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[Represent.]

I miss the days of arrogant Sony. A proactive and ruthless marketing machine.

A Sony lead by Ken Kutagari would have been goddamn savages today.

Horrible reception to Redfall? Show a quick SpiderMan 2 teaser.

"Good games won't sell our console" Says Phil, announce a PlayStation Showcase.

Strike your competition while they're down. Be ruthless.





This moment right here won them the PS4 gen before it even started. Striking their competition while they were down. Do it again. Today was a perfect opportunity.

 

[Fahdis]

Just to give that video context. That was 10 years ago we're getting old and the backlog is only getting bigger!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

[feynoob]

We are not in June.

 

[NikuNashi]

When your foe is lying stricken on the ground, gurgling his last breath (just waiiit, cough, cough, the games are coming, splutter) , sometimes mercy is the most humane thing to do.

Or just put them out of their misery.

 

[FrankWza]

I thought arrogant Sony was 2006-2009 and then 2015-now?

 

[RoboFu]

Err Sony just had a oopsie with tlou pc.
I think they are just glad something worse came along to pull attention away.

 

[Stare-Bear]

 

[GHG]

Err Sony just had a oopsie with tlou pc.
I think they are just glad something worse came along to pull attention away.

Yep, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. They haven't been perfect and in all honesty, what's happening at xbox at the moment isn't significant enough (yet) for them to do anything in retaliation.

 

[Markio128]

By allowing gamers to wallow in the utter misery that is Xbox atm, Sony’s best move is to keep schtum.

 

[SEGA_2012]

Of course you miss Kutaragi-San, with a terrible CEO like Jim Ryan anyone would miss the good old days of Kutaragi-San, Hirai-San and others.

 

[legacy24]

Sony depends on azure too much now they don't want to spoil that relationship with MS

 

[Captain Toad]

Why bother? Good games don't matter.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Err Sony just had a oopsie with tlou pc.
I think they are just glad something worse came along to pull attention away.

No kidding. The whole TLOU PC debacle was pretty significant. I mean, it's been weeks and the game still isn't up to par apparently.

 

[fart town usa]

This might get me banned but I'm glad Sony isn't pouncing, it'd be too ruthless.

Yea, Xbox stans are honestly like a wounded dog right now.

Comments being like "huuuur I'm scared of Sony running the tables"

Imagine being legit frightened over the idea of Sony running the tables. Newsflash, Sony has been running the tables and Xbox is still dicking you over.

The dream is over yo. Just accept it and move on. Xbox is gonna have some bangers of course but it is a side piece console.

That being said, I'm still in the market for a Series X cause I like Tango and Bethesda games.

 

[Yoboman]

Yeah that's definitely how marketing works

Click your fingers and you have a Spiderman 2 trailer

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

No need they already won this gen and they did it in 3 years, thats the flex lol

 

[Skifi28]

I'm not sure corporations take these console wars as seriously as some users around here.

 

[Cert.in.Death]

Never interrupt your opponent when they’re beating themself.

 

[Topher]

I'm glad Sony shows some restraint in times like these

 

[Represent.]

Yeah that's definitely how marketing works

Click your fingers and you have a Spiderman 2 trailer

You don't think a multimillion dollar studio, backed and funded by a multi billion dollar company, can make a trailer in 3 days?

 

[fart town usa]

No need they already won this gen and they did it in 3 years, thats the flex lol

I've said it in other threads but Xbox is a gadfly. Not even coming from a hater perspective, that's literally what they are when compared to Sony and Nintendo.

 

[Topher]

You don't think a multimillion dollar studio, backed and funded by a multi billion dollar company, can make a trailer in 3 days?

Just to stroke the egos of a few warriors? Nah.....I think Jim Ryan knows better.

 

[ulantan]

Of course you miss Kutaragi-San, with a terrible CEO like Jim Ryan anyone would miss the good old days of Kutaragi-San, Hirai-San and others.

What did Jim do?

 

[Yoboman]

You don't think a multimillion dollar studio, backed and funded by a multi billion dollar company, can make a trailer in 3 days?

Yes I think that

Actually I know that

 

[kiphalfton]

 

[Katatonic]

What did Jim do?

Fulfill Kutaragi’s promise to kill MS.

 

[BbMajor7th]

I mean, producing a marketing asset for a Marvel IP takes about six months of painstaking approvals, so...

 

[Represent.]

Yes I think that

Actually I know that

I mean, producing a marketing asset for a Marvel IP takes about six months of painstaking approvals, so...

Majority of marketing material has been in the oven for weeks/months at this point. They don't save this stuff for the last minute. Billboard art is ready, commercials are ready, boxart is ready, hell, they already have pre order bonuses ready to go.

All they have to do is cut a trailer.

I'm talking about a teaser trailer, doesn't even have to be gameplay.

Could literally be AUDIO only and then fade to black. Hype through the roof. Its done all the time.

 

[sainraja]

This is a stupid thread.

 

[LordCBH]

I absolutely would have dropped a date for the showcase on Tuesday had I been in charge.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

LGTBBQ Chicken

 

[BbMajor7th]

Majority of marketing material has been in the oven for weeks/months at this point. They don't save this stuff for the last minute. Billboard art is ready, commercials are ready, boxart is ready, hell, they already have pre order bonuses ready to go.

All they have to do is cut a trailer.

I'm talking about a teaser trailer, doesn't even have to be gameplay.

Could literally be AUDIO only and then fade to black. Hype through the roof. Its done all the time.

Weeks and months... Right... you can't even write a back of the box blurb in that kinda time, let alone get it localised in every market language (30+ these days) approved through the studio, the partners, the VP... but sure, just cut a trailer in a day or two.

 

[fart town usa]

I absolutely would have dropped a date for the showcase on Tuesday had I been in charge.

 

[bentanchorbolt]

Sometimes I wonder if people like talking about games and game drama more than playing games.

 

[Loomy]

The reason Sony is doing well is doing well is because they have a plan and are sticking to it.

 

[Stooky]

You don't think a multimillion dollar studio, backed and funded by a multi billion dollar company, can make a trailer in 3 days?

Yeah if you want put out a crappy trailer. Good trailers a few weeks to make if you already have the assets.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Why say something when all they have to do is be quiet and let Xbox implode like it is currently?

They should let their games speak for themselves like they have always done .

 

[arkhamguy123]

Are you joking? This laughable Phil Spencer thing is exactly why Sony is taking forever to show it. And why there’s no showcase or nothing.

They have zero impetus to try. To impress. Microsoft is partly to blame for being such shit competition. They can literally do nothing and casuals will keep having it break record after record to play garbage like rocket league, Fortnite, COD, fifa, madden.

 

[Fbh]

Nah arrogant Sony screws over the customer, not the competition.
Watch the new disk-less Ps5 be $499.

Sometimes I wonder if people like talking about games and game drama more than playing games.

Playing games > talking about game drama > talking about regular game topics

 

[Thirty7ven]

Acting like they don’t exist even more arrogant.

 

[Crayon]

Acting like they don’t exist even more arrogant.

This. Sony barely acknowledges them.

 

[killatopak]

Arrogant Sony would have rehired Phil Harrison, given him PS+ Now and then buy ABK after MS pays them 3 billion. Then release a trailer for Bungie's new game called Ring of Light starring a buff dude in a green suit.

 

[SlimySnake]

I miss the days of arrogant Sony. A proactive and ruthless marketing machine.

A Sony lead by Ken Kutagari would have been goddamn savages today.

Horrible reception to Redfall? Show a quick SpiderMan 2 teaser.

"Good games won't sell our console" Says Phil, announce a PlayStation Showcase.

Strike your competition while they're down. Be ruthless.





This moment right here won them the PS4 gen before it even started. Striking their competition while they were down. Do it again. Today was a perfect opportunity.

Different context. What Xbox was doing with always online and used game bans was anti-consumer and sony rightfully stuck the dagger in when tretton went on stage.

This time around, they are struggling to put out games. Its not good to gloat about stuff like that. Sony themselves released a very shoddy forspoken PS5 version that had one of the biggest downgrades of this gen.

MS hasnt exactly done much anti-consumer shit we can all get behind. there is no need to get petty over this.

 

[Clintizzle]

Playstation fans need to calm down

Xbox is having a bit of a mare at the moment but some people on this forum are enjoying it a little too much. Noticed a bunch of old troll accounts back online as well.

 

[Chronicle]

Nope. Phil literally just killed any belief that xbox is even competitive at this point. Bizarre interview. Why would Sony pull focus from that?

 

[TheGodfather07]

Its better to remain professional. As Jim Ryan said, "we let the games do the talking".

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Playstation fans need to calm down

Xbox is having a bit of a mare at the moment but some people on this forum are enjoying it a little too much. Noticed a bunch of old troll accounts back online as well.

and Xbox just opened the door to them.

I can remember some on the other side were clinging to Forespoken is kind of ironic.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

Just to give that video context. That was 10 years ago we're getting old and the backlog is only getting bigger!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

fuck youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

it feels like yesterday. shitttt.

 

[Iced Arcade]

another quality thread

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

another quality thread

what kind of quality are you talking about like 59,57,61 out of 100 ?