I heard after ps6 comes out sony is done with madeing consoles
(Rumor) ps6 will be sonys final console
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ditto!
The consoles (excluding nintendo) have basically been PC's since the PS3 era. Microsoft already went with this and have made their last 2 consoles a front-room PC, to the point that they dont even bother with "exclusives" anymore.
On the other side I think it is very important to the gaming landscape in general that we have these consoles to keep gaming affordable.
Nintendo will continue on, and idk about Microsoft, but if they plan to keep going as well, no way in hell Sony is getting out.
Rumor is rumor, but there's probably a good reason why
Maybe they're just tired of making them or maybe they're doing something else…who knows?
Maybe they're just tired of making them or maybe they're doing something else…who knows?
This has been a rumor for the past couple generations for what it is worth, but it also isn't really surprising. The industry on the whole has been pushing further and further away from the console model as third party exclusives die out almost entirely and even first party exclusives get ported to PC with greater frequency. Microsoft is still pushing into the cloud gaming space and consoles have completely lost their ability to differentiate themselves from PCs in any meaningful way aside from ease-of-use.
But despite it making a lot of sense, Sony's consoles still sell like hot cakes so it's kind of hard to envision them giving up the hardware space while that remains true. In 10 years when we're looking at the PS6 Pro and wondering about a prospective PS7 will that still be the case? I look at how expensive the PS5 Pro is and how consoles in general have pretty universally refused to drop in price over the last 10 years and wonder if the endlessly rising price tag will continue, because if it does, I can't see a $600-700 PS6 launching to the same level of success.
I used to be pretty sure that Sony wasn't gonna have much of an incentive to even make a PS6, but consumers seem to still care about consoles even when they have almost 0 compelling exclusives so long as the box says Sony on it.
Nintendo will remain in the space for some time purely because they have such a long history, unmatched development pedigree and the most iconic IPs within the space.
Microsoft will probably bow out of hardware soon. The Xbox Series X/S have not done all that well compared to the competition and it seems their lofty goals of "throw blank checks at acquisitions and game pass" didn't amount to much in the short-term. They release everything on PC and are super invested in the cloud and since they've already started going third party I think they'll realize that there is little value in them stayin in the hardware space going forward. Kinda sad to think about, but that's the state of console gaming I suppose.
But despite it making a lot of sense, Sony's consoles still sell like hot cakes so it's kind of hard to envision them giving up the hardware space while that remains true. In 10 years when we're looking at the PS6 Pro and wondering about a prospective PS7 will that still be the case? I look at how expensive the PS5 Pro is and how consoles in general have pretty universally refused to drop in price over the last 10 years and wonder if the endlessly rising price tag will continue, because if it does, I can't see a $600-700 PS6 launching to the same level of success.
I used to be pretty sure that Sony wasn't gonna have much of an incentive to even make a PS6, but consumers seem to still care about consoles even when they have almost 0 compelling exclusives so long as the box says Sony on it.
Nintendo will remain in the space for some time purely because they have such a long history, unmatched development pedigree and the most iconic IPs within the space.
Microsoft will probably bow out of hardware soon. The Xbox Series X/S have not done all that well compared to the competition and it seems their lofty goals of "throw blank checks at acquisitions and game pass" didn't amount to much in the short-term. They release everything on PC and are super invested in the cloud and since they've already started going third party I think they'll realize that there is little value in them stayin in the hardware space going forward. Kinda sad to think about, but that's the state of console gaming I suppose.
The spirits are talking about a Nintendo+1 future
I honestly don't think so. The market potential is too great, and Sony changed the landscape of gaming forever since the mid 90s and became a household name.
Sony could become the apple of gaming
This is proposition I’m not happy can become true
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The only point of comparison that we have about a company leaving the console market is SEGA but they left because they shoot themselves in the foot with the CD, 32X and the saturn, by the time they got to the dreamcast, there was no recovery. The only way i see Sony leaving the console market is by imploding, nothing else.
Yeah, even Sony's perceived failures are nowhere as damning as Sega's actual ones.
I hope not. Competition drives innovation and also ensures that shitty corporate practices don't take effect, like locking physical media to one console (killing second-hand market) or refusing to boot up without an internet connection. I shudder to think if Nintendo becomes the only game in town.
If N gains more ground we are screwed to be honest. You're quite right, too; the only reason Microsoft backpedaled on their ridiculous lockout policy attempt is backlash and loss of competitiveness.
It actually makes a lot of sense, considering the current landscape across gaming.
For Sony only gives up on something if they’re losing on it. Which in this case they’re not.
That's true they are pretty quick to pull the plug when something isn't up to their standards, but on the other hand this feels like an industry standard at the moment. Consoles seem to be getting rolled out faster and faster for the sake of staying on the very bleeding edge, but then get zero software to go with it, or at least a very slow trickle.
I think that, if anything, in the future consoles will be more fitted to making great games and not just the “who can spend more money/time/people” types of production values we’re seeing now, cause that’s really the heart of all gaming’s instability right now in my opinion.
Consoles are way overpowered right now compared to what games are actually made to do (artistic expression and have fun playing them) and studios are just desperately trying to keep up with the tech increases, even if their game doesn’t need you to see all the dimples on a character’s face when you zoom in x1000, then they have to focus more on making money back for that game and the next one they want to make.
it would be cool if Sony’s make a main console that would be a more stable entry for decades to come, and had side things like the psp or peripheral controllers to shake things up now and then, cause I think it’s actually the hardware power race that’s reaching the end of it’s validation.
Consoles are way overpowered right now compared to what games are actually made to do (artistic expression and have fun playing them) and studios are just desperately trying to keep up with the tech increases, even if their game doesn’t need you to see all the dimples on a character’s face when you zoom in x1000, then they have to focus more on making money back for that game and the next one they want to make.
it would be cool if Sony’s make a main console that would be a more stable entry for decades to come, and had side things like the psp or peripheral controllers to shake things up now and then, cause I think it’s actually the hardware power race that’s reaching the end of it’s validation.
I honestly think it already has. The fact we keep getting juiced up versions of a given hardware is pretty solid indication of that.
The Only money Playstation is making in the online ecosistem and the cut from the 3rd party games, soo ¿why they not gonna suport the Playstation ecosistem?
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I think, PS5 is gonna be last Disc drive
console and PS6 is gonna be all digital with no disc drive
Yeah I think the consoles now are more or less the zenith of useful high tech-ness. If console makers focused on stabilizing the production cost of the current consoles for a longer term, or even making a modest console, they could go back to investing in game studios directly and having that their main long term revenue stream.
Like right now, no one can sell ps5s but Sony. Square enix, capcom or rockstar can’t do it for them, so sony has to focus solely on that when their console production cost are so high.
It would take a different market strategy to have a console that didn’t need to sell at max speed its whole life, and work with studios or have their own making games periodically that could maintain revenue.
I mean, if Sony was still making ps1s and someone made an awesome ps1 game tomorrow I’d totally buy it.
I agree, consoles need longer shelf lives to be viable. PC has irrevocably changed the landscape forever and with manufacturing costs (for hadware) and development cycles (for software) only going up, its becoming unsustainable.
In some places having a console for entertainment is seen as wasteful when a strong PC can open so many doors (emulation, digital storefronts).
So maybe if the PC never took off as a gaming platform, there would be less pressure on the major console makers to stay afloat.
As much as I hate Nintendo as a company for their practices, their Blue Ocean approach is the right one if you want to survive the market (by competing directly as little as possible).
As long as they have the means Sony will push it and with even more strength if Nintendo is still on the market. Sony has yet to inflict some damage on Nintendo for the backstabbing in the 90s. Japanese corp etiquette is WILD!
You're probably right, but I personally hate the idea of loosing physical media. You can't lend your games to friends and you can outright loose them if the servers all get axed. It's what happened to the Wii's digital library. If the console never gets cracked open, you can say goodbye to the games you spent your hard cold cash on.I think, PS5 is gonna be last Disc drive
Not only if the servers die, but if your console decides to kick the bucket, too, unless there's a recovery method in place.
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