maverick40
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No point in rushing anything when your direct competitor has yet to announce their new console
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Is Sony failing to capitalize on its PS4 headstart?
- Thread starter shinobi602
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All the data we can data points to the contrary. I mean PS4 was in almost every relevant tech site there is. It was in papers. On YouTube.
Check these threads.
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=525297
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=516712
Is it really a surprise that new tech gets social media buzzing. It will be the same when MS finally reveals their system as well.
And until we know prices and release dates it's all talk.
Of course it will.
And until we know prices and release dates it's all talk.
Of course it will.
unique hits are a fraction of that due to the way youtube counts hits.
E3 get more mainstream news reporting. Microsoft might be smart in waiting depending on what they do. If they focus mainly on the hardcore in april, then more rounded at E3 and drip feed smart advertising until the rolling thunder begins before launch they could have massive appeal. All sony did is get a short soike in interest.
It's certainly not something you can take for granted. See wiiU, Vita.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
This thread is a little premature considering GDC is just a few days away. There should plenty of next gen talk there, and they can only talk about the PS4.
Who the hell watches the same videos over and over? And you're pretty much describing what Sony is doing, as there's no real difference between Feb and April. Are they smart too or does that not fit your narrative?
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
MS main weapon will be Halo. The only thing Sony have to fear about MS is their money hatting.
Tbh, it works both ways.
Pachterballs
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Steiner_Zi
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For fuck's sake, it's still March. Haven't you been around any other launches? What did you expect? That you would wake up every morning and see a new exclusive announced?
Didn't Sony Meeting announce the new controller? I remember the controller reveal being pretty megaton. I was surprised by it.
And no way could Sony keep the spotlight wire-to-wire. Big Microsoft reveals are going to generate a news shift.
I think it was clever for Sony to show everything but the form-factor. That way they can have their big event, and then after MS' big event Sony can show the box and steal back a little thunder.
It's hard to say what role timing plays in everything. I bet MS (if they could get a re-do) would rather have had the 360 delayed six months if it meant low failure rates. That was probably what hurt them the most. Not reveals, not release dates, not even price.
Watching Sony makes me acutely aware of how badly Nintendo fucked up the WiiU.
And no way could Sony keep the spotlight wire-to-wire. Big Microsoft reveals are going to generate a news shift.
I think it was clever for Sony to show everything but the form-factor. That way they can have their big event, and then after MS' big event Sony can show the box and steal back a little thunder.
It's hard to say what role timing plays in everything. I bet MS (if they could get a re-do) would rather have had the 360 delayed six months if it meant low failure rates. That was probably what hurt them the most. Not reveals, not release dates, not even price.
Watching Sony makes me acutely aware of how badly Nintendo fucked up the WiiU.
Pachterballs
Banned
The MS show will definitley be "home entertainment hub-by" with "kinect" prominently featured. so its going to be YMMV with how gamers take to it.
Captain Tuttle
Member
I think they shot their wad a little early and I'm not sure what they can do now until the summer but once E3 rolls around all of this time will be forgotten, I don't think they have too much to worry about.
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Notsureif...
MS could have a cool new controller as well. That'd be hype.
WiiU tablet confirmed.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I think they assumed Microsoft were on the cusp of announcing so they were perhaps a little early. Gonna be a long wait between the reveal and e3.
REMEMBER CITADEL
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It really doesn't matter, and Sony doesn't have much to capitalize on yet anyway. The real battle begins after E3.
Canis lupus
Member
Its more than 2 months before E3 and another 2 months before GC and another 3 months before the product is in stores.
Did you even bother to think about what you're writing before you posted this or
I dont think he did. I *smh* and moved on.
ThisWreckage
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In the past, Sony has been criticized for showing games too early. The Playstation Event was likely an event meant to showcase titles that will be available in the launch window. E3 will be designed to show future games, future partnerships, and will be much less of a teaser and more of a blowout.
oldergamer
Member
One of the few people in this thread making clear sense out of the topic. Some of the posts in here have been beyond nonsensical.
test_account
XP-39C²
Out of curiousity, which posts did not make sense at all?
You sound bothered
REMEMBER CITADEL
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Well, I think Sony did what they had to in order to keep people who are already PlayStation customers - their core, if you will - on their side, and little else, but that's what's important for them at this point, to have that backing. As I said a bit earlier in another thread, what we've seen of PS4 seems rather safe and predictable, but safe and predictable is where Sony wants to be right now, given their financial situation. Then they can build up from there. It might not work (see: Vita), but it's the least risky proposition.
I think Microsoft will be more ambitious from the get-go, but that also entails a larger risk of backfire.