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Re: Here's How Much Better Metal Gear Solid 4 Looks on PS5

For-Kier

@SMJ That's because when people remember fond things they take a small clip and preserve that in their mind and then convince themselves an entire experience or point in time was amazing when in reality you've just blocked out all the bad that surrounded the brief amount of good.

Re: US PS5 Sales Down Almost 20% Year-Over-Year, Rounds Out Tough Month for Industry

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I guess these are just articles for the chuds at this point because it doesn't take much to find that while hardware sales might be down, PS revenue hit a record high this year. So what does it matter if Sony sells less PS units if they still rake in cash doing so? I feel like people think Sony are going to look at declining hardware sales, and then just ignore increasing overall profitability, and then go hey our bad, let's drop the price again and also add back the disc drive, lol. You all still aren't winning this war.

Re: This Wolverine PS5 Trailer Is Going to Sell a Lot of Copies This Holiday

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@PercyChuggs that doesn’t account for inflation. In 2018 a ticket price was on average $9. Now it’s $11. So they are trending upwards with raw dollars, but doing so selling far fewer tickets. So that is why you can still see emptier theaters. If you actually break it down, the movie theater industry is doing better than the last few years, but it’s hardly a true return to form, at least for now.

Re: Sony Also Taking Pelters for Locking Crunchyroll's Store Behind a Subscription

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@ShadowRJ Sony takes 30% of all sales from the digital store front (includes MTXs even). They would never lock that behind a paywall because they would lose millions of players who spend money on free to play games, and tons of impulse buying, all from non-subs. It sounds nice for a doom and gloom post, but it's wildly unrealistic it would ever actually happen. The amount of money non-subs are probably already spending on the store front outweigh a monthly sub.

Re: Look Away Now, Sony: Demand for Mortal Shell 2 in Physical Form Sees PS5 Boxed Copies Sell Out

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This is ignoring the fact that retailer sites are notorious for not having very good anti-bot protection and I imagine a ton of these were bought up by resellers and those sites will be flooded with copies selling for twice as much when this launches. While it's true there is still a very small market for physical disc owners, this reeks of scalpers more than actual players.

Re: Halo's Physical PS5 Disc Won't Play without a Download

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@Rich33 threats about withholding purchases that only have physical are weaker given over 80% of purchases are already digital. If you think in 2028 that 20% of holdouts are just going to quit gaming or go fully PC, you're on one. If anyone here was going to go full PC, they would have already done it, because there is honestly no reason to console game if you're comfortable with a PC. In short, the holding out is a veiled threat that no one will stick with.

Re: 'We're Excited to Support the Dev of Memorable Experiences': Ex-Xbox Dev Looking for Work

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You can't say you produce "acclaimed original IP" as your studio is being kicked out the door because you can't sell any copies. Sure, if you think journalists get to determine what games get to be considered "acclaimed", but in the real world where it actually matters, you have to earn that by more than just minor internet praise. It just sounds goofy to say we are an acclaimed studio but we also might not be able to even keep the lights on. They might very well be better suited to just be a support studio too.

Re: 'Sony Knows a $1,000 PS6 Won't Sell as Much': Analyst on Manufacturer's Plan to Maximise Revenue

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@Old-Red Yeah, but the figure still shows 80% of people will buy digital media, lol. It doesn't matter if people WOULD have bought it had they both been released at the same time. If they can see +80% in digital sales, that's all that's needed to show they don't have to release a physical disc and still make sales. Understanding that doesn't make you a shill. It just means you understand what's actually happening.