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Sony FY: 7.8M PS5s, 338.9M games sold; posts record profit of $10.5Bn
Dabaus
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
PropellerEar
Member
Apparently I just continued on your apparent speculation, and you apparently confirmed my apparent continuation.You stated it as a fact, therefore no confirmation is possible. You also missed the word "apparently" in my post which would also exclude me from confirming anything.
Either way you're obviously interested in dick, as that has been the object of every post in thread if I'm not mistaken. So go eat some, and get your fill of it. Maybe that would take your mind off of it.
You apparently took offense on my apparently accurate metaphor.
Bryank75
Banned
Yeah, I know that guy for a long time.... he doesn't play much PlayStation, he's more of an xbox guy. Was friendly with the SDGC guys....
Dabaus
Banned
He runs A good podcast hence the reason I was listening to it. I think I was just more taken aback by PlayStation sort of had a bad month of PR and the Sony rep is running damage control in THAT was the message they wanted to put out there. Not we have a lot of games and development we have an announced, we’re hearing your concerns about backwards compatibility, or anything like that.
Neff
Member
It certainly paints an accurate picture of an entertainment corporation which eliminated a decade of savings with reckless spending, became riddled with debt, was forced to sell off property to stay in business, and was at one point considered terminal according to analysts due to significant cashflow problems all stemming from a consistent lack of profit.
Profit is how Sony survived the PS3, don't knock it.
Unknown?
Member
Pretty sure he was saying one aspect of your finances isn't painting the whole picture, not insinuating that they disregard profit all together.
Neff
Member
Well he straight up said revenue is more important than profit in business, which is one of the more barmy examples of mental gymnastics and goalpost-moving I've seen in my time online.
Again using PS3 as an example, the revenue was handsome and encouraging, but there were no profits. Only losses. They lost vast, vast sums of money on it and it nearly ended them.
A business simply cannot run without profits. Loans allow you to invest and stay afloat, but without profits you will inevitably founder.
Unknown?
Member
Ah I just glanced over his post. Yeah I wouldn't say more important but still a very important aspect.
Entroyp
Member
Is that podcast run by 13 Year olds?
Then why don’t you compare Nintendo’s Console Division with the PlayStation one ? Instead of comparing an entire company with a single Division ? Because I don’t wanna start comparing the whole of Sony corp & Nintendo comparisons (with sony being much bigger) only for both to be absolutely Dwarfed by Microsoft
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Tomeru
Member
Again, I don't understand what scalpers matter to the way Sony counts numbers?
ethomaz
Banned
I believe it is because for some narratives scalpers consoles doesn't sell games lol
Obvious it is false claim in som many ways.
At the end the console is in the consumers hands and sells games... there is no difference between a scalper console and a retail one.
Scalper is a second hand seller except he doesn't open the box (most of times lol).
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Tutomos
Member
Nintendo makes cheap stuff, that's why they make more profits.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Yes! MANY people still buy music.
That's not enough. They're going to need something like GOW:R to be able to beat the past fiscal year in software sales. Especially since they are expecting less 3rd party sales revenue with this new FY.
yurinka
Member
We know they are:
-Going to have more exclusives in PS5 than in previous consoles
-Growing the staff of their 1st party studios (multiple quotes from Jimbo and Hermen plus the $183M increase on this budget mentioned today)
-Buying some 1st party studio (multiple quotes from Jimbo), very likely at least one this year (looking at the $183M number)
-More 2nd party games (recently announced a couple, Raymond & the Destiny bosses, Hermen said more are coming, they spent over $300M on this from April to December, there's the Kadokawa deal)
-More 3rd party deals (Jimbo specifically mentioned to be working on this with Japanese pubs and devs, theres the Kadokawa deal)
-The end of the supply issues
-Returnal
-Ratchet
-Kena
-Horizon 2
-Deathloop
-Ghostwire Tokyo
-GoWR
-GT7
-Forspoken
-Spider-Man 2
-That 2nd party AAA MP new IP from the Destiny guys could be released next year, they worked on it since 2018
-League of Legends fighting game (with EVO and GGPO creators working on it) being PS4+PS5 console exclusive
-Plus obviously Goodbye Volcano High and Knack III
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EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
PlayStation strength Sony put brutality on themselves after the PS3.
LordBlodgett
Member
Yep, we were already moving to almost completely digital future. The pandemic has hastened that significantly. The thing is this trend is unlikely to reverse. Physical games are headed the way of the dodo.Wow
Q4 Digital Download Ratio - 79%
Unknown?
Member
Ugh... So we will soon only be able to own the license to play a game rather than the game itself. I don't mind digital but I do like the option to own games I really love.
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Salmon Snake
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Digital games for PS5 can fuck off if the release day price difference is 30 €. I pre ordered Returnal for 50 € while the PSN price is 80€.
I wouldn't have thought that I would change back from a digital buyer to a physical media. But the price difference is just ludicrous.
I wouldn't have thought that I would change back from a digital buyer to a physical media. But the price difference is just ludicrous.
ethomaz
Banned
And people on Famitsu thread keep denying the digital push with COVID-19 is real even on Japan.Wow
Q4 Digital Download Ratio - 79%
Basically it making any physical tracker useless.
That is why NPD fast moved to tracking both.
79% digital last quarter is just ridiculous.
Even if Japan is not like west it still should be around 50% digital.
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mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Nobody understands how important this is. NO ONE seems to get it. I'm glad you pointed it out. It seems to be going under the radar even for video game podcasters.
Tesla is a tech company that happens to make cars. They ARE NOT a car company.
El Pistolero
Banned
Why? To gloat about a section of gamers not being able to continue playing franchises that they might have enjoyed for years, only to score points on forum boards the way certain Xbox zealots have the last few months. Sony's approach makes a lot of sense: They embolden their current teams and strenghthen their second party network to diversify their portfolio. Out of their multiple partners, some will prove reliable amd efficient, and their potential acquisition down the line will prove less disruptive to the landscape, and better thought out and executed.
YeulEmeralda
Member
Isn't MM basically an expansion pack? Remember those neogaf?
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Insane to think that's the world we were living in. People actually viewed Spiderman: MM as an expansion pack. CRAZY!
MasterCornholio
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Hawking Radiation
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Troll level: Expert
Imru’ al-Qays
Member
Sony's move to California has put woke bay area idiots in charge of PR, it seems. If they were going to move headquarters outside of Japan they couldn't have picked a worse place to move it to.
Yselacrey00
Banned
Why don't you people just accept he lied once more?
I believe we a have worked with a colleague that lies through their teeth for no reason. It's one thing to lie internally, your colleagues will know you're a lier but for some reason the higher ups don't notice. But to have the fucking face of the company outright lying to their customers? What happened? Where's the accountability? All trust in Sony has been demolished thanks to Jim Ryan.
Unknown?
Member
You just answered the question.
Papacheeks
Banned
"Sony rep or employee"
Sony rep, are retailers for stores like BestBuy, target, gamestop.
No way a Sony employee goes on a podcast like that and talks tone deaf, and also gives slants towards their customers.
namekuseijin
Banned
love it. That means they can begin selling psvr2 soon to this fast growing user base.
once it's here with a lineup of big games, I'm in. If it's just BS indie minigames again, I'm definitely out of the PlayStation landscape...
once it's here with a lineup of big games, I'm in. If it's just BS indie minigames again, I'm definitely out of the PlayStation landscape...
John Wick
Member
That's a decent amount just for internal expansion or organic growth as Jimbo calls it
Sloth Guevara
Banned
Great news!
John Wick
Member
Problem with Sony is they don't work as a cohesive unit. They are their own worst enemy. Look at their TVs, for a gaming company they should have by now all their top TVs with a minimum 4 HDMi 4k 120hz with VRR etc as standard. Low input latency and features like freesinc. Absolutely huge missed opportunities when LG and Samsung is offering this.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Some reason they never have.
All their entire media and entertainment divisions should be working hand in hand to promote each other's products too. You got games, music, movies. You got TVs, audio gear, consoles and media players.
You'd think over the past 30 years they'd be all working together to cross promote each other's products with bundles, free stuff, or deals. No other electronics company I can think of has both hardware for the living room and content to go with it.
Yet in my life, I've seen more Xbox 360 and Samsung/LG bundle deals than Bravia and PS bundles.
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EdGalTBR
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Code:
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| Quarter | PS4 | PS5 |
+---------+-------+-------+
| FY1Q1 | | |
| FY1Q2 | | |
| FY1Q3 | 4.50 | 4.50 |
| FY1Q4 | 3.10 | 3.30 |
| FY1 | 7.60 | 7.80 |
+---------+-------+-------+
| FY2Q1 | 2.80 | 2.30 |
| FY2Q2 | 3.40 | |
| FY2Q3 | 6.40 | |
| FY2Q4 | 2.30 | |
| FY2 | 14.80 | |
+--------+--------+-------+
| FY3Q1 | 2.90 | |
| FY3Q2 | 4.00 | |
| FY3Q3 | 8.40 | |
| FY3Q4 | 2.40 | |
| FY3 | 17.60 | |
+---------+-------+-------+
| FY4Q1 | 3.50 | |
| FY4Q2 | 3.90 | |
| FY4Q3 | 9.70 | |
| FY4Q4 | 2.90 | |
| FY4 | 20.00 | |
+---------+-------+-------+
| FY5Q1 | 3.30 | |
| FY5Q2 | 4.20 | |
| FY5Q3 | 9.00 | |
| FY5Q4 | 2.50 | |
| FY5 | 19.00 | |
+---------+-------+-------+
| LTD | 79.00 | 10.10 |
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SaucyJack
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Unlikely. Ubitus doesn't have data centers all over the world. If anything, they'll be using their software on Azure-driven server clusters.
Ubitus K.K.
www.ubitus.net
I imagine that Ubitus solutions are technology agnostic and could equally be deployed on GCP, AWS, IBM Cloud, etc.