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What Does Sony Have For The Holidays?
- Thread starter EatMyFace
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It was Kagari who mentioned it. Kagari is a pretty damn trustworthy source.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
Why do people keep echoing this $299 idea?
Pure speculation, or has anyone hinted such a steep price drop? I think the most you're gonna see is a $349 base unit this holiday.
Pure speculation, or has anyone hinted such a steep price drop? I think the most you're gonna see is a $349 base unit this holiday.
They don't really need to drop the price either way so I'm not sure where this assumption comes from, it can happen, but it's not like it's a shoe-in.
I honestly think they are more interested in maximizing profits than "beating" MS.
Confrontation
Member
Socom HD/Socom Confrontation 2. Believe.
If the metric is total number of sales for all games part of the franchise, then yes it is.
How is that in any way a useful metric?
Samurai G0SU
Member
Then this whole thread is a waste since PS4 will have some great indies for the holidays, I am sure.
Also, fight lists with lists!
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
From a business perspective, and based on what we know so far and how last Christmas' marketing played out: MS seems to have another strong holiday plan, much stronger than Sony's, IMO. This will mark the third Christmas for PS4, and I will at a loss for words if they decide to settle for the same plan they had last year. It was pretty lackluster, tbh.
Does anyone feel they're sitting too comfortably these days? They're obviously not as hungry as the second place holder.
Does anyone feel they're sitting too comfortably these days? They're obviously not as hungry as the second place holder.
NintenDOMG
Member
Dragon Quest Heroes is enough for me to get excited!
Not at all, given that the PS4 has been considerably more competitive than the XB1 since its release.
Chobel
Member
No. They are releasing titles when they are ready, which is great because that means they are not just top heavy during the crazy holiday months. Spreads the love out.
And Kagari.
autoduelist
Member
It's a multinational corporation. Of course they're more interested in maximizing profits. They only care about beating MS in so much as not doing potentially eats into their profits.
Chobel
Member
No, not really. She said she heard rumors.
Well fine. We should know soon enough.
We don't know either of their holiday plans.
Louis Cyphre
Banned
Sorry could you link me to kagari's post
FalsettoVibe
Member
I can't see a. $100 official price drop. Maybe $50 but not $100. It'll get below $299 with all the holiday deals though.
I've been looking for both Kagari's post and John Harker's but I cannot find the actual links. It was around February or January.
x24hrs2livex
Banned
Why do people keep saying TR is coming to PS4? I know MS f'd up the wording and all that but Phil Spencer compared the deal to the Ryse and Dead Rising deals. Both games releases on PC and not PS4.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Yeah that trailer confirmed it. Harker was right again. /shocked
Sony is going to push this as hard as Destiny.
Because it is.
PS4:
Arkham
MGS5
Battlefront
XBO:
Witcher 3
Tomb Raider
The Division
Pretty good lists.
Spill the beans.
Sangetsu-II
Member
Sony wins Marketing hands down!
Microsoft...all that money and you pick the less meaningful IP.
SolidSnakex
Member
I could see them doing NFS 2015 if GT7 isn't going to be ready.
Dragonborn
Member
We should really make a "What does MS have for the first 9 months of the year" thread
That's one of the things blowing my mind. How is MS letting so many huge gets slip.
That's one of the things blowing my mind. How is MS letting so many huge gets slip.
Duxxy3
Member
Games wise... probably little to nothing for AAA exclusives.
The PS4 will probably lose November and December again (in the states). Microsoft is ruthless in those last two months and they have a great lineup.
But Sony won't care. It won't be enough to close the gap and they'll be making a huge profit once again. Unless they drop to $299 and then forget everything I just said.
The PS4 will probably lose November and December again (in the states). Microsoft is ruthless in those last two months and they have a great lineup.
But Sony won't care. It won't be enough to close the gap and they'll be making a huge profit once again. Unless they drop to $299 and then forget everything I just said.
x24hrs2livex
Banned
Where has it been said that it is? Or is this just a pipe dream? Isnt MS co-publishing?
BlackBuzzard
Banned
NFS? I said "big"
Arkham, MGS and Witcher 3 are all coming out before the holiday season. But yeah, good stuff.
I wonder how this sort of selection works. Like they say "Star Wars Battlefront is coming, submit your bids." And MS and Sony fall over each other to get the exclusive marketing.
SnowFlakeCake
Member
I don't think NFS would make too big a difference, anyway Harker was once again right! Sony don't need fuck all from their first party this year, they will ride the advertising train for Battlefront hard. Probably bundles and the lot as well, on Sonys side a price drop could happen.
MS is doing a bang up job at acquiring the marketing rights to the games that are very US centric though (besides Witcher 3).
Plus you do not know if these companies are just going with Sony because they have a 2:1 ratio WW, so that marketing will get the game into more hands.
I wouldn't doubt Kagari on this...haha
Duxxy3
Member
NFS? I said "big"
Probably the second biggest racing franchise behind Gran Turismo.
IAmRandom31
Banned
Sony gets Batman, Metal Gear, and Star Wars marketing rights in the same year.
Dayum
Dayum
Microsoft basically paid so that it comes later on PS4.
ScatheZombie
Member
Or, far more likely, Driveclub: Motorstorm.
It will come to PC. It will come to PS4. The only question is "When?".
Considering W3 is out next month and TR is exclusive anyways, that's not very competitive.
Unfortunately it's an area I hate that there's even competition in :/