GT:Is under-shipping consoles a legitimate strategy? Michael Pachter responds.
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Fallout 4 is now available on next-gen consoles, offering 60fps gameplay and 4K resolution. But it's bad news if you claimed the game on PS Plus.
Probably won't happen for PS+ since Sony makes a clear distinction between a PS4 game and a PS5 game, unlike PC and Xbox where it is not a specific device game (It's now always an Xbox game).
So to make the PS5 game of fallout 4 available. Bethesda would need to renegotiate the complete deal with Sony.
hence why there's often only the PS4 version of the game available on PS+.
Let's hope Bethesda and Sony can arrive to term quickly.
From Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, Sand Land is a fun adaptation of the manga and anime in videogame form. For all of its simplicity and repetition, it's a beautiful interpretation of the source material.
Can't watch vid because I'm at work and using phone but, imo, holding supply only works if the consumer doesn't have a second option. There will be a lot of people who might go looking for one console but go home with another thanks to stock issues.
With the consoles releasing so close I'd say it'd be a mistake to hold anything back.
Terrible idea at a consoles launch, you end up loosing lots of sales to resellers on ebay an such. All that extra money those ebay buyers spend on getting the console could have been spent on buying more games and accessories too so they'd be losing out in that aspect as well.
Proper advertising, glorifying the must-have features, having a quality product that owners praise are all better ways to raise demand.
LMAO @ the 3D thing at the end. When he said noby cares I was thinking to myself, "What about all those millions of 3DS owners that might expect the new mario to actually be in 3D?". It really would be confusing. Why even call it 3D? Nintendo really screwed up on that one.
Patcher..........blah blah blah blah blah.
Why do we even entertain anything this man says?
Nothing he has "analysed" has ever come to frutition.
Awesome explanation for why the whole idea of creating a supply shortage on purpose is bunk. Well said Pach!
Calling the woman from Game of Thrones a Mutt. really. sexist jerk