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“I want to convey the message that Sony is a creative entertainment company,” Mr. Yoshida said by phone from Tokyo before leaving for Nevada. 
He added that Sony’s three separately run entertainment businesses — music, gaming and motion pictures — have been told from on high that it is time to collaborate more consistently. In the past, analysts say, PlayStation Network managers have been hesitant to team up with their movie and music counterparts, worrying that the service’s core gamers would balk if they felt that Sony was pushing, say, family films at them."

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/06/business/media/sony-movies-television-ces-playstation.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage

 

Nintendo and Sony have lost the plot both on the same day.  :tom:

 

TCHBR

 

 

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so basically, gaming is already dominating thanks to playstation, and now the movie studios are surging too thanks to hits like jumanji and venom. oh and spiderman is going to get milked for everything  from movies, to tv, to more AAAe's for ps5. basically sony as a whole are stronger than theyve been in years, going from the company where everything was dying except playstation to the more well rounded entertainment form of their heyday.

 

tchbr indeed :tom: 

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7 minutes ago, Quad Damage said:

 

no, near-billy movies are one of those "fuck ups" :hest: 

look how quickly you posted Jumanji's earnings..  LOOK how successful Sony was!!  Sony's going to turn ALL of their IPs into successes in every form of entertainment!

 

That's what Sony is thinking right now....and that's a mistake.  Sony is fucking up.  :reg: 

 

They are going to shove movies down the throats of their gaming consumers.  It starts with PSNow and streaming.  They probably think a bunch of shitty Sony movies will make up for not releasing their first party games day and date... :hehe: 

 

They're going to try to turn the PS5 into a media box....  that didn't work out for MS... and wont work out for them either... especially if they have the weaker hardware.

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5 minutes ago, Remij_ said:

look how quickly you posted Jumanji's earnings..  LOOK how successful Sony was!!  Sony's going to turn ALL of their IPs into successes in every form of entertainment!

 

That's what Sony is thinking right now....and that's a mistake.  Sony is fucking up.  :reg: 

 

They are going to shove movies down the throats of their gaming consumers.  It starts with PSNow and streaming.  They probably think a bunch of shitty Sony movies will make up for not releasing their first party games day and date... :hehe: 

 

They're going to try to turn the PS5 into a media box....  that didn't work out for MS... and wont work out for them either... especially if they have the weaker hardware.

 

"Sony’s entertainment businesses are stronger than they have been in memory"

 

remij: "sony is fucking up :reg: "

 

deeno: "tchbr"

 

 

"Xbox One unit sales down YOY"

 

remji: "xbox is on the upswing"

 

deeno: "the rape train is coming yall"

 

 

 

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How are people reading that this is bad. This will have next to zero effect on gaming in anyway. Sony has multiple seperate divisions and this is just saying they are now encouraged to collaborate together? This has zero effect on the Sony hardware, software or any gaming focused group already. It is literally saying they might use PSN to promote the other divisions, meaning an expansion of what they started with Playstation Vue. Maybe we see PS Plus in the future have PS5, PS4 and a sony movie. Maybe they will get a Amazon style sub package that caters to gaming, film, vue, music. 

 

The headline is stupid because it makes it sound like their GAMING division is now focusing on other things which isn't the case. Then again I'm not surprised by the reading comprehension of certain individuals here. 

This is polar opposite to MS literally focusing on TV and Sports and making their console an all in one entertainment package where they showed next to no games and added DRM. 

This stuff has already started anyway and most ppl haven't even noticed probably. PS Store has been promoting Venom and Spiderverse heavily, you get big discounts from pre ordering each from the store. That is what he means when he says they will use PSN to collab with other divisions.

The very quote you posted even says that, regarding past worry:

worrying that the service’s core gamers would balk if they felt that Sony was pushing, say, family films at them."

 

pushing meaning advertising. In the past PSN store wasn't promoting their movie or music division. Now it will (already begun) and may expand that way.

 

 

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13 minutes ago, madmaltese said:

How are people reading that this is bad. This will have next to zero effect on gaming in anyway. Sony has multiple seperate divisions and this is just saying they are now encouraged to collaborate together? This has zero effect on the Sony hardware, software or any gaming focused group already. It is literally saying they might use PSN to promote the other divisions, meaning an expansion of what they started with Playstation Vue. Maybe we see PS Plus in the future have PS5, PS4 and a sony movie. Maybe they will get a Amazon style sub package that caters to gaming, film, vue, music. 

 

The headline is stupid because it makes it sound like their GAMING division is now focusing on other things which isn't the case. Then again I'm not surprised by the reading comprehension of certain individuals here. 

This is polar opposite to MS literally focusing on TV and Sports and making their console an all in one entertainment package where they showed next to no games and added DRM. 

This stuff has already started anyway and most ppl haven't even noticed probably. PS Store has been promoting Venom and Spiderverse heavily, you get big discounts from pre ordering each from the store. That is what he means when he says they will use PSN to collab with other divisions.

The very quote you posted even says that, regarding past worry:

worrying that the service’s core gamers would balk if they felt that Sony was pushing, say, family films at them."

 

pushing meaning advertising. In the past PSN store wasn't promoting their movie or music division. Now it will (already begun) and may expand that way.

 

 

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