In 1995, Sony (NYSE: SNE ) gave birth to a brand that became one of the strongest and most resilient around the world - PlayStation.
TSA writes: While the PlayStation 5 has been the runaway winner of the generation, running laps around Xbox for the last few years, it's been a pretty bumpy ride.
I disagree... Sony may make a bad decision now and then, but to say "keep making" implies they are doing it all the time. That is MS who does that. And to be honest, Sony gives every idea a chance, no matter how good or bad the end result turns out. The "bad decisions" are more associated with the teams who come up with them than Sony who just lets them do their thing.
The writer's take on PSVR -- totally true. But it's not just PSVR; for whatever reason all the VR companies just don't invest and support the platform like they should. Even the mighty Oculus Quest 2 + 3 have oddly feeble software support. I see mostly the same games and apps on the store now as I did 3 years ago. PSVR is another one of Sony's "abandonware" examples (along with Vita, PS TV, etc. etc.) that are just head scratchers. Like why even develop and release a piece of hardware if you're not going to support it? I don't know.
But the writer isn't correct about the Portal. That one has been a success I think. It works pretty well, and lots of people love it. Now notably, that one doesn't require much ongoing support from Sony -- it has one purpose and it does it fine enough -- so maybe that has helped.
They've definitely fumbled hard in the live service space (buying Bungie, the utter failure of Concord, spending years on Factions 2 just to cancel it), Even Helldivers 2, which was a hit at launch, has lost most of its user-base due to weak post-launch support.
Other than that though, they've been doing well.
Spoiled and arrogant. PSVR failures should have resulted in a house cleaning. The Discord Sony team should be fire...lots of talent on the market.
Sony CFO says that the company lacks the creation of enough original IPs, but this statement spans more than just Sony's gaming division.
The thing is they do have a lot IP wise but most of them aren't be used
Legend of Dragoon? Syphon Filter? Resistance? Dark Cloud? Ape Escape? Heavenly Sword? The Getaway? LocoRoco?
You have the IPs, you just don't try to use them
How long have we been wanting Bloodborne 2 or even a remaster?
It just still irks me that they have something like Astrobot for YEARS now and they've really done JACK with it. They could have had a Fall Guys game with the Astrobots before Fall Guys were a thing. They have something great and they're just sitting on it like idiots, that is until the recent Astrobot game and even then... they ignored any VR compatibility...like, what are they thinking? Do the people in charge just hate money or something? That must be it if they sat there and thought Concord was going to do gangbusters. Still no Bloodborne 2, not a damn thing from Naughty Dog or Insomniac other than Spider-man. This entire generation has been a bust.
i honestly dont give a fuck about their ips and which they use, just give us more games that aren't 3rd person action games and stop thinking that if you wan't to revive an IP, you need it to be the biggest blockbuster game ever with budgets in the hundreds of millions.
Sony has a blue billion IP's that have been in friggin "cryosleep" for years! I'd rather see them revisit some of those before adding new ones...
Killzone
Resistance
Socom
Syphon Filter
Dark Cloud
Bloodborne
Motorstorm
Mod Nation Racers
Wipeout
Warhawk
Legend of Dragoon
Jack And Daxter
Sly Cooper
Infamous
Twisted Metal
Patapon
Fat Princess
Puppeteer
Jumping Flash
And I'm sure there are more that I'm forgetting!
A new Sony patent wants to bring movable grips to controllers to keep the vibration quality consistent regardless of how you hold them.
"Keep the vibration quality consistent regardless of how you hold it."
I'm on board. 👍😁
As do others I know, so Sony succeeded w/ me and my immediate surrounding crowd.
The only wrong step from Sony was the PSPGo. Other than that, the Playstation brand has always surpassed any quality standard.
Selling a console for 600$ coming in second place speaks volumes of brand strength.
Building reliable machines a great solid product. A great solid line of titles. Adding Blu-Ray to a machine was a great gamble that paid off. Sony has done great fixing their past mistakes with the PS3 launch now its a solid platform. I still do not have a Vita can't comment on that I thought the PSP was great I still play mine. I thought the PSP go was differant its not my cup of tea. The PSN is great still has some little issues hopefully Sony will fix those issues with the PS4. As far as the PS4 is concerned I already have my name down for one so my EB games will let me know when it enters in their computer I am there. Sony and the Playstation brand can only get stronger from here. Especially since now you can get games from the PSN store from a Sony Xperia cell phone. And Sony's customer service through there 1-800 number is some of the best service I had they are very freindly and very helpful I am happy with the Playstation brand. Only thing I can really say is Sony needs to advertise titles and the PS3, the Vita and its titles a little more.
PS is primarily a console gaming brand. Until Gakai is fully utilize i don't see how Sony can maximize it further outside of console space.
In Console space. Sony has done most of what it can in maximizing the PS brand.
Sony has
* Legitimize Gaming as a serious form of entertainment
* Fist company to sell 100 million consoles
* Fist company to sell 100 million consoles back to back and are on their way to a 3 peat.
I am not sure what more Sony can do.