Poll: *The Official PlayStation (PS5/PS5 Pro) Thread*

[biron_w]

Will the jump from PS5 to Pro be more noticeable than the jump from PS4 to pro was, because, frankly, that was quite disappointing

I doubt it'll be much more noticeable. If it isn't capable of running games at 4K/60 then I don't see the point in it.

 

[ZXSpectrum]

Does anyone have any quotes from Sony on what numbers they expected PS5 to shift?
It's trending above PS4 sales by around 8% (side-by-side).

I seem to recall they were expecting to sell 25m consoles in 2023 fiscal year but they ended up selling 21m. Apparently they have now sold over 56 million PS5 units worldwide

 

[hyperseven]

Concord - dead

Possibly the biggest AAA flop this century

An important update on Concord

Concord fans -- we’ve been listening closely to your feedback since the launch of Concord on PlayStation 5 and PC and want to thank everyone who has joined the journey aboard the Northstar. Your support and the passionate community that has grown around the game has meant the world to us...

blog.playstation.com

 

[xaldub]

Concord - dead

Possibly the biggest AAA flop this century

An important update on Concord

Concord fans -- we’ve been listening closely to your feedback since the launch of Concord on PlayStation 5 and PC and want to thank everyone who has joined the journey aboard the Northstar. Your support and the passionate community that has grown around the game has meant the world to us...

blog.playstation.com

Wow, that was a quick death. At least it's decisive action from Sony, and a good gesture to refund everyone who bought the game. But given Sony's operating margins were already very thin, this £100+ million loss is going to have repurcussions for consumers.

 

[adidan]

I’m not sure it will bring much. Remains to be seen, obviously. The Pro wasn’t enough for me to consider it and I’m not sure that this will be either.

Same, skipped the last Pro and will skip this one.

I still believe hardly any games are pushing the current console, not sure what the Pro will bring to the table.

I was happy enough with the PS4 Slim/PC gaming until the PS5 Slim. I'll be spending that Pro cash on a GPU and start catching up on PC games until the PS6 Slim

The base console is find for me for living room gaming.

 

[ic1male]

Concord - dead

Possibly the biggest AAA flop this century

That's nuts. 8 years all for nought. I would have given it a go if it had been free to play.

 

[Mobius 1]

What a waste of time and money..

Oh well.. anyway! Astrobot Friday!

 

[MooMoo444]

That's crazy about Concord. It's like they did zero market research and just brute forced a game out there.

 

[Cromulent]

What games made you get a PS5?

 

[malachi]

I'm not surprised about Concord. It looked to be on deaths door within the first 24hrs.

You cant push out an AAA title and expect it to be a hit. Its a big risk now and with how the tech industry is at the moment and all these lay offs. Its not a good sign.

 

[Kainz]

I don't think I've seen a game ever launch and die in the same month. Shocking.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Ouch that’s going to cost Sony a few quid.

 

[biron_w]

Concord - dead

Possibly the biggest AAA flop this century

An important update on Concord

Concord fans -- we’ve been listening closely to your feedback since the launch of Concord on PlayStation 5 and PC and want to thank everyone who has joined the journey aboard the Northstar. Your support and the passionate community that has grown around the game has meant the world to us...

blog.playstation.com

What an utter disaster this is from Sony. The market is saturated with "hero shooters" so I'm not surprised it failed.

 

[ZXSpectrum]

As i said in the PC thread, it annoys me they wasted this much on that pile of garbage but wont give Days Gone a sequel and that made decent money!

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Hopefully they will realise the mistake that people are not prepared to pay for this crap when there are so many free ones and Stick to Epic single player story games. But I’m sure the investors want more ££……

 

[Mobius 1]

Hopefully they will realise the mistake that people are not prepared to pay for this crap when there are so many free ones and Stick to Epic single player story games. But I’m sure the investors want more ££……

We’re getting a fantastic single player game releasing on the day concord gets shut down - I hope it does well and shows Sony we want more single player games.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

I'm not surprised about Concord. It looked to be on deaths door within the first 24hrs.

You cant push out an AAA title and expect it to be a hit. Its a big risk now and with how the tech industry is at the moment and all these lay offs. Its not a good sign.

It was on death's door even before they pushed it out. The numbers from the beta test should have had them delaying launch and reconsidering everything. Now they name is tarred with failure. Even if they relaunch as f2p, would anyone be buying from the cash shop? Highly doubtful, when it would be a sure-fire closed down title in less than a year.

 

[ZXSpectrum]

I hope they dont put the price of the PS5 Pro up £100 to compensate for this..

 

[adidan]

I hope they dont put the price of the PS5 Pro up £100 to compensate for this..

That was my initial thoughts, that they'd recoup it somehow. I think it would be easier through their other games though tbh.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

I hope they dont put the price of the PS5 Pro up £100 to compensate for this..

I bet it will be near £700 as is.