At this point both could just run campaign "Come to store on release day and find out the price!" and people would roll with it, thirst is real for new HW.
-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
-
We have made minor adjustments to how the search bar works on ResetEra. You can read about the changes here.
Will Sony drop some major news this week to counter the Microsoft conference?
- Thread starter Ivanovic
- Start date
At this point both could just run campaign "Come to store on release day and find out the price!" and people would roll with it, thirst is real for new HW.
If the government passes out one more stimulus check as they negotiate for more coronavirus relief this week, I think we will all have to be super vigilant on twitter and resetera and reddit to look for preorders. Things are going to be sold out like crazy. You haven't been able to buy a Nintendo switch since March. Imagine how hard it'll be to find the PlayStation 5 at launch
No, nobody wants to compete for the coverage. They'd rather do it in 2 weeks when news dies down.
Pretty much. These are companies that operate like businesses, not to the whims and attitudes like console warriors. Sony nor Microsoft need to react or counter anything.
I live in Finland.
If this gen transition is anything like previous one then US gets basically 90% of available HW, rest is split between other market areas and then Nordic countries get basically one unit per. PS4 availability was joke for looong time here and I expect same from this release no matter what.
Why people keep acting like Sony is the underdog here and has to scrap and claw for attention.
They have people eating out of the palms of their hands with the slow drip on their own timetable.
They have people eating out of the palms of their hands with the slow drip on their own timetable.
they will probably to the same microsoft did around the ps5 game reveal event - push a lot of money into marketing. i never had that many xbox ads in my twitter feed
I haven't even thought about non-American countries. I just look at how the switch, a 2017 console (it's old now) is sold out everywhere for FOUR months and still sold out. It's going to be wild.
makes me wonder if the hardware shortages will make Microsoft's cross gen game strategy worth it in theend because most gamers won't even have the ability to get a series x
I'd hardly call that news. Plus, I'll never forget that they used that to make paid online fly under the radar haha
Sony doesn't need to counter anything MS announces this week. They got people making threads on gaming forums about whether or not series x game designs will be flawed.
I hope not. These next gen announcements have been good and without pettiness. Each has given the other space.
I hope Sony doesn't change that and opens preorders for the PS5 Monday the 27th.
I hope Sony doesn't change that and opens preorders for the PS5 Monday the 27th.
That would be pretty dumb. Everyone that follows gaming knows this is THE Xbox show to watch. A random UI show off or controller show off or whatever small thing will only make it so PS themselves gets less coverage. An announcement of their August show would also not accomplish much. It's an announcement so people are gonna be like "Oh, ok cool I'll watch it in August" and keep their eyes on the Xbox show.
The only thing that could even potentially "counter" MS's conference is if they were to do their big August show on the same day as the Xbox show (and at that point they'd have to announce it like...... today) which probably just ends up being detrimental to both companies as both companies gets fewer clicks and nobody's happy.
I guess something that'd actually get eyes off MS show without hurting themselves would be opening preorders. But that'd be just a shitty move to do.
The only thing that could even potentially "counter" MS's conference is if they were to do their big August show on the same day as the Xbox show (and at that point they'd have to announce it like...... today) which probably just ends up being detrimental to both companies as both companies gets fewer clicks and nobody's happy.
I guess something that'd actually get eyes off MS show without hurting themselves would be opening preorders. But that'd be just a shitty move to do.
Well judging by their media metrics they can definitely create traction even with very trivial news but I don't think they will either way.
They should drop a new games showcase the day before (surprise announcement a few hours before and open pre orders an hour after MS's conference just so I can watch ERA burning down.
Yeah but there's a big difference between stream head to heads when it comes to THE Xbox show of the year and a theoretical stream of the PS5 UI. Every big streamer's gonna be on the Xbox event for that because they want to see what games there will be. It'd be detrimental to Sony.
Would love this lol
Post a bunch of cool colours and you got the response.
I remember reading one of your earlier posts.
I don't think Sony have anything to worry about /s
but i am sure big jim is thankful for your thread though. Clearer by the post what type of conversation you're hoping for here .
Probably not? I don't think either of these companies operate like console warriors or have tit for tat mindset. They'll share things on their own schedule, when they're ready.
OP
OP
What? In that thread the op listed some announcements that he thinks will be earth shattering and I simply said theyre not what i would call earth shattering. Majority of people in that thread agreed so I guess they're all rabid fanboys too.
So if you dont think Xbox has Anything earth shattering why would Sony need to respond?
Doubt it. These big events are the biggest marketing that some 3rd party games will get before they release. Don't think Sony will draw attention away from it.
OP
OP
User Banned (3 Days): Antagonizing another user
Are you slow? I said those announcements the op listed he thought were earth shattering are not what I call earth shattering Not the actual Microsoft event since nobody knows what is going to be announced.
There's a rumor for a Direct tomorrow that has been hinted by a few insiders.
I don't think they need to. They can comfortably have more games in August and announce price/preorders then.
Yup. Billion dollar companies don't get there by making knee jerk reactions. They will respond if necessary but it won't be some petty rush to respond. Sony doesn't need to anyways, they both have an August event planned that will be the big battle ground since that's where price/pre-order/launch titles will probably be revealed. This is just Microsoft's version of Sony's June show.
No because they had their event still scheduled. But there was an attempt by some of the Xbox execs to try and "drum up" some response to their fanbase. (see Greenberg et all)