Most of their current gen games have gone to PC, that's literally what multiplatform means. People get over yourselves, you aren't losing anything other than sanity getting so worked up over how a company conducts business. Just play games smh.

People are so stupid. God how embarrassing it must be to be them. Before i say what i want to say i want to mention that i hate all three companies very, very much lol. Nintendo, Sony, MS.. all of them are awful and pathetic in their own ways. That being said, the physical media isn't going anywhere and it never will, the hardware and consoles are never going to go away, Sony will never go full multiplat and their next consoles will always have a disc drive option you stupid, we'll always have Nintedno for all things exclusives and making sure their IP's stay where they belong, no the PC isn't end all be all for Sony and the success they had on it is completely over exaggerated by idiots, their primary focus will aways be their platform and the place they earn the most profit on, oh and F*** Microsoft.

We really don't know what it means.

It makes sense for Sony to release a live service game like Hell Divers 2 and Marathon on as many platforms as they can to build the user base and cross play but their single player exclusive they can release 6 months or a year later on other platforms with no big hit to 'exclusivity' imo.

I guess that is one way to spin a hardware manufacture saying "moving away from a hardware-centric business to more to the community-based engagement business." Sure, it doesn't mean Sony published games will be multi-platform - but the response highlights how great they feel their investment in Bandai Namco - which makes multi-platform games - has been to the stability of the company.

Looks like some people are in serious denial.

As of release of the 5090 Series I have gone full PC once a loyal PlayStation and Xbox gamer. In my opinion I don’t get this whole exclusive thing anymore.

Does it even matter? Why not sell to as many people who will buy them rather then limiting that income? I think it’s inevitable that everyone but maybe Nonteo

They are going to sell on their platform. And once the money dries up, they'll send their old games to other platforms.

journalists coping is pathetic, we have more than we care for on n4g already

Its really funny when you think about it. Sony is shifting towards a more third party strategy. They are already releasing games on other platforms but yet people here are still making excuses. You laughed and made fun of xbox when they started doing it but now all I hear are excuses as to why they wont do it when its already happening. Even if they wait 6 months, a year or 2 years. Its still third party.

The things that make you laugh can also make you cry.

People who argue that they are never explain how incentivising the public away from their own store front (where they make 95+ % of their income) is a way to "grow" their business. I mean, I guess, companies have done dumb things before, but alot of this talk is routed in what Microsoft is currently doing. Microsoft is not Sony, the Xbox division could dissappear from existence right now and it would have zero impact on their bottom line. Playstation is Sony's most profitable/value portfolio they have. They can't afford to take big risks with it.

That job listing literally uses the word "multiplatform".

So what? Why would that be a problem if they did?

It already has…..

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau