At one time I was young and uneducated on the matters of economics. I would have said SONY was trying to scrape every dime they could from me. Now that I have some form of education and understand how the world works I can see this is not true.

Video games are a business people! I sell products for a living and its my business to do so. No matter if you are hardcore or casual, the truth is these companies have to make money to thrive.The rumble was missing because of a law suit, its cut and dry. There is no conspiracy here. I'm sure SONY would have crambed the Dual Shock 3 in the package (next to the Blu ray disc player, wifi adapter, and intergraded hard drive) but I doubt they had a means to do so. If they did we'd be complaining about the price point even more. Sure, I'd like to take the "they are rich and powerful so they can do anything" attitude but at the end of the day they can't do everything. If these companies had the ability to swoop down and take your money with the snap of a finger they would. The truth is, in the business world you create everything to appeal to the consumer and make them happy. As a designer I have to make you want my product. If I had the option to sell my product at dirt cheap and still have great quality I would because you would buy more of it. These companies are at our mercy. If SONY could undercut MS and deliver a better price they would have. If they could have given us rumble and motion sensitivity they would have. Should've, could've, would've! Despite all this, Rumble is here, its a great feature and I hope you enjoy. Now, onward to HOME!

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