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What Does Sony Have For The Holidays?
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wanderjahr
Banned
You know the marketing is exclusive, right?
ScatheZombie
Member
Witness and No Man's Sky added.
Tearaway is summer and outside the "Fall/Holiday" window.
No one is concerned about preseason. Get with the program man.
ScatheZombie
Member
Samurai G0SU
Member
Well .. https://twitter.com/aarongreenberg/status/587781284388155392 and https://twitter.com/aarongreenberg/status/587992736176807936 ??
to his quote-
^that is why i say touted and have that impression from the OP. More in line to question the OP's speculation. Just feels like one promotional image shouldn't declare partnership if EA Access was announced already. Now if there was no mention from the xbox team about battlefront then i'd agree with OP's speculation.
Because it was the only place to play Bloodborne.
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Pre-season doesn't count
DistortionOfReality
Member
I do appreciate what you are trying to say here, but in terms of 2015 exclusives? For system-pushing games released around a holiday season? Yes playstation has more, but for the vast majority of people who buy games and consoles, particularly around winter holidays, not a single one on that list can compare with Halo sales, let alone adding Tomb Raider to that.
Maybe they'll do for Persona 5 what they did for Final Fantasy 7.
They made sure everyone knew it was something grand and special that was not so well known in general, and the ads worked in me nagging my dad to buy my 10 year old me ff7.
If they can make the same impact for the persona series as they did on ff,they're good.
They made sure everyone knew it was something grand and special that was not so well known in general, and the ads worked in me nagging my dad to buy my 10 year old me ff7.
If they can make the same impact for the persona series as they did on ff,they're good.
Yeah, but he would have no idea about Sony/EA marketing deals. He's saying you can play it first with EA access. If Sony has a beta as part of the Marketing deal, then he's dead wrong.
What does the future hold for Duff? Lets just say weve got a few ideas up our sleeve. Brewery Tour Guide
Like what? Homer Simpson
Um, Id rather not get into it right now. Brewery Tour Guide
Why not? Homer Simpson
Alright, we dont have any ideas for the future. We got nothing. Happy? Brewery Tour Guide
No. Homer Simpson
Like what? Homer Simpson
Um, Id rather not get into it right now. Brewery Tour Guide
Why not? Homer Simpson
Alright, we dont have any ideas for the future. We got nothing. Happy? Brewery Tour Guide
No. Homer Simpson
Newtype-001
Member
At this point its just extremely tiring.
its all just an endless cycle.
>"Hey sony dont have games for '_____'"
> list of games appear
> "okay but none of those exclusives are mainstream/popular/ will sell 4million+"
> talk devolves into marketing and how ps4 has and can sell without exclusives due to 3rd party titles
> "why are we talking about co marketing and 3rd party titles lol? Hey do you guys know sony dont ha-"
/
Ugh its really tasteless now.
its all just an endless cycle.
>"Hey sony dont have games for '_____'"
> list of games appear
> "okay but none of those exclusives are mainstream/popular/ will sell 4million+"
> talk devolves into marketing and how ps4 has and can sell without exclusives due to 3rd party titles
> "why are we talking about co marketing and 3rd party titles lol? Hey do you guys know sony dont ha-"
/
Ugh its really tasteless now.
It's just another symptom of the bland homogeny of these platforms.
Super_Cobra
Member
So the ps4 had no gamez argument is back? Ok.
Apparently no one is concerned about the distant second place console and people are only concerned about the distant 1st place market leader
If the question people are asking is "What is bigger than the biggest First Party game ever ?" it is pretty stupid. PS4 has no games if you only consider exclusive western AAA games that have stronger popular appeal than the most popular AAA western game - that happen to be on Xbox.
Truth is, Sony simply doesn't have something that can match or exceed Halo. They probably never had and never will. People are saying that Sony doesn't have a single game that can face Halo in the charts. That much is true , but fortunately for Sony, and unfortunately for Microsoft, this is much bigger than a duel of chartz champions !
And if you add up all the PS4 exclusives planned for the rest of the year, I think the console will have a nice and cosy holiday ;-)
DryvBy
Member
Going from the latest NPD figures for the past several months, let Microsoft can use the holiday releases.
Plus, we don't know what's in store.
Natureboy99
Banned
I wouldn't call it unconditional. PS4 launched cheaper than XBO, had no anti-consumer stuff, and many feel they have the best first party stable. Personally Ratchet is one of my favorite franchises and couldn't care less about Uncharted to this holiday is looking sweet to me. Rime, the Witness, and No Mans Sky also look really good are are strong possibilities for 2015.
Ummmmmm I don't even know how to respond to this. If you seriously think Ratchet and Clank will outsell Halo 5 or Rise... I just, wow.
Not that distant in the US though.
Ratchet and Clank s not bigger than Uncharted. Not even close.
Facundo_Lopez
Neo Member
LOL if this is thread turned into a list wars, you might as well consider that sony released two big games already.
Bloodborne
The Order:1886
While Xbox One has ZERO.
So, Xbox users are playing 2014 games while PS4 users are playing one of the best games of the year and a visual showcase.
What you do not understand is that Sony does not need anything on holidays right now. They're outpacing AND outselling the competition without much of an effort.
And anyways, E3 will come, and even more games will appear.
Bloodborne
The Order:1886
While Xbox One has ZERO.
So, Xbox users are playing 2014 games while PS4 users are playing one of the best games of the year and a visual showcase.
What you do not understand is that Sony does not need anything on holidays right now. They're outpacing AND outselling the competition without much of an effort.
And anyways, E3 will come, and even more games will appear.
It's sad because it's true.
Ascenion
Member
I recall a thread a while back with amazon France leaking it I think? I'm at work so I can't go fishing for it, if someone else would be so kind....
Actually on XB1 I'm playing Goat Simulator, We Are Doomed, Neverwinter, Battlefield, Mortal Kombat and soon to be State of Decay. I wouldn't say I'm playing nothing. Yes they don't have any major AAA exclusives, but they do have smaller indie style games that have been a lot of fun. You can't discount all of the indie games on XB1 also if you are going to count them on PS4.
(this isn't directed at you exactly, just everyone who makes "lists" and puts all the indie games for PS4 but ignore all of the XB1 indie games)
Did you see the asterisk?
If the metric is total number of sales for all games part of the franchise, then yes it is.
This is true. :l
Who cares about preseason?
Did you see the asterisk?
If the metric is total number of sales for all games part of the franchise, then yes it is.
Whoops I didn't! My fault
I know I'm gonna end up in an avatar bet sooner or later over whether Persona 5 is or is not releasing this year, because everyone keeps listing it and I've seen like nothing that points to it actually happening in the west this year. If there is something I'm missing I would love to see it so I can get excited and prepared for it as well.
Are you talking about what Verendus said? It's usually a joke rofl. You should know PS4 got gaaaaame
I went from late last year telling myself my PS4 was gonna be an exclusive machine, to this year putting a 2TB HDD in my PS4 (I've filled up 1.1 TB so far). Damn you Sony and your sales!
jackissocool
Member
I'm confident Ratchet and Clank is gonna kill it this year as long it's a great game.
ScatheZombie
Member
Probably because of EA Access...not sure.
You're talking from Microsoft's point of view or as an Xbone owner? Because either way, its bad.
From the company's point of view it is bad because losing ground only to gain some in the holiday season by drastically taking a hit financially and devaluing your brand by undercutting your competition in price is not sustainable and is not a healthy way to doing business.
And from the consumer's point of view it sucks because they get to play the AAA exclusive games only 2 months out of the whole year.
Either way you slice it is a lose lose situation for both party.
So last holiday:
Sony had it's lead cut from ~1000K to ~500K over November/December (US numbers obviously).
This was achieved by its main competitor retailing at anything up to an effective $175 value discount (price cut + store vouchers), whereas Sony didn't drop unit price, they bundled software.
March NPD has - according to a creamy sweet gentleman - seen PS4 outsell the combined total of WiiU and Xbone. The gap at February was up to ~680K, so it could now be up to anything between 700-800K.
In Q1CY, and without a price drop.
TL
Yup, no having any pre-E3 announced big exclusives and possible co-marketing/lead platform deal with one of the biggest IPs around is going to lead to a bumpy rest of the year for Sony.
Everyone loves to ignore this fact.
Dragonborn
Member
It's never left man. Some people will continue saying it all Gen long.
Mendax
Member
everyone also loves to ignore the fact that in today's globalized market not a single multinational corporation will actually care about "winning" only a small segment of said market for 1 month in a year.
what are we even doing.
small44
Member
The threas is about sales so yes indies don't count and it's true PS4 don't have big exclusives in Holiday.
People over-estimate exclusive effect on sales,no exclusive game boosted a console as Destiny,Sony can do a price cut and a big 3rd party deal to counter Halo 5 and even if XB1 win the holiday Ps4 will still have the lead
People over-estimate exclusive effect on sales,no exclusive game boosted a console as Destiny,Sony can do a price cut and a big 3rd party deal to counter Halo 5 and even if XB1 win the holiday Ps4 will still have the lead
"_______ are cooler than Light Sabers." is never a correct statement.
Lionel Richie
Member
Yes, that'd make me extremely happy. This and the probable new Sly game (there's also a movie coming out) are two projects I really hope do well.