Emergency #SonySet Meeting - ALL HANDS ON DECK!

[SNG]

Thats why i think sony need to acquire capcom or square enix, if they are gonna lose or be neck and neck with microsoft in North America again they need to expand their reach in japan again.

I also dont think nintendo will keep its momentum going into next gen so sony still has an opportunity once the production shortage gets sorted out to reclaim their market share there

Nintendo is an enigma on it's own. It's the only platform that does what it does and has no competition in Japan. They will reclaim but not enough to how it was like previous gens. Since console gaming as a whole is dead down there. Only way Japanese games make money is selling worldwide or multiplatform. That's why them releasing on PC is a good way to lock in more exclusives since it's a wildcard in software sales.

 

[Flackaveli]

At the end of the day it's all about the type of games you like to play.


I personally don't give a fukk about COD, Halo, Overwatch, Fallout, Elder Scrolls etc.

 

[SNG]

At the end of the day it's all about the type of games you like to play.


I personally don't give a fukk about COD, Halo, Overwatch, Fallout, Elder Scrolls etc.

Damn those are heavy hitters.

 

[Marci-Senpai]

I said this once and I’ll say this again…Sony’s problem is the fact that they are lacking in the multiplayer department…they still have heavy hitters otherwise

 

[The Fukin Prophecy]

Thats why i think sony need to acquire capcom or square enix, if they are gonna lose or be neck and neck with microsoft in North America again they need to expand their reach in japan again.

I also dont think nintendo will keep its momentum going into next gen so sony still has an opportunity once the production shortage gets sorted out to reclaim their market share there

That would be big enough to compete with Activision because Blizzard is not console relevant, but when Spencer drops that Take-Two atom bomb, that's end game...

GTA is the prize billion dollar cash cow of the industry, if Spencer was willing to overpay 20 billy for Activison, you can safely bet he's going all in for Take-Two...

Everyone has a price and MS has the wallet...

All this spending will be worth it when GamePass becomes the Netflix of the gaming industry effectively removing MS from hardware production which has always been a loss...Spencer wants the gaming model to revolve around software, services and peripherals...That's why one of the first things he did was embrace PC...To him PC is Switzerland, a neutral platform he can sell software, peripherals and services to gamers on without having to deal with hardware costs...

The dude is brilliant IMO, its why I been bearish on MS...

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

That would be big enough to compete with Activision because Blizzard is not console relevant, but when Spencer drops that Take-Two atom bomb, that's end game...

GTA is the prize billion dollar cash cow of the industry, if Spencer was willing to overpay 20 billy for Activison, you can safely bet he's going all in for Take-Two...

Everyone has a price and MS has the wallet...

All this spending will be worth it when GamePass becomes the Netflix of the gaming industry....

Well at this point i don’t think its about going blow for blow, we’ve seen its just not in sonys best interest to even try that. But they gotta give people enough reason not to mass migrate off their system. It should be like disney +/HBO max vs netflix. You gotta give people a reason to own both or subscribe to two services.

Realistically, GTA, CoD, 2k are big casual fair, but if sony can lock down something like a Destiny, Monster Hunter, Fortnite, on top of their already big franchises and licensed games? Thats enough to where you can’t really ignore either.

I think sony has to pray one of these multiplayer games their working on hit and manage to have longevity because they don’t need to do CoD numbers they just need to be staples of the platform.

If sony gets a big cut off CoD, and CoD does 25m at least each iteration, sony just need a multiplayer game that can do 12-15 over multiple years, where they claim 100% of the profit.

If CoD doesn’t come to PS they are cutting their fanbase in half, even if they do get some people that go over.

 

[ColdSlither]

While Sony spends shytloads on timed exclusives and in cases like final fantasy, MGS4 and many others they’ll keep paying for that. They was created this way. Capcom made the ps2 hot, didn’t they recently but insomniac after they was making Xbox titles just a Gen ago?

You love to forget all that while y’al crying over todays news

Then you don’t belong here sir

Can you play wolverine on PlayStation right now? So you’re naming titles from 2025 meaning you got a 3yr wait at minimum and that’s you talking up new games. Xbox has twice as many new ips in development and they are closer to launch than most of Sony. Xbox let it be known a long time ago they wasn’t playing around. Starfield 11-11-22 buddy
And while I could go thru all the names of games we know are near like Hellblade 2. I’ll just let your ignorance on this subject resonate in this thread

Not slim at all, or there would never be rumors about them buying capcom, Konami, Sega. Companies from all over the world are bought and sold every year. The “difficulties” in buying from Japan is overblown and isn’t a barrier like you think

Can you play Starfield or Fallout 5 yet? And I'm glad you have Hellblade 2. I'm also willing to wait for quality. But my point still stands. Sony has enough IP to handle themselves, and didn't have to take a bunch pre-existing IP off the field to compete. Fanboy all you want, that is what they are doing. They're not fighting a console war my ass.

So like I said, slim. Especially now with them limiting foreign ownership of select sectors. Tech is one of them.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Just read this on era and it makes sense:

Was just watching CNBC. They said Microsoft made this acquisition now to get out in front of other Big Tech companies. They said Amazon, Netflix, Google, Facebook, etc, are all going to be competing in the future to make purchases for some of the last remaining major publishers to build out their own "metaverses".

CDPR, Roblox, EA, and Take Two were all mentioned as being potential acquisitions.

Sony is in serious jeopardy of getting locked out of far more IPs than those from Acvitision if they don't move. Their position in the future of gaming is on the line.

This is what people aren’t factoring in. It’s not just Microsoft vs Sony, this metaverse shyt is gonna take over soon

 

[The Fukin Prophecy]

Well at this point i don’t think its about going blow for blow, we’ve seen its just not in sonys best interest to even try that. But they gotta give people enough reason not to mass migrate off their system. It should be like disney +/HBO max vs netflix. You gotta give people a reason to own both or subscribe to two services.

Realistically, GTA, CoD, 2k are big casual fair, but if sony can lock down something like a Destiny, Monster Hunter, Fortnite, on top of their already big franchises and licensed games? Thats enough to where you can’t really ignore either.

I think sony has to pray one of these multiplayer games their working on hit and manage to have longevity because they don’t need to do CoD numbers they just need to be staples of the platform.

If sony gets a big cut off CoD, and CoD does 25m at least each iteration, sony just need a multiplayer game that can do 12-15 over multiple years, where they claim 100% of the profit.

GTAV on PS3 and XBOX 360 alone outsold Destiny and Monster Hunter on all platforms they're available on combined...

That is all that matters, GTA is the undisputed cash cow king of the industry...

Fortnite is free to play and EPIC is satisfied with their position in the industry plus they have a big relationship with MS...SONY ain't getting Fortnite...

I wouldn't worry about CoD or even GTA for that matter if MS does acquire T2...Spencer is of a new school of thought, he is not going to cut off millions of potential software sells on PS...His priority is to make GP the Netflix of gaming, he will offer you a reason to play these games on GP whether that be exclusive DLC or timed exclusive...At the end of the day, whether you buy the game on PS or GP, that software purchase goes in MS pockets...

 

[levitate]

Thus metaverse shyt is the next NFT.

 

[breakfuss]

Sony has enough IP to handle themselves, and didn't have to take a bunch pre-existing IP off the field to compete. So like I said, slim. Especially now with them limiting foreign ownership of select sectors. Tech is one of them.

To the first part, something @Crowd Surf Off A Cliff pointed out to me earlier is how this disrupts Sony's revenue share. And of course they use that revenue to help fund development of their first party stuff, so this isn't happening in a vacuum. If each CoD annually brought in ~$200 million to Sony... . Of course they can divert funds to make up for the loss but it's not as simple as them just trucking along. I agree with your last point though because even the U.S. has stopped Chinese takeovers, specifically in tech. Obviously semiconductors and video games aren't 1:1 but Japan is even more weirdly protectionist. I don't see MS running up in there and having pick of the litter lol.

 

[Champion]

 

[humminbird]

TakeTwo is worth 17B. Sony needs to cop that shyt immediately and make GTA come out every 2-3 years instead of once a decade.

sometimes it's not a money problem
I think GTA 6 has a creative problem

 

[The Fukin Prophecy]

Thus metaverse shyt is the next NFT.

Nah NFT is a borderline money laundering scam...
nikkas slapping $1000 on and telling you its worth that cuz they own it on the blockchain which has just 4 of them...

Metaverse on the other hand is legit, VR was never a fad, it is the future of gaming, porn, life, etc...

 

[humminbird]

FB is probably buying take two next year