Please stop this bs, you've said worthy stuff, stop trying to pretend that you didn't say "copium: the thread", or that it was some kind of innocent observation
I don't really understand that you're trying to say here. I don't care about mp and it's not the reason i buy consoles. I'll say My thing one more time.. no, I'll just quote myself:
So what? Do we really need to be concerned for that?
: PC publishers have enter the chat
Ok one more time.
I don't know enough about mp to know if cod really is a huge slice of ps mp user base.. i wonder about battlefield, battlefront, pubg (i dunno if it's on console) , FIFA, etc etc etc? Anyway everyone hates the latest cod, i thought it was the death knell of the series before the buyout, might still be
Wait you haven't even read the OP? why are you posting in a thread when you can even be bothered to read what the OP has to say?
You can bet your ass sony will be concerned have you seen how much bank they make from PS+?
In fairness there are about 50M subbed to the service. By far the biggest sub service in gaming. And profitability wise it's off the charts. Increasing ps plus subs a much better idea then chasing ps now subs."Lets sell PlayStation Plus subscriptions"
they should buy bungie
Same thing, in a few months.
i don't know .....there's been a very strong rumor (from people who constantly follow Microsoft) that Ms will reset and abandon Live Gold, also because the console platform is the only one that is forced to pay beyond the gamepass, PC, iOS, android, MacOS with xcloud do not. If this were to happen Sony would really be forced to follow in Ms footsteps otherwise it would really risk losing a good part of its userbase .. Sony needs to think of a replacement.
Salt, panic, anger, jealousy? Dunno what it is but this purchase has Sony fans sweating. It is going to be ok. The void will likely be filled with more quality 1st party games. Nothing to fear.
Keep'em coming, this is just hilarious.
Stop it
No chance sony follow. 3BN a year in revenue off ps plus. When ps3 was free it didn't effect gold numbers.
Not really. They'll offer a more expensive version that will include both. I'll stick with my ps plus only which I buy on sale. And I'm subbed until the start of 2028 lol.
it affected userbase and with everyone that the PS3 didn't have a lot of games at launch(given the development difficulties encountered by First parties), being a lot more expensive that. xbox, and initially the games ran better on the rival platform .. it managed to overcome the initial defaillance .....free multiplayer helped for sure in the sales
Cuz everyone can see the writing on the wall.
there's a thread about it from a tweet of jason Reiner....2023 will be last cod ..like everyone with a brain was saying
Is that a funny way of saying all those multiplayer games will be bangers, since MS was the highest rated publisher last year?
lol ikr
That doesn’t guarantee anything. I really enjoyed the mp in kill zone 2. Like I really fucking enjoyed it. But it was just a blip on the shooter radar and these future games could well be too
clarky
is trying to say with lighting in a bottle is that some, if not most MP titles are deeply gameplay focused to the point where the feel and movement of some titles become so legendary even without that series, you don't see a successor, as in even with some of the biggest MP series, they are struggling to even get the sales, of a title...IN THAT SERIES, that is how hard that concept is. We are never going to get some Golden Eye, Halo 2, Smash Bros Melee feels type thing unless its like a Sonic Mania type thing, even with stuff like Halo MCC, when its gone...its gone, even just doing a remaster and remake doesn't mean that past install base will return.
then they will release an mid gen refresh with cod exclusive and boom
I value a thoughtful take, well delivered, as an educational and much appreciated one.Put it like this, I agree with you both.
You and I have a ton of games that we agree on that we like as our taste in single player games is similar. I don't disagree with where you are coming from, but PS has such a massive install base not solely based on its single player which it does fucking awesome btw, but because someone who like Fifa, Madden, COD, Battlefield, Fortnite, PubG, Back 4 Blood etc. It has the massive install base as it might be one of the heathiest install base in gaming. You have small indies, you have massive AAA Single player, but you have massive AAA MP, you have lots of JRPG etc something for everyone.
What
This shows just how hard that concept is if even a fucking remaster can't meet those massive sales, look at COD4 remaster, exact game, better looking, less sales then current COD.
So Battlefield at my age is the only series I actually play for MP titles, I'm done with 99% of that genre lol I mainly play SP titles and just like you, God Of War, Horizon 2, all of that is reason enough for me and anything else is secondary, but that simply isn't enough in terms of the bigger picture.
They indeed will need to fill that gap as they did rely on COD deeply as why put in a marketing deal? Why move your own games away from those releases to give them room to sell more? I'd argue Sony paid for that deal, instead of Killzone or Resistance or something as COD just moves more units and gets better results for their money. Clearly it means something to Sony as a business to do this.
So Clark is correct, this isn't easy and Sony has struggled a lot in the past with this concept and hopefully that new game being made by ex COD developers is able to fill that void and level things out for them genre wise. I don't play much new MP titles in terms of new series, but I'd be willing to try that out.
Define 'rocked the boat' because GT Sport is doing rather well for itself as a MP game.
Sony's bread and butter and key differentiator are SP epic setpiece games, not MP titles. You are arguing a company that cultivates a certain culture for many years can suddenly do a 180. It's the same in tech - except few examples Apple engineers do not work at Microsoft, and vice versa. The culture is too different and both companies excel at different things.
