist. Cole was great. Delsin was great, but the world is full of conduits, so we can follow any number of characters. They kind of proved that with Fetch (who's great too) in First Light, which was also really good.
Yeah I agree.
I don't mind another developer making any of the games as they could pull it off depending on who they pick. Sly had another developer and it was mostly a good attempt. It had a lot of issues with the story and the way it treats Carmelita Fox so I would prefer if the writers oversee the story and other elements. Gameplay wise I had no complaints.
Yep. The market is reacting and they're loving it. Sony is doing fantastic :)
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Yep. The market is reacting and they're loving it. Sony is doing fantastic :)
Sony Corporation (NYSE:SNE) is Gaining Momentum on Earnings Catalyst ā Oracle Dispatch
Sony Corporation (SNE) shares are trading at higher $77.47 and the avg recommendation for the stock is Strong Buy, while the current analyst price target stands at $100.48. To add more color to this target, the companyās high over the last year is $84.14 and the low is $50.94. Over the last 52...Sony raises full-year profit outlook after record second quarter on strong gaming, 'Demon Slayer'
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damn. very nice. See, this is the Travis Scott effect
Yeah. Now imagine how good they would do with a 1st party JRPG and a PS5 patch for Bloodborne ( Ķ”Ā° ĶŹ Ķ”Ā°)
ArmGunar great post.
PlayStation division is doing wonders for Sony, they should and hopefully will continue investing more into their current stable of great developers aswell as looking at bolstering where they're weakest.
Do we see the PS4 dropping in price anytime soon, or will they just let it die at this point so people switch over to the PS5?
PlayStation division is doing wonders for Sony, they should and hopefully will continue investing more into their current stable of great developers aswell as looking at bolstering where they're weakest.
Do we see the PS4 dropping in price anytime soon, or will they just let it die at this point so people switch over to the PS5?
For MS it's different now, it's not about consoles sold but MAU because of GamePass/XBox live. For them they will include PC gamers, phone gamers who stream and who knows where else. If Sony sells 100m console, but MS only 50 + 10s of millions more on other hardware then who "wins"?
Times are a changin'
Agreed. Thieves in Time was definitely enjoyable in the gameplay department (I still need to beat it, actually), but yeah, Carmelita is awesome, and I didn't like how Sanzuru handled her either. I'm still hoping for a new Sly Cooper, with a graphical style more in line with the cartoon cutscenes. I wasn't a huge fan of the tweaks the PS3 title did to the character models, but I've always loved the animated episode segments and title cards. I'd love a full game that looked like a 2D cartoon come to life. Not everything has to be super PIxar style rendered (I love it for Ratchet, and wouldn't mind that approach to a new Jak & Daxter, but I think Sly should lean into its more traditionally animated roots).
Yea thats true, interesting times ahead, whats great is i think each of their strategies can all work at the same time, an everyone thrives.
Don't forget the Google and Amazon Luna factor, it seems unlikely to me some cannibalisation doesn't start happening.
Yeah it's going to be really interesting to see where it goes and yeah I think everyone can do their thing and hopefully benefit.
Wow, I was not predicting it to sell 100 million and yet it has already destroyed that. Assuming Sony doesn't discontinue the PS4 until 2022, it is entirely within its power to sell upwards of 120-125 million.
SOrry Jimbo spent all the JRPG budget to buy that audio setup for Travis Scott commercial
:p
But no seriously I hope they bring at least one big action RPG..I don't even care much about it but for the sake of all the fans asking for it I hope it happens. PS5 patch for Bloodborne has to be an obvious thing to do..surely
When gaming.... a low margin business makes up more revenue and income...well for the super big companies (Apple,MS,Alphbet,Amazon,Facebook) this would make the news and it would literally drag down the market. For the size that Sony is, these are good numbers, the gross margins need to be improved, but these are good numbers for a small-medium company....which it is in market cap, money in the bank, and in every metric anyone with a business background will tell you... and thats ok. When you see just how much it puts in the bank every quarter and you see how much Sony has in the bank, i hope you game fans see why M&A will never be on the level of any of the super big companies.
Same here, but then again, those sales are limited to within Japan region.