DriftingSpirit
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Yeah, it should be pretty big. If the Amazing series could do well, a Marvel influenced one should do really well.
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Sony Q3 FY16 Results
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30yearsofhurt
Member
They do get jiggy with their sales every couple of months.
Take note Microsoft and Nintendo.
Best value outside of steam.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Would you have any reasonable guess how much RAM could go into a console in 2020? Would 32 GBs be possible then?
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
The Fall of 2019 still makes sense to a degree. It'll be 6 years after the PS4 release.
Shin-Ra
Junior Member
Anything with James Corden is an automatic pass.
SIE must be by far AMD's number one customer, greatly influencing their roadmap.
Late reaction to the leading competition set in motion before its clear which components will be ready and before the change of heart 'supporting' Windows gaming more strongly.
Microsoft's net worth is higher than Samsung Electronics (although they both frequently move up and down - MS mostly down). Samsung Electronics doesn't do all that stuff, you're thinking of Samsung Engineering and Samsung Heavy Industries which are separate companies. They might be all part of the same conglomerate but they run strictly as separate entities.
Honestly, I think Sony is just happy to be making profits at all - they were making huge losses every year until Stringer left.
Yes, they need to find other avenues to make profit, but they need to do this slowly, with keen and strategic focus, and with careful investment otherwise they risk ending up back there again.
Lagspike_exe
Member
Intel is only releasing 10nm in some product categories next year. GF won't hit 7nm before 2020 most likely at acceptable yields.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
That's the most important consideration.
Omnistalgic
Member
Nah, I'd take a bet against that. PS4 gonna hit $200 with a pack in game this year probably. And there's like 5-6 potential hardware movers coming almost exclusively from Sony's WWS. And the appeal for these games are spread out in different regions. Japan sales give a solid boost too, even with the region not as big for home consoles anymore. FF15, DQ, and maybe even a PS4 MH will give PS4 legs to maybe surpass PS3 sales.
Spider-man
Gran Turismo
God of War
Horizon
TLOU2
Kojima's game
GTA6
Destiny 2
Meh, I think Peak year is probably 2018 at this point. 3rd party + 1st party is really starting to deliver.
DriftingSpirit
Member
I think peak will be this year with 2018 putting in very respectable numbers but not surpassing 2017.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Breaking any of the PS2's records 3 years in is fucking insane. At this point I reckon the floor is 90-100m
People really started saying some outlandish stuff as soon an the XB1 started outselling the PS4 in the US. It was almost as if the rest of the world didn't exist and the previous 3 years had never happened.
Thanks for that. Otherwise I wouldn't have seen this beaut.
People really started saying some outlandish stuff as soon an the XB1 started outselling the PS4 in the US. It was almost as if the rest of the world didn't exist and the previous 3 years had never happened.
HeisenbergWW62
Banned
If both RDR2 and Destiny 2 get delayed and TLOU2 hits 2018 then that could be peak year, but I agree that this year will be
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
I don't think there's any chance of TLOU hitting in 2018, they have only been working on it since mid-2016 and I'd be very surprised if it takes anything under 3 years. Destiny 2, Battlefront 2, RDR2 and Gran Turismo would certainly sell a tonne of consoles this year though.
HeisenbergWW62
Banned
I agree it's highly unlikely, but I'm also not sure it actually started mid last year. I think they're being coy about its development time, but I do think it's 2019
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
They said they have been kicking around ideas for a while, but it wasn't until the middle of this year that they fully decided to make the game. AFAIK there was only 1 dev team during the production of UC4 as well, so I'd be inclined to take Neil Druckmann at his word.
Honey Bunny
Member
The PS3 dream is finally realized.
Theonik
Member
And we're back to where we started too with the PS4 outselling the XB1 as soon as the XB1S upgrade bump died down and the Pro is out.
Most likely after Scorpio's price is revealed but before it is released to the market.
HeisenbergWW62
Banned
Possibly. Just I wouldn't be surprised if there was a small team working on TLOU2 prototypes
TRUE ORDER
Member
It beated the 8.7 m PS2 record? Awesome, congrats to Sony. As others have said, it seems that the company owes a lot to the console.
iamsirjoshua
Member
Although it's many years away, if this success continues I hope it doesn't lead to a PS5 that mirrors the missteps that the last few market leaders took in their follow-ups (initial PS3 reveal following PS2 success, Xbox One reveal following 360 success, etc.).
That being said, as someone who games on almost every system, it's a fantastic time to be a gamer. Kudos to Sony and I hope this continues to light a fire underneath their competition.
That being said, as someone who games on almost every system, it's a fantastic time to be a gamer. Kudos to Sony and I hope this continues to light a fire underneath their competition.
This year could potentially be the peak year. Lots of quality games are being released and of Horizon can score in the mid to upper 80's on metacritic. It'll be a system seller.
If games like Red Dead2, Destiny 2 and Battlefront 2 release later in the year it's going to be a huge year for the industry.
If games like Red Dead2, Destiny 2 and Battlefront 2 release later in the year it's going to be a huge year for the industry.
This. I think that they probably had a small team working on prototypes, assets, etc.
God of War is going to be 2018.
Red Dead 2, Battlefront 2, Call of Duty and Destiny are going to carry PS4 to 2018.
Then 2018 possibly has God of War, Spider-Man, Final Fantasy VII, Shenmue, Days Gone, Last of Us II.
Nothing stops this train.
AyraSutoraifu
Member
For software sure. However by 2018 both HD Twins will have reached more than 2/3 of their lifetime sales. Hard to have a peak year at that point as most interested individuals will have already picked up a console. Sales will continue to be strong but not really peaking.
HideyoshiJP
Member
I'm reading these results as "PS4 is doing great! Everything else is falling because we used to make really expensive things and still make kind of expensive things that sometimes break and lots of people don't like to buy things anymore."
Elginer
Member
That;s some straight fire line up right there. 2017 is insane.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
PS4 has no games yet still sold $5.8B on PSN alone?
Man, premium themes must be killing it for Sony.
Man, premium themes must be killing it for Sony.
Interfectum
Member
Haha, how much is that thing?
so, by division
1. Game & Network Services (G&NS)
Operating income – 431 (millions of U.S. dollars)
2. Financial Services
Operating income – 250
3. Music
Operating income – 241
4. Semiconductors
Operating income – 234
5. Home Entertainment & Sound (HE&S)
Operating income – 224
6. Mobile Communications (MC)
Operating income – 183
7. Imaging Products & Solutions (IP&S)
Operating income – 182
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x. Components
Operating loss – (32)
xx. Pictures
Operating income (loss) – (920)
1. Game & Network Services (G&NS)
Operating income – 431 (millions of U.S. dollars)
2. Financial Services
Operating income – 250
3. Music
Operating income – 241
4. Semiconductors
Operating income – 234
5. Home Entertainment & Sound (HE&S)
Operating income – 224
6. Mobile Communications (MC)
Operating income – 183
7. Imaging Products & Solutions (IP&S)
Operating income – 182
-------
x. Components
Operating loss – (32)
xx. Pictures
Operating income (loss) – (920)
pharmboy044
Member
I see a lot of revenue from PSN but what about the profit? Are they actually putting money in their proverbial pocket or is it just being burned as it comes in?
DriftingSpirit
Member
What would it be burned by?
holy shit lol
TheStruggler
Report me for trolling ND/TLoU2 threads
Im honestly suprise Horizon doesnt have a NA bundle, that would be huge
Holly boy Pictures Kaz please turn this around!
DriftingSpirit
Member
I'm sure it will come.
Great sales, really deserved.
Will be interesting to see their next quarter though. Normally they shipped like 2m more than they sold through, but now the difference is 3.7m. This should've an impact on the next quarter, so I doubt a bit they can reach their goal of 60m shipped. But at least they'll get pretty close.
The good thing is that the Pro is still a bit undershipped in some parts of the world, so they can increase shipment for that.
Will be interesting to see their next quarter though. Normally they shipped like 2m more than they sold through, but now the difference is 3.7m. This should've an impact on the next quarter, so I doubt a bit they can reach their goal of 60m shipped. But at least they'll get pretty close.
The good thing is that the Pro is still a bit undershipped in some parts of the world, so they can increase shipment for that.