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Sony France answers to Microsoft announcement
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Northeastmonk
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If it saves people even more money what's the big deal? If you didn't have $400, then you're in luck.
It's still $400. See nothing
I am blind
It's still $400. See nothing
I am blind
psn
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lol what? You have a tweet from the French branch of Sony probably being run by some intern and that tweet now represents all of Sony?
yukianderson
Member
MS really cant catch a break, is just sad and very funny
How so? That twitter post was extremelly arrogant, specially considering the rest of the company is crumbling down.
francknara
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*shrugs* I was expecting something interesting, but it's just a troll-ish tweet. Good grief, what an outstanding new.
Moving on to better topics.
Fixed.
Moving on to better topics.
Fixed.
All the fanboys are immature. Don't act like one is worst than others. All comment sections @ jeuxvideo.com, gamekult, gameblog etc are full of idiots.
The_Inquisitor
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Lol some of you are seriously overestimating the effect of a single tweet.
gundamkyoukai
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Yep it's like people never seen this stuff happen , last gen MS fanboys had there way this gen it's Sony fanboys turn and next gen the cycle will repeat again .
StalkerUKCG
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Having a dig when one wasn't needed isn't very classy. Comes off as arrogant. Like they have already won this gen. Which is far from the truth, Ultimately games will decide the generation Sony just had the stronger foot out the gate.
The PS4 isn't problem free, The UI isn't great. The first party line up is untested and the current releases like Killzone and Infamous are solid but feel like retreads, nothing ground breaking from either graphics aside.
MS have done a much better job than Sony at trying to better the console since launch. Monthly Update, Today's announcements. Fan feedback. Sony are quick to forget the shortcomings the PS3 had at launch when they are back on top.
They're making fun of MS, who just announced a brave move, after carefully listening to consumer feedback and taking the right decision, even if that means sacrificing their vision, which most people weren't apparently ready for because they hate the future or something.
It's outrageous, really.
ultratruman
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omelette du BURN
As far as Sony France is concerned, yeah no.
there's really nothing short of a blowjob machine that could make MSFT offer more attractive to the French market than Sony's offer.
Seriously they could go full Ahole and kill a kitten a day people would still not consider MSFT offer here, Sony have effectively won already there.
Now the situation in NA/UK is really different.
You're having way too much fun with this.
See, I'm not exactly sure about the whole "France hates MS" thing, because when you actually look at numbers, the 360 did pretty well. Especially considering how hard the first XB tanked. It's by far MS's best european market after the UK. Well last gen anyway.
The never ending cycle of fanboyism. I hope to see it one day end but that's unlikely.
It's not that France hates MS, it's that they clearly prefer the alternatives.
Ps3 did really good there (even before any price drop) and it's one of Nintendo's strongest market too (Seriously Iwata even commented on the French anomaly in one financial Q&A because WiiU was selling way less horribly there than everywhere else).
Again I'm not saying that the xbone will be a wash (although there's a clear problem of overshipment I'd say looking around), I'm saying that Sony has it in the bag.
If the early ps3 wasn't enough to disgust French gamers, nothing Sony can do will get them to shun the ps4.
spectyre
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I've already said this in the price cut thread: if I were high up at Sony I'd want to have the PS4's installed userbase twice that of the Xbox One ASAP. If Sony follow suit and drop the price by a small amount, just $50, that would effectively kill off the Xbox One this generation. They would of course need to up production, but having a 'must own' item that's difficult to get hold of does build up a certain amount of hype.
Microsoft have gone from having a less powerful machine for sale for more money to a less powerful machine for the same amount of money, a $50 price cut would return the status quo back to the way things were and be a good business decision imo.
Crimson_Gold
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a $50 price cut does little good until they are able to manufacturer enough consoles to fully meet demand. So a fall price cut is foreseeable.
BUT the first party studios ARE tested. PS4 owners also have nothing to be worried about in terms of Sony going the full distance with the PS4. MS have started strong before before sitting behind the same stuff, who is to say it wont happen again?
At the end of the day, it is still the stronger console and the gap wont decrease.
figadapaura
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"We stay true to ourselves."
"Arrogant fucks!"
No, another example I'm referring to is the video of Sony execs showing how they trade games on the PS4. Never thought that was necessary and again, a childish video. Don't get me wrong though, the console represents everything that a gamer would want in a gaming system, but just don't like the typical Sony antics.
Crimson_Gold
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That video was harmless fun. I swear some people take this so personally.
Also this
This was uncalled for
Yeah, like PC, Xbox, and Nintendo fanboys are any different. All fanboys are the same.
Yeah, like PC, Xbox, and Nintendo fanboys are any different. All fanboys are the same.
Yup, that's why I said they need to up production...but even if they do that it will still be difficult to pick one up - but that isn't necessarily unhealthy for a retail item in demand. There are some conspiracy theorists that believe that the Wii shortage last generation was manufactured.
I'm also beginning to wonder just how many Xbox Ones are actually in homes now. For a price cut/SKU change this early things might be worse than a lot of people thought. I personally was guesstimating 4.2m but, who knows..? It might have not topped even 4m yet. :Oo
Yeah take that Sony France Twitter account holder to the guillotine! Louis XVI style.
It's...You know...Just a tweet.. A very bad one, but it's not representative of the rest of the company.
But whatever, if Sony Kazakhstan posts something like this then I'm pretty sure it really means that Arrogant Sony is back.
Man on a second thought that tweet is really bad.
No it was absolutely necessary actually, it showed in a simple form removing any doubt how it worked for them without having gaming journalists going with the whole 'they don't tell you everything, they're the same as MSFT' narrative journalists were pushing.
Seriously that video was brillant on many level and worked very effectively for its purpose.
Seriously we had Sony going all "We're not doing it" and we had some publications that were actually obfuscating the issue when the truth was so very simple.
There's dumb people saying shitty things everywhere, if we give them the time of day might as well discuss with people claiming that math is from Satan or something.
Actually they removed the eye camera thingy to make the PS4 $399.
And if i had to chose between 2 shitty things, I'd take a shitty Kinect over Webcam.
That video was amazing.
Please provide proof that Sony removed the Playstation camera.
Those people are probably right about math though lol
El-Pistolero
Member
LOL! My french friends are gonna adore this...
El-Pistolero
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Bullshit. I frequently post on french videogames website, and the most ellitist, arrogant and dismissive cast HAS to be the Nintendo fanbase.
My proof : The same site you used : Talesfrommyass.fr
Open a dictionnary and look under A, for arrogant. The explanation might come as a surprise...
God, the amount of salt and the smell of hurt feelings over a harmless PR jab at a competitor...You would think they insulted some of you!
If it was "ps2 level Sony arrogance" we'd be getting something like "the sale gap is wider than the Grand Canyon" and some cheap power point presentations
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