Sony: Shooter Fans Are Switching to Ps4

[Dougieflesh]

Saw this on IGN and thought it was interesting. Looks like there's a new shooter box in town if Sony's marketing research has anything to say about it.

The first-person shooter audience is shifting to PlayStation 4 this console generation, according to PlayStation group marketing manager Lauren Bradley.

"This generation, the shooter audience is tending to switch over to PS4, so we’ve got high expectations for Star Wars Battlefront around both launch and into next year," Bradley told MCV.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/11/05/sony-shooter-fans-are-switching-to-ps4

 

[DarthWalden]

It's not just shooter fans

 

[MAX PAYMENT]

Ceiling fans, too.

 

[Marvel]

Not me.

Still prefer an Xbox pad for shooters.

 

[antitrop]

It's a pretty shitty generation to be a FPS fan, though.

 

[brandonh83]

Ceiling fans, too.

fuuuuck lol

 

[Majmun]

CoD marketing going to Ps4 makes it pretty obvious.

 

[jschreier]

I for one cannot believe that Sony's marketing people say video game fans are switching to PS4.

 

[Chû Totoro]

Of course since these gamers are looking a lot at graphical performance (when they don't have a PC) and PSN is now on par with Xbox Live so...

Except Halo fans I see almost no reasons not to switch.

 

[DrArchon]

Well, they got marketing and content deals for Battlefront, Blops 3, and Destiny. No shit shooter fans are getting PS4s.

 

[Saucycarpdog]

Many shooters fans are switching to PC as well actually, as CS:GO growth shows. People want that old school shooter feel.

 

[DaSorcerer7]

Ceiling fans, too.

Lmao

 

[Tapejara]

Ceiling fans, too.

Haha holy shit lol.

Edit: I'm partial to stupid puns.

 

[ChaoticBlue]

the "dude bros" are the key to winning this console war.

 

[Anton Sugar]

lol, what a shit article. I clicked expecting actual metrics/figures that showed proof, or at least trends, of FPS fans abandoning X1 to go to PS4.

Instead, the source is literally a marketing manager saying "The shooter audience is tending to switch over to PS4"

EDIT:

I for one cannot believe that Sony's marketing people say video game fans are switching to PS4.

Basically, yeah.

 

[Grim Patron]

I for one cannot believe that Sony's marketing people say video game fans are switching to PS4.

.

 

[SkylineRKR]

True but its just that PS4 is the go to console of this generation much like 360 was during the last. And FPS is simply a very popular genre.

But I'd like to see Sony also doing some sort of Elite controller kind of thing.

 

[chronic_archaic]

It's a pretty shitty generation to be a FPS fan, though.

Pretty much. Titanfall and Destiny are the only two I keep coming back to.

 

[Netherscourge]

Ceiling fans, too.

 

[Impulsor]

It's not just shooter fans

Ceiling fans, too.

Deadly combo. /thread. And also, *Dead.

 

[Mass_Pincup]

Of course since these gamers are looking a lot at graphical performance (when they don't have a PC) and PSN is now on par with Xbox Live so...

Expect Halo fans I see almost no reasons not to switch.

On par as in you have to pay for it?

 

[anexanhume]

Sony: Did we mention we have marketing deals with the two biggest shooting franchises this holiday?

 

[timlot]

Personally like the XB1 controller for FPS. Impulse triggers.

 

[spectator]

Well, they got marketing and content deals for Battlefront, Blops 3, and Destiny. No shit shooter fans are getting PS4s.

I'd like to believe that marketing deals have little to do with the reasons I switched.

 

[BadAss2961]

Not hard to imagine since PlayStation is blowing out the competition this gen.

 

[BadWolf]

Seemed like one of their major focuses from day one.

 

[RichiRamjag]

True but its just that PS4 is the go to console of this generation much like 360 was during the last. And FPS is simply a very popular genre.

But I'd like to see Sony also doing some sort of Elite controller kind of thing.

Ditto, I just want something with a better battery. I buy a lot of single player games on Xbox for battery life alone. Play my multiplayer on ps4 tho

 

[Ricky_R]

PS4, where dudebros play.

 

[Chû Totoro]

Many shooters fans are switching to PC as well actually, as CS:GO growth shows.

The place to be for shooters imo but this has been said like 5.9 billion times

Spoiler

useless shitty reference... but I couldn't help to put 5.9 instead of just 1

 

[SEGAvangelist]

the "dude bros" are the key to winning this console war.

Yup. Seems like Sony is trying to make PS4 the dudebro console with the various marketing deals of late.

 

[zsynqx]

I for one cannot believe that Sony's marketing people say video game fans are switching to PS4.

Tbf it probably is true with Cod, Battlefront and Destiny all siding with Playstation for marketing etc. But yeah, even if it isn't true marketing people are not going to say otherwise.

 

[Dibils2k]

i still cant use a dualshock for shooters.. its still not good enough

 

[Douche McBaggins The 3rd]

the "dude bros" are the key to winning this console war.

Aren't dude bros PC brah?

 

[Americanmushroom]

I dont get the ceiling joke?

 

[Kssio_Aug]

XB1 controller and Halo 5 made it easy for me about choosing XB1 in that regard though.

 

[Chezzymann]

Ceiling fans, too.

I dont get it

 

[IvanJ]

Everybody is switching to PS4. It has the most variety, dozens of games for fans of any genre.

 

[ocean]

Biggest console shooters appear to be Destiny, CoD and Battlef. Sony got the marketing on them all.

I'm amazed they didn't react to Elite controller this fall. With the marketing push for all major shooters it would have been perfect timing.

 

[M52B28]

I dont get it

.

 

[BoxyBrown]

Ceiling fans, too.

Someone give this guy a medal

 

[Elandyll]

Now even if only half of 1% of China are FPS players, that's going to be a LOT of online shooting!

 

[Nori Chan]

Ceiling fans, too.

gawd damn

 

[Gwyn]

XB1 elite controller and Halo 5 made it easy to me about choosing XB1 in that regard though.

fixed

 

[mushrambio]

Ceiling fans, too.

You win

 

[Collateral22]

Every COD pro player and most community members of groups have switched to PS4. It's the best platform out of the two for everything pretty much. If you have both, the choice is easy.

 

[StrongBlackVine]

Everybody is switching to PS4. It has the most variety, dozens of games for fans of any genre.

Pretty much. They are smart to market the big shooters though as that is what most casuals buy.

 

[The Lamp]

Well this matches my anecdotal experiences. Every shooter fan I know from my rather large university that played on 360 switched to PS4 this gen.

 

[darkwing]

Destiny just prints money

 

[GHG]

I dont get it

This.

Someone please explain.

 

[ElNino]

Not me.

Still prefer an Xbox pad for shooters.

This is my dilemma as well, particularly with Elite controller now out. I have Black Ops 3 and Battlefront pre-ordered for PS4, but I'm thinking of switching them to X1.