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Sony is definitely making a reasonable profit on each ps5 sold in my opinion. Sony could easily drop prices or keep them where they were buy Sony needs to make as much off the ps5 as possible for some reason. The other problem is that with the price hikes few gamers are going to rush to upgrade and they will just stick with what they have if it's the ps4 or the base ps5. Anyone who bought the ps5 pro is unlikely to upgrade even when the ps6 actually launches unless they have money to burn. Perhaps I'm wrong but this is my opinion.

Much of the problem is that SE shifted toward the online FF games with FF 11 then with FF 14. The online games should have been separate games not connected to the main line games. My opinion is most of the original games appeal to nostalgia rather than they are these amazing games in their own right. The pixel remasters were released on the NES and SNES. FF 7-9 were originally released for the ps1 and FF 10 and 12 were ps2 titles. I personally am more interested in the Dragon Quest game along with the Tales of Series over the Final Fantasy games after 13.

I know several friends who have a Playstation and only use it to play a small handful of games. Some gamers will get a ps5 only to play the newest COD game.

My opinion is that the preview game videos look sharp but the demo was very underwhelming. You can't target an enemy with starting the hack sequence. My impression is that it's a hard core shooter with various story elements, not the type of game I am personally interested in.

Money talks. I believe the problem is that the digital games have poor visibly on psn and with other games not meeting expectations they decided not to create PlayStation versions of the games when Switch and Xbox versions are more profitable.

My opinion is that the problem with the ps5 is that it's huge and not very appealing. The Switch is completely portable and the Xbox Series S is quite small. I think the problem is atheistic over anything else is Japan.

I seriously doubt Lego Horizon was a big seller period. They might as well go for a Xbox version, just for fun. It not like they are going to be making money off it otherwise.

To me it sounds like they are rushing out the game rather then waiting until it's completely polished.

It's likely to go head to head with Fable and the Wolverine game guaranteed to get a M rating.

Sony seems to be focusing heavily on cutting costs even if it's hurting their game output. MS has released more games recently for the Playstation than Sony has. I suspect much of the frustration is because it shows that Sony has zero interest in porting classic titles to modern consoles. It might mean that no more classic games with be added to the premium tier of ps+.

Sony keeps offering sports titles at the end of the season just before the next title is announced.

Most mobile phone games are outright terrible. Every free mobile game is loaded with micro transactions which are often needed to progress through the game. Then most full paid games are simply ports of console games that are cheap on the consoles. There use to be a time when they made full decent games just for mobile phones but now that just doesn't happen.

Sony's strategy for the ps5 games has just been terrible. Sony has a huge library of classics titles and franchises and they have only remastered or remade a handful of them since they are somehow guaranteed massive profits. Sony could make lots of new games for the ps5 but Sony doesn't want to spend the money making the games. My opinion is that Neil Duckman keeps pushing bad decisions which are hurting the Playstation brand.

The problem is Sony wants to get the components for the ps6 cheap and that is likely proving to be difficult to secure. Sony also needs to offer something new with the ps6 rather than a slightly better PlayStation.

Sony is at the top with the ps5 but has little room to grow and expand the install base of the ps5 with the ps5 consoles selling for what they are. Yes Sony will keep selling ps5 consoles but it will slow down and fewer and fewer people will be buying a new ps5 console.

Sony has no immediate plans to release a console and it's rumoured to be 2028-2029. Having a physical disc drive will add to the cost and size of the console so Sony could easily drop the option all together. Sony will likely just offer a disc add on, and have the base model not include and disc drive. Sony already does this with the ps5 disc free model.

I guarantee it's gone, since it won't likely fit into the game.

I never played it on the ps1 but I find most of the trophies and achievements are for preforming various feats in the game which can be challenging to pull off.

Most streaming services on the ps3 are already dead, most got shut down 5 years ago.

I think it's because they can reuse assets of previous games in the next game to save development time and money. Likely SE wants this game finished so they can move onto other projects.

I suspect that GTA 6 will focus on a live service model of game. You will pay for the base game and other versions will feature only cosmetic items. GTA 6 is likely to copy Destiny 2's seasons where you pay for each season.

The Sony CEO has stated that they are just starting work on the ps6 and MS has said a few years ago that they are working on the next generation of Xbox consoles.

@AverageGamer Well none of the Kakarot DLC games have any trophies so I don't have any real desire to buy them. I personally would like to see Kakarot 2 instead of endless DLC content. I want a full game that I can platinum or 100% rather than endless DLC content. Bandi produced numerous games for the ps3/x360 but for the X1/PS4 they release one or two games then tack on more DLC. Personally I think the older games are better than what is being released now.

@AverageGamer With more game releases the older games will tend to come down in price to around $20, then you can 100% those games and move onto the next game. The DLC's often tend to be priced close to the price of a full game for only a few hours of gameplay. So yes I would rather see new games and I am personally more interested in finding the older x360/ps3 Dragon Ball games and completing them than paying for endless DLC's. I enjoyed Kakarot I found that the game underwhelming.

The game is cool but what frustrates me is that instead of making multiple games with their own trophy/achievement list they just add on DLC with no trophies. This is what I don't like about the newer Dragon Ball games, they just release one game then spend 5-10 years releasing DLC for that single game.

I seriously doubt that GTA 6 will get the launch sales that GTA 5 had. And the sales will largely depend on the direction that Rockstar goes in. GTA 5 launched with a full story without any online. I highly suspect Rockstar will move towards a live service game and will focus on the multiplayer likely at the expense of the single player. And very few live service games actually charge for the game. Just my thoughts.

What I want to see is game play not just people talking about games.

Well one has cats, the other has dogs so they are completely different things.

That is only the full retail price of the game. Once you factor in sale prices it drops significantly. And some games like Squad are trash, others are games that aren't interesting to me.

There are two problems, most of the gamers who wanted a ps5 already have one and Sony isn't pumping out games right now which isn't giving people reasons to buy a ps5.

Trouble Witches originally was released on the Xbox 360, but there was no backwards compatibility so it was stuck on the Xbox 360.

@graymamba What don't you get. MS is make money on each console sold and Sony is losing money on consoles unless they are sold at full price. MS is no longer happy with small perhaps 5-10% profits from the Xbox division and now the Xbox division needs to achieve 30% profit rates. I don't want the PlayStation to disappear but without profits the PlayStation might not be around forever.

@graymamba MS has always refused to sell there consoles below cost which means they make money on every console sold. The cheaper Series S is all digital so all games have to be purchased through the Xbox store. Sony keeps putting the ps5 on sale so what generally happens is that people will only buy the ps5 when it goes on sale.

The profit margins are slim so Sony is selling units but making minimum profits.

It's nice to get Lego Horizon even if I don't have a ps5. Essential is decent that you can claim games, unsubscribe then you have access to them again when you resubscribe.

Either Sony or Microsoft will be showcasing this game when it is nearing the launch.

My opinion is that it's late in the ps5 console life cycle and it's hard to point to many exclusive ps5 must play titles. Sure the ps5 has a big library of games but most of the titles are either available on the ps4 or other consoles.

Sony's current problem is that they are only producing a handful of games than expect to continue to make tons of money from them. Like spend 1-2 million on a game that might make between 3-7 million is ok, but spending $50,000 on a game that can easily make 3-4 million and possibly more is a better bet. Sony is too focused on the Hollywood movie spending idea where lots of movie studios make big budget movies and frequently movies don't break even. Sony should have had all Sony published titles on ps+ premium on day one, and have worked towards creating remasters of the ps3 titles.

The ps+ premium had great potential but it has gone under-utilized. Most developers would rather release a remastered version that is multi platform which is near guaranteed to make money.

My opinion is that the actual form factor of the ps5 is what is holding it back in Japan. The console is absolutely huge likely making it the biggest console ever, or at least one of the top ones. MS introduced the S controller in Japan to replace the original large duke controller.

Likely it's too little too late. I personally am not a fan of the Switch 2 but it's bigger advantage is that it's portable and can be played when you're taking a bus or train which can be a big benefit in Japan. Given most non Sony games are available on the Switch the ps5 is a hard sell.

This is exactly what frustrates me with the Playstation this generation. Sony has made tons of classics single player games and they peaked with the ps4. Now with the ps5 Sony has little interest in making single player games and only wants live service titles. The problem with live service games is that they are time intensive and they often disappear after a while or get completely reworked often for the worse.

Meh. All live service games are extreme FOMO, and are always limited time. Games you can just enjoy the game offline are always better.

@REALAIS But why spend the huge amount of money on a console today when you can wait a few years and will have the best and newest console available. For the ps5 it sells for $700 to $800 plus tax which is a huge amount and of money which your almost better waiting for the ps6 and spurge on that instead. It's not a good time for a gamer to get a ps5, it's a good time for Sony for people to buy the ps5. The main drivers for people buying ps5's are games like Destiny 2, Fornite, COD, Helldivers and GTA. Outside of these titles there few must play games.

@REALAIS The prices for the consoles are lower in the states compared to anywhere else. And TV's are actually cheaper in Canada compared to the states. I highly suspect all the so called news articles that go on about how great the ps5 is doing are written by Sony. The PS4 did as well as it did because it was a huge leap from the ps3. I think that most people who want a ps5 already have one. I stand by what I said that it's a terrible time to upgrade or get a new console at the middle to late point in a console generation.

@REALAIS I seriously doubt that. The ps4 launched at a lower price and got a price drop later on. The ps4 had tons of new games but the ps5 seems to just have endless remasters of ps4 titles in my opinion. Sony is selling the ps5 at around $800 here then makes a big deal when they drop it to $750. Sony's marketing makes me think that the sales are stagnant. And Sony has always reported units shipped not units sold. Sony started doing this with the ps3 and kept doing this.

Sony is hyper focused on selling as many consoles as possible and they want to maximize the sales of the current consoles before they announce the next generation consoles. I personally find with the current generation of consoles there is little incentive to get into the new consoles when you are over half way through a generation since they stopped dropping the prices of consoles anymore. With consoles being full price from day one all the way through the generation there is little incentive to upgrade or get a better console. My opinion is that with the current prices that are sometimes more than day 1 it's almost better to wait until the next generation to upgrade. Unless you have money to burn it's better to wait in my opinion.

Most new SE releases are big budget games, by Japanese standards and need a large audience to make the games profitable.

Sony and Microsoft should stop wasting their money giving it to Rockstar for 6 months of GTA 5. There are lots of other titles which could be had cheaper and longer but they keep wasting money on GTA 5.

You can argue it both ways with the same games. The issue is if the monthly games actually appeal to each individual gamer.