Why Sony is in Danger of Losing its Audience Before the PS5

Fortnite and E3 suggest Sony is getting over-confident.

[Pancit_Canton]

Lol.

Games > Crossplay

Fortunately for Sony, they have both.

[naruga]

Why Gamerevolution is in danger to become crap site ?? .....because they always keep writing baseless , shtty articles with clickbaity titles that are far from reality

To take the audience from PS base you need games (and not just simple games , i mean good games) ...not imaginary, non existant, overrated quarrels of a supposed "dissatisfied" game community

[Eonjay]

Next they will be saying PlayStation will die if it doesn't enable Shaeplay to Xbox consoles.

[Skull521]

Could be, I remember when Sony said “Next gen doesn’t start until we say it does”

That was followed promptly by selling half as many consoles as the did the generation before.

[DialgaMarine]

@Skull And yet, they still eventually outsold the competition console that launched over a year earlier, and supposedly had the better online and exclusives.

[Skull521]

@DialgaMarine

Are you talking about the 360? The console that sold more than three times as many consoles as its predecessor in comparison?

1/2 vs 3x, that is a six fold difference for comparison.

[XabiDaChosenOne]

@Skull 521 "Are you talking about the 360? The console that sold more than three times as many consoles as its predecessor in comparison?"
And still lost.

[PepsivsCoke]

@Skull Yes, he is comparing Sony’s worst console generation beating Xbox’s best ever even with a whole year headstart and using tech which for a time was being developed by Sony and IBM.

[RauLeCreuset]

@skull

He's talking about Xbox's best gen selling less than PS' worse gen (even with RROD repurchase included). Remind me again. How many Xboxes have sold compared to 360s?

[Skull521]

It was like 25 million for the original and 80 million+ 360s roughly. That equates to massive success for Microsoft.

Selling like 180 million PS2s and only 80+ million PS3s equate to a massive failure for Sony.

I’m not sure how selling a fraction as many consoles from one gen to the next constitutes a win but that is Sony fanboy logic for you.

[Alucard_420]

let me remind you Skull the OG xbox is one of the shortest lifecycle of any consoles made, it was even shorter then the WII U. So to say that the 360 sold way more then the OG xbox is not much of an accomplishment as that would not be that hard to do if you make a proper console.

[ClanPsi1]

@Skull521 "It was like 25 million for the original and 80 million+ 360s roughly."

And over half of those were re-buys because of RROD. They actually sold to only 30~35 million households. Still a better ratio than Sony, but nothing to brag about. Actually, those are numbers that they should probably hide.

[Skull521]

RRoD was a fairly widespread problem, but Sony fans like to ignore the faulty disc drives in PS2s. I didn’t know a single PS2 owner that didn’t get dirty disc errors and have to send them back to Sony for repair. Far more of a problem then RRoD, and Microsoft remedied it with an extended warranty for 3 years. Sony just let people buy the new slim model instead or made them pay for the repair.

[RauLeCreuset]

@Skull

I'm sure you understood the first time, but how many Xboxes (not OG Xboxes) have sold compared to the 360? But if you want to insist on invoking first gen systems, how many PS2s sold compared to OG Xboxes? How many PSXs sold compared to any Xbox system? What gen has Xbox ever won, because PS won the first one it ever entered against two established powerhouses in the market. Come on, now. You're calling others fanboys, but only a blind fanboy would be silly enough to try to fight the fight you're picking to fight.

[RauLeCreuset]

You can't be serious. You're trying to give Xbox points for getting stomped so badly in their previous outing while holding PS' success against it. You're killing whatever credibility you had left.

[Ceaser9857361]

Its funny how Xbox fanboys can't accept their failure and try their best to downplay PS.. Carry on trolling. We gonna enjoy the best games on the PS4.

[UCForce]

@Skull521 What happen when MS and Nintendo become arrogant again ? How would you react ? The thing is that MS and Nintendo have been arrogant with their Xbox 360 and Wii. I can bet they will become arrogant again in the next generation. About MS working with NT, good luck with that. Because i’m sure Nintendo will stab MS in the back just like they did to Sony back in 90’s.

[UltraNova]

Skull,

Any logical person that happens to prefer the xbox, would realize at some point, that talking about consoles sold (no you apparently can not have guessed it)....is not in his/her favour and only helps accentuate this gen's loss of any and all market share gained during last gen by team xbox. Gone, puff, eradicated.

Congrats, you have officially sunk to a new low...and the even sadder part is that you haven't even realized it.

[ssmilloy36]

sounds like the left

[bouzebbal]

Media not only are stupid for the most part but they draw the conclusions they want..
As long as Sony brings the games and powerful systems at the best price , they shouldn't worry.

Sony themselves have proven this this gen in NA where xbox is king.

[Death]

The console that “wins” shouldn’t be based on sales numbers, it should be based on the enjoyment you get from it. More people clearly enjoy PlayStation, but that doesn’t mean for some Xbox isnt the better choice. For others Nintendo is best. Is this really that hard to understand?

[subtenko]

Dude these stupid idiodic game sites are becoming as dumb as the news. FTS crap people and crap sites invading gaming I wish they would GTFO! I would take Jack Thompson over this BS!

[-Foxtrot]

If people decided to leave Sony and the PS consoles behind because of cross play despite all the support they give us in terms of games and exclusives then I honestly don't know what to say

I understand if the cross play games were big hitters like COD, Battlefield, Titanfall, Destiny, Fallout 76, Doom, GTAV and the like but it's not...it's Minecraft and Fortnite

[rainslacker]

Even if it was those big games, most people don't play across multiple consoles. The multi-platform owner is a pretty small percentage of the market. Of those that own multiple platforms, PC and handheld tend to be more prevalent than having something like xbox and PS, because Xbox and PS are basically the same console outside of the exclusives.

People haven't been clamoring for cross play with those games despite the feature being available long before MS decided to make a fuss about it. I can't really see why people are making such a big deal about it now, which leads me to believe that the only reason there is such a fuss is because of console war arguments..

[Aenea]

Ehhh, you're being a tad silly, Fortnite is really huge right now, probably earns Epic more than the other games at this moment...

But I do agree, who in their right mind would go "what? no cross-play? ok, no PS5 for me, I go with Xbox!", that's just silly...

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@rain
This is not about multi console owners, they wouldn't complain, they can play with anyone they want anyways. No, it's about the people who own console X and want to play with their friends on Y and Z...

And yes, nobody before this gen talked about it all that much, it's MS that stoked the fire, it died down a lot then the Fortnite on Switch thing happened and that is not even a cross-play issue but a cross-save issue that normally none of the big companies allow (except somehow for Fortnite they are ok with it, probably to take jabs at Sony)...

[TorpeAlex]

You're completely delusional if you don't think Fortnite is a big hitter.

[morganfell]

What game only took 6 days to become the most watched game on Twitch? Wasn't that a game about robots or something? Who made that game? What about that other game that came out recently. Some god guy with a boy? Did that game bomb?

Gamerevolution? Try evolution and get your Darwin on and join the 21st century. Bland, unimaginative, and wholly incorrect assumptions from a site that defines wasted click syndrome.

[pinkcrocodile75]

@morganfell - Hey just breathe!

OK, I liken this article to the following scenario.

Your best mate working with you is a brilliant programmer just like you, and he continuously pumps out fantastic code. However each time he does so, he becomes a little more arrogant and a little less inclined to listen to advice or consider the views of his programs users when things could be better.

Over time, the more successful his programs become are only equaled by his view that his software and platforms are perfect and "who the hell are you, to tell me what my users need, I'm the developer and they'll do as there told"

OK, this is an extreme example, but you can see my point. With great success, a little humiliy goes a long way and in Sony's case, they have been good at that up until the end of last year.... In my view that is

[dragon_rocks]

@pinkcrocodile75:

Nothing will be impacted as long as the excellent programs he is writing continues to bring in the money and continues to satisfy the majority of users who use them. Also, he is not being arrogant to all his co-workers, only those who used to be arrogant before and have lost their touch now.

[rainslacker]

@pink

In that scenario, if the programmer keeps being successful to the point that they can do no wrong, then why would anyone have to tell them to do things differently if the people are buying their products and liking what they have? And that's the point here. People are saying Sony is anti-consumer. That they're cocky. Yet, Sony is delivering some damn good games, on a more than sufficient system at a reasonable price.

If Sony is confident, then they have earned that right, and to date, they are simply doing the things which are making them popular....and that's making games. So long as they keep doing that, they'll keep being popular. People are going to have a much more lasing impression because of those games, than they are about a feature that isn't that in demand, and not even really expected. I have no doubt that if Sony stopped delivering the games, that they would receive plenty of flack. They certainly get it when they have games with the whole "sony has no games" thing.

Even with the feature being available between PC and PS for over a decade now, with a couple thousand games being released in that whole time, there are less than 5% of games that actually implement the feature. Publishers don't care that much. Very few devs care about it. Most gamers don't ask for it, nor care if it isn't there, and really don't make a fuss when it is there. The number of gamers that would base a console buying decision on it number in the hundreds, and it would be really stupid to make it a major consideration in a console purchase.

Using your analogy, it's the less successful programmer who is acting like the one programmer is doing something wrong, and it's based on a bias view that they should somehow be just as successful, despite not doing the same amount of work, or being as talented.

[Pancit_Canton]

I would probably start abandoning Sony and the PlayStation if they started selling dolls and cardboard instead of games.

[Loktai]

SAVAGE

[paintedgamer1984]

🤗

[UCForce]

Yeah, I saw the picture on Twitter. It was so goddamn cringe.

[UltraNova]

Ouch.

[trooper_]

Lmfao.

[StormSnooper]

They have to write about something I guess.

[SuperSonic91]

Nevermind it GameRevolution...

[Aceman18]

Yea I'm not dropping their console since they offer me the games I love to play, really "gaming media" really.

[neutralgamer1992]

pancit

it amazes me how ps4 has twice the number of titles that offer cross play yet sony is against cross play

it amazes me that sony lets you play free to play games without requiring you to sign up for psn plus yet they are anti consumer

i guess backwards compatibility is so important that xbox one is outselling the ps4 oh wait, what about cross play, gamepass, ea access? what is that do you mean to tell me none of these features are game changing or system selling. I know it's hard for fanboys to understand the fact games matter on a gaming consoles not features

switch/xbox one combined maybe 45-50 million

ps4 80 million and more with cross play offered with pc gamers

it wouldn't surprise me if MS is paying these journalists to bash on PS4 it's not like they didn't do and were caught few years ago

who has the best exclusives
who has the most exclusives
who offers the most diverse lineup of exclusives
who actually sells world wide and offers games from all around the globe

[rainslacker]

Sadly, MS doesn't have to pay to have people write this kind of tripe. They care more about getting clicks than actually supporting the industry or benefiting their readers. They think their opinions are more important than they are. Dare I say that many of them are....what's the word...."cocky".

[jznrpg]

@rain but they do pay and he could be one of them

[hulk_bash1987]

They are definitely not losing me as an avid PS gamer since the original PS1. I dont play Fortnite alot, but I do think they should change their policy to at the very least not lock other service accounts from being accessed on other platforms.

[GTgamer]

We ain't going nowhere and not be able to play the next God of War mannnnn get this corny article out of her

[REDDURT]

Avid PlayStation fan and no cross play I will buy a Xbox.

[PepsivsCoke]

You’ll spend around $300 or more (system and Xbox live) just to play one game with some Nintendo users? Wow! Buy a Nintendo. They have games.

[ZeroX9876]

useless article. As if PS fans would switch to another console because of crossplay!
Sure I would love having it as a feature, but the PS5 will be in my home alongside the PS4,PS3, etc. crossplay or not

[oasdada]

Ok so when ure having an 11/10 e3 for sime years then u have an 8/10 e3 suddenly ur in danger wow.. And besides that awkward transition at the start of sony e3 the games were awesome.. And can some one remind me again how trying to experiment with the format makes sony over confident.. Then what would u call EA? And following such rules EA wouldnt exist by now

[DivineAssault]

This manufactured outrage is entertaining though. All these people flipping out that the market share leader doesnt want influence from the competition. 80million PS4 owners hearing from 60million switch+xb1 owners talk about how much cooler F2P/indies are to play together? Nah... Sony doesnt need to bother & personally I dont care to play against them in those games. Or any game for that matter. My mic is usually off when i play online unless its with personal friends any damn way. If its such a huge deal, they can close their eyes & pretend theyre playing with other console owners. Playing just one PS4 exclusive one time is more important to me than cross play with Fortnite, Rocket League, etc.

[rainslacker]

Absolutely hilarious that these sites think that this whole Fortnite thing will matter in a year or two when Sony finally announces the PS5. Do they really think that gamers have such a long memory? Do they really think that there are millions upon millions of people that will somehow care about cross play when this issue hasn't been a factor at all for the past two years to Sony's sales.

Sony for the past couple years has shown and delivered some of the best looking games this gen. They've delivered hit after hit of highly acclaimed games, and still have people excited for what's to come. That's going to mean a lot more than Sony denying cross play, or apparently refusing to allow Epic to do cross progression with other platforms.

This is the 3rd article in two weeks saying Sony is getting over-confident. But all I really see Sony doing is delivering games. That isn't cocky, that's just what they do. They haven't talked about any of these issues to be able to say they've become arrogant, because their reasons for doing, or not doing, these other things are unknown, and it's pure speculation that it's being done from a position of arrogance.

[imtiyaz6]

What’s with all this anti-ps media coverage since e3? It’s like 2007 all over again

[Christopher]

You people should know that the audience being discussed here isn't fans who will buy Sony for their games, but the people who previously abandoned Microsoft to move to PS4 this generation who have no issues doing the same next generation with PS5 to go back to Microsoft if they have the better deals.

[trooper_]

My God, this crossplay nonsense is going WAY TOO FAR now.

Why was this not a big deal last gen? Why all of a sudden there's this fake outcry over crossplay?

It's getting really stupid now.

[Muzikguy]

These sites don’t get it. Just because you jump on something trying to make an issue of it, doesn’t make you a worthy site. Making an issue out of notiing is desperation

[Babadook7]

I guess Sony hasn’t done so well lately. Strange, and I thought games were what mattered. Lol

[Thatguy-310]

LOL keep reaching. If they were in danger of losing its audience they wouldn't be outselling the competition in the rate they've been doing this yr.

[SmielmaN]

#ClickBaitHeadline

[supes_24]

I took the bait, I'm guilty. SMH

[letsa_go]

I think Microsoft is offering creative writing courses with Office now or something! Earn points for every anti sony article you write!!

[monkeyfox]

I was just thinking this. Feels like the Microsoft /xbox /American propaganda machine is in full swing!

[fiveby9]

Sony is in trouble of losing it's audience by delivering a great platform and great games? Really? Where is everyone gonna go? MS's ecosystem? Don't make me laugh.

[Davidgr2]

You're right, PS4 outsold Xbox One and Switch in the US alone. PS4 keeps outselling the competition globally since launch. I'm sure all those people bought a PS4 to play God of War or other awesome PS exclusives and not overrated Free to Play still on BETA Fortnite.

[DivineAssault]

Sony would be giving the competition more exposure by allowing crossplay with them. 80million PS4 owners hearing from a combined 60million switch/xb1 owners. Nah, sony is in a great place. Theyre not perfect but theyre the best console maker if you like a variety of genres. "Im trading in my PS4 & missing out on Spider-Man because i wanna play Fortnite with even more people." /S SMMFH

[G3ng4r]

Because they've never lost any of their audience before right? Keep clutching that pillow until your dedicated lot are all that's left.

[Dragonscale]

They won't lose anyone over xplay or bc. With all your comments lately it seems you are biting your pillow not just clutching it lol.

[G3ng4r]

You're projecting.

[THC CELL]

Yaaaaawn

[2pacalypsenow]

Lol.

PS4 is still outselling the Switch and Xbox, people don't care about crossplay as much as they want you to believe it does.

At least not enough to sway people away from PlayStation.

[paintedgamer1984]

This...

This month its sony is anti consumer because of this... next month it will be some other form of mud slinging... just makes ms look extremely desperate outside of xbox fanboys.

[REDDURT]

People do care it’s late in the generation .

[2pacalypsenow]

But Sony is still outselling both consoles that support cross play between each other, if people actually cared, wouldn't it affect sales because people are buying consoles that support it?

People said that Backward compatibility would turn the tide for Microsoft because everyone wants BC. How did that turn out?

[trooper_]

People like who?

[TKCMuzzer]

Sort yourself out, its a small minority that care, their just shouting loud.
Remember there are millions of casual players who only dabble in online and would not even know what crossplay is, let alone care about it. Only hardcore Xbox fans care because its late in the generation and their still clinging to some lost hope that Microsoft have just been hibernating with all their games and their going to suddenly release them in order to justifying this generations debacle of software exclusives for the Xbox brand.

[ecchiless]

and ppl only talk about xplay in one game, honest question, pubg, overwatch, battlefield, cod, destiny, those have xplay?

[REDDURT]

Stop being fanboys . Sony is wrong.

[Link2DaFutcha]

Who cares about crossplay when you have the best single-player game lineup? Also the whole fornite thing is wildly blown up, you can still PC/ps4 crossplay. Clickbait article through and through.

[Tross]

Sales figures say otherwise. Troll harder.

[PepsivsCoke]

Lol Didn’t PS4 outsell both Nintendo and Xbox in America for the last 2 months?

[Tross]

Indeed. They're not the ones we should be worrying about, but don't tell that to these journalists.

[ILostMyMind]

lol

[Gamist2dot0]

Oh no! Pre-order canceled! Time to sell the PS4 and all the games! smh..

[bluefox755]

More of these articles, lol. No click from me.

[Kostche]

LMAO... gaming media, what friggen joke

[OffRoadKing]

You would think he would be concerned about ruining his journalistic integrity.......LOL!!!!!!!!!! oh who am I kidding?

[BlackTar187]

hahahhahahahha

Man are these people desperate

[TGGJustin]

What a joke article. Sony is the most consistent of the three of keeping their audience and some Cross-Play nonsense isn't going to change that. They have released 4 consoles and all four have sold at least 80 million. No one else has been that consistent. The early PS3 days were a nightmare and they still ended up with a huge audience. Trust me PS5 will be just fine.

[patterson]

No it shows they have a back bone and not caving in to fad games.

[FITgamer]

Guarantee if you log into your PSN account and ask your friends if they'd switch platforms because of certain titles not having crossplay you'll get a unanimous IDGAF.

[MLGecko]

Ohlawd... How much longer am I going to have to see this same article recycled on N4G?

[raWfodog]

Once Fortnite starts to die down...then it'll be onto something else to complain about.

[ShellB]

Once the kids start school. I believe its summer break for them so they got plenty of time on their hands.

[Silly gameAr]

Ok. Enough of this circus for me. If I wanted childish drama, I'd watch soap operas. Good luck with all the FUD and what not.

[sin7279]

Lol no hahaha!

[Goldby]

beyond popular belief.

some people find BR modes boring AF
some people cant wait for this fad to be over.

and some people dont care about cross play.

sony is fine. it may lose some people, but now where near enough to make them worry

[princejb134]

im one of those that find BR modes boring
all my friends are into it though

[Goldby]

Yeah I personally can't stand the mode for more than a total of like 1 or 2 matches.

I tried fortnite BR after paragon closed and my first thought was, really, closed a game for this...

Still do think that

[Fist4achin]

Huh?!

[quenomamen]

Yea I’’m gonna stop playing on my PS4 and wont buy a PS5 cuz Fortnite players cant crossplay or use their acounts on the switch. THE SWITCH a bordeline toy.

[Chaosdreams]

Lol I'm sorry but I JUST CAN'T.

These opinions and articles are getting more ridiculous as the days pass.

[UCForce]

Yeah, this is beyond ridiculous. This is not “criticism”. It’s a torture with trolling and death threat.

[KickSpinFilter]

OH GOD!
Pass on this read.

[Toiletsteak]

This is just getting boring now. Only people I see complain about this are Xbox fans.

[CP_Company]

hey, how much you get paid by m$ to discredit your site? i hope, that is big enough, because now, you known as clowns and delusional site.

[IRetrouk]

Next

[HeisenbergX]

Okay that’s it it’s time to leave N4G for a while before i get cancer

[AgeInTheCage]

First, it was the xbots posting and approving all them ps 5 articles untill xbox and phil said they were hard at work on a next gen console while sony just showed us games, now its crossplay articles being spammed on this site despite microsoft forcing people to buy live gold to play fortnite and any other free to play games LOL, the hypocrisy!!!!!

[AgeInTheCage]

Make sure to let them know that xboxone makes you buy live gold in order to play fortnite and cross play.

[Mister_Wolf]

I'm getting so sick of these articles. Telling you now, I doubt Sony is going to lose audiences because of not giving cross-play. The games they have coming are very anticipated, that alone will retain audiences.

Lack of cross-play wasnt why Xbox fucked up this gen. Lack of games, direction, and communication was.

[staticall]

Again this E3 presentation and crossplay? This is getting ridiculous, every day same topic.

[Goldby]

Yeah, N4g should update its rules and guidelines for submitting, anything news worthy more than 10 days old should be automatic fail.

We get it, people are pissed, don't need to hammer it into the ground

[killswitch80]

Should be why more people are going to get the PS5 over the Xbox Zero

[PowerOfTheCloud]

Wow this is mental. You can tell they really want to find sony's weak spot to bring down playstation. Crossplay won't do the job, sorry!

This situation soon will be forgotten and i'm certain that ps4's sales won't even take the slightest dip.

Why should potential ps4 buyers care for crossplay with x1 and switch when A) most probably won't know anybody who plays on xbox 1 anyways and B) switch won't receive 99% of all third party mp games to begin with?

[Fadikun]

Sony is going to go third party and we will finally get some good games on Xbox!

[BlackTar187]

The opposite is more likely to happen.

[UCForce]

If that’s happened, I can tell you that MS and Nintendo will get cocky again. And someone will take Sony place and they will rekt MS and Nintendo.

[DivineAssault]

HAHAHAHA! Losing its audience? Because they care more about crossplay between these games and not the mountain of quality titles released. Sure

[FernDiggidy]

Lmaooo

[porkChop]

I'll still buy a PS5, Sony makes far too many great games for me to pass on. But if Sony's stance on full cross-play continues next gen I'll buy my multiplat and multiplayer games on PC instead. Sony will still get my money, just not nearly as much as I gave them this gen.

[UCForce]

I’m still stick with PS brand and next generation I would buy PS5. Cross play is not my issue. Because I always think online game is just afterthought.

[porkChop]

Yeah I'll buy a PS5 as well. If you don't care for online games then you're right that cross-play wouldn't affect you. And that's totally fine, do whatever works best for you.

[KickSpinFilter]

Come in with PSVR 2 required
No exclusive games at launch
No BC with PS4
$100+ more than XB1-2
Ya sure
Don't think they are going to do any of that.

This Fornite thing is like rain falling into the Ocean.

[psuedo]

Whoever wrote this article tell them Hellfire from the forum years, and years ago before they were bought out said they're stupid. If Hellfire is telling you that then you are stupid.

[jairusmonillas]

Another fake news, fake outrages, fabricated anti-consumer news set up by sponsored paid trolls to spread misinformation.

[boing1]

I literally have one friend who prefers to play on Xbox. He recently gave in though and currently enjoys Detroit and God of War. He still plays multi on Xbox so cross play would be nice but c'mon. This debacle has absolutely zero effect on majority of gamers. And is it me, or the loudest here actually do not have PS4 at all?

[corroios]

More trash of payed news. Sony will end this gen in the best position ever. And if they launch first, well there wont be a console war, Just like this gen

[uth11]

lose it to who?

MS hasn't exactly been setting the world on fire

Nintendo? remember the Wii U? just because they are doing well atm doesn't mean the streak will continue

[Loktai]

So far this generation... Microsoft:, always online,
"the cloud", multiple big cancellations (fable, scalebound, etc) huge delays such as crackdown ... I could go on.

Nintendo: Maxwell instead of Pascal cores, price higher than anticipated , huge delay in online service even existing+ no voice chat without a phone, docks scratching the screen, issues syncing the joycons....

If Sony loses its audience over a game everyone will forget about long long before the next console gen, I'd be pretty amazed.

[DialgaMarine]

If the biased media outlets like this one were always right with their “predictions” about Sony, PlayStation brand would’ve died years ago. They seriously overestimate how many people care about cross play, and these scare tactics are getting a extremely pathetic. MS has been running their Sony slandering for almost a year now, yet here we are with the PS4 still holding its spot as the market leader.

[sampsonon]

STFU!! lol

[mastershredder]

Is this butt-hurt satire? Inquiring minds want to know.

[Inzo]

SAY WHAT!!!!

[REDDURT]

I care for next generation and will be a decider for me

[SublimeStylee2]

Derpa derpa derpa doo... The main points of the article.

[Kratos_Kart2007]

oh shut up already!!!

[Kosic]

The biggest issue for me is how Sony's handled it's lack of backwards compatibility. They took what Microsoft was offering, added their own stubbornness and charged us for a poor service (psnow).
It could've been a selling point at a cheaper price per month, or an even better one as a free backwards compatible machine.

These issues haven't ruined Sony, but things like that shows they aren't listening to their community and they believe they know what we want.

I can't really remember what the last thing Sony did to go out their way for their player base.

[BlackTar187]

Psnow is not poor in any quality way but it is over priced. The truth is most people don't spend that much time playing old games 5 yrs removed from the gen. Seriously though it's awesome to have BC but it should not be a leading feature of your console and it's just people making a mountain out of mole hill.

[SublimeStylee2]

Umm they make games for their player base. You know games? If you want to game in the past get an Xbox. The massive success of ps4 in comparison to the beast is embarrassing. Millions and millions and millions and a few more million seem to disagree when making that purchasing descision and choose ps4! Hmmm I wonder why?

[StormLegend]

I like how you say took what MS was offering when Sony was the first to do it. It may not be true BC but it was before MS started to do it.

[BehindTheRows]

This is one of those moments when you realize that a pointless story has run its course. The brand will be fine, with/without Fortnite cross-play. We need some material now.

[blanka4545]

hell no!

[Sm00thNinja]

Nintendo and Microsoft fans are REAAAAAALLY TRYING to make this bigger than what it is but last I checked May NPD was another Sony win. Crossplay isn't a big deal. It's not a game changer especially when you're almost 80 million strong

[Protagonist]

If anything I am already looking forward to the PS5 and I'm a longtime Sony fan.

[Miss_Vixen]

More like Game Revolution in danger of shutting down because they have to stoop down to creating pointless click bait articles for views.

[Rude-ro]

Because the “gaming” media works for money and their partners? They sure as heck are trying to bash a company that has provided.
Wouldn’t anyone else think that Microsoft’s lies should gather this much media coverage? Hmmm wonder why they don’t

[Kerplunk80]

You are fake news.

[OpenGL]

PS4's success has absolutely nothing to do with Fortnite or cross play.

[WickedLester]

Hahahahaha!!!!!!

[Smokehouse]

The fortnite audience maybe. The “masses”. Do you really want to bet your entire business on those games and consumers though? I think they are smart by sticking to their guns and to what got them there. Their success isn’t reliant on the casual craze or the support from other platforms. Why change? Because your competition is begging you? Because people demand their fad of the year be playable everywhere? 9 out of 10 platforms isn’t enough.

If a PS5 purchase hinders on fortnite for you then it’s probably not worth it anyway lol.

[firelogic]

All Sony is in danger of is making sure they've manufactured enough PS4s to meet the demand they'll be facing for the next 2 years, what with Spider-man, Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding, The Last of Us Part II, plus all the big 3rd party games dropping like Dragon Quest XI, Red Dead Redemption 2, etc...

Why is Sony going to lose its audience next-gen? Why not now? Isn't this a HUGE SERIOUS PROBLEM right now?

As for E3, what did you expect to happen? All of their 1st party studios either just released a game or are working on games we already know about. What else could they have done? I guess they could have outbid Microsoft to debut 3rd party multiplatform games on their stage but why would they? That's not over confidence, that's just smart business.

[jznrpg]

Lol nice try MS

[Markusb33]

Hahaha keep pushing the none story.
Yeah all those 80 million won't be interested in all those Sony franchises moving forward. Why would they

[J-DARKnes]

Are these people serious right now? I guess anything for clicks.

[RosweeSon]

Well it won’t be through lame articles like these

[GoodnessGreatness]

Shit. Let's see. What console actually provided more and better quality games this gen. Definitely not the xbox lol.

[superchiller]

Garbage article from a garbage website, don't give them any clicks. And I own both a PS4 and Xbox One and have no hard feelings against Microsoft.

They really should change the name of their website to LameRevolution, terrible troll articles.

[Elda]

God willing I'll be in line buying the PS5 on day of release.

[Fist4achin]

Funny, there's another article trending today how Sony has such a strong lineup coming later this year. This doesn't even count what else Sony has going, which is coming...

[zodiac909]

Let me guess....because of cross-play?? Which is not the main reason to buy a console in the first place.

[RabbitFly]

Fortnite is one of perhaps a handful of games that have ever featured cross platform purchases. Most games require you to buy the game for every platform and then asks you to pay for every add on or microtransaction again on every platform as well.

Yet somehow because we have 1 case of this happening between some eco systems and not one other it is the end of the line for that one ecosystem?

What about the countless games that has asked this of players for decades?

People are so quick to ignore history as long as it serves their narrative.

[shinoff2183]

Screw cross play. I'd rather have the unique games that sony offers then cross play any day. Who the hell are these people

[Artemidorus]

Judging by some of the uneducated here they are safe and sound.

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

Uneducated? How?

[Artemidorus]

Disagree with facts, ignore facts, don't understand facts.

[TheHan]

Because their stale and boring.

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

LOL what? Good lord does MS have Shills in the press? No one is switching from playstation in nay meaningful numbers over cross play. Most over blown issue yet.

[shinoff2183]

That would not surprise me. Didn't ms get caught before paying for good reviews or for good preemie before I swear I remeber reading that.

[Redlife2g]

Yet another ridiculous article... If there was a better alternative out there, sure it might happen... But there isn't so no, not going to happen

[CommonCent]

If we lose all the people that bring up the crossplay bullshit I would not mind one bit.

[AK91]

Um what?

Edit: Ah gamerevolution that explains a lot, guys please stop submitting articles from this clearly out of touch website.

[Father__Merrin]

I'm sorry I don't sweat on here. But that's a shit title they have spewed out. Sony's audience has grown and continues so because of software that can only be played on PS4.

[Broomfondle]

Who writes this rubbish?

[FallenAngel1984]

Lmao wow the topics journalists come up with

[rivaldoo777]

Greg Miller is saying "people are upset they cant move their fornite account over switch. He adds that some of these players have spent more than 300 dollars and they are upset its locked in PS4." I guess greg is one of those stupid people to spend more than 300 bucks on a f2p game. So upset he had to rant on his Twitter lmao.

[Sy_Wolf]

I hope Microsoft murders them next gen. Sony being this far ahead is horrible for everyone. Remember how amazing the PS3 was late in life because of how hard Microsoft was murdering them in sales? It was so good that they tied Microsoft in sales with a year less time on the market.

[DarkZane]

Murdering them in sales? The PS3 outsold the 360 worldwide every single months from the moment it released, which is how they caught up and finished in second place. The 360 only did well in the US and a little in UK, but the rest of the world didn't care much for it.

Xbox only has appeal in the USA, which is why they can't win because Playstation has worldwide appeal. I think even if the PS5 launched a year later and at a more expensive price, the PS5 would still end up catching up and it would do so faster because Microsoft won't be able to inflate their sale numbers like they did with the 360 and RRoD.

Not that it matters, since Sony won't launch a year later and at a higher price point ever again, they may have become a little arrogant since they're dominating with the PS4, but they've learned their lesson from the PS3 and won't screw up like that again.

[Sy_Wolf]

You seem to have misread my comment.

[Geomasonic]

MS wouldn't be able to murder it's own turd flashing down the toilet, let alone murder Sony.
MS is the most vile, obnoxious and green-puke inducing company known to mankind.

[Sy_Wolf]

Microsoft was doing quite a lot better than Sony was in sales last gen for a very long time. If they hadn’t stopped trying they could have sold more systems.

[Twinblade]

If gamers leave Sony because of stupid backwards and the likes of Crossplay... good riddance. True gamers play real games.

[DafunkyRebel]

Fortnite will die out before PS5 even launch.

[Skuletor]

In danger? All four hottest stories as I write this are Playstation ones.

[Action GO FIGURE]

They lost me because I have real life responsibilities and I don't really have time to game anymore.

[zodiac909]

At the end of the day, EXCLUSIVES, is the reason to own a console, and the reason we have separate consoles in the first place.

[Sharky231]

They are not in danger of losing me!

[Helios86]

Oh no. The Disney edition of PUBG doesn't have crotch-play on PS4. Lucky I didn't buy a PS4 for mediocre shooters targeting pissy 12-year olds douchey youtubers.

Fortunately I got Bloodborne and God of War, two games that neither Nintendo nor Microsoft have even come close to matching with anything on their current or previous systems. So the way I see it good exclusives > shitty multiplayer shlock with cross-play.

[krauley]

I will buy the next playstation on release but will not buy another xboxwhatever

[UCForce]

Crossplay, Gaas and steam services are big things now ? Unbelievable. “Sigh”

[Davidgr2]

All this crap over a free to play game that's still on BETA. Microsoft is making a big deal due to their weak install base. You can still crossplay with PC/Mobile. Let's not forget PS4's install base is bigger than Xbox One/ Switch combined, and that's 'cause they put out a bunch of good exclusive games. PS5 will do very well because it's not being rushed and Playstation has a lot of REAL exclusives games coming up. PC/PS4 > Xbox One/Switch

[nucky64]

i've never been happier with a PS console - so many high-quality games coming. i don't care about BC or crossplay - i want great games.....and sony has always delivered. when ps5 comes, i'll be there.

[Melankolis]

Ok. Sony is in danger. Then who will be the leader? Microsoft? Nintendo? The day one of them become leader, the same day the leader will stop the crossplay.

[Psychosious]

Hyperbolic much? Ffs, every day xbots throwing shade due to fortnite. A bane on video games if u ask me, fortnite is twitch trash.

[madpuppy]

W-I-S-H-F-U-L T-H-I-N-K-I-N-G
Talk about wagging the dog.....Sony is doing great, If Its competitors would just invest in ACTUAL proven tactics to be competitive (EG: investing in First (and Second) party studios to create a good amount of quality exclusives.) If MS had as many great exclusive experiences as Sony has on the PS4 I most likely would have invested in an X1, But, they provide nothing that incentives me to do so....and cross play is an anemic (and pathetic) alternative to ACTUAL exclusive gaming experiences.

As for Nintendo, I am not a fan of it's core games, so they are not even in my radar to have an opinion on concerning this subject....even though having a variety of exclusive gaming experiences beyond the rouges gallery of Mario, Zelda...blah, blah, blah.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

Lol, some people like to dream big despite how far removed from reality their thoughts are.

[Aenea]

LOL, these people, hilarious!

[Dragonscale]

So lack of crossplay is gonna make PS4 owners sell their console and buy xbone ? LMFAO.

[pyroxxx]

Another retarder article,.. MS must be paying well for all this propaganda,.. Thank God people see trought this shajt,.. It is like CNN or BBC fearmongering regarding Russia.

[Sm3000]

Articles such as this question why I even visit this site......
Sony/fortnite kinda reminds me of the current situation with Trump and the illegals.
The same policies were happening before Trump was in office, namely obama.
Refusal to cross play happened before last gen with xbox.......
Off track, I digress...
Sony is not going anywhere and even if they refuse crossplay, you can count on one hand how many customers they'd lose

[Tzuno]

What a joke, Sony leads by far because they actually have games, good games, the rest is words of envy, i play only on PC but i must say Sony keeps delivering more and more.

[chris235]

thank god the crossplay community is only big enough to provoke blog posts like this and it is not big enough to have any real impact on anything.

[DrShoe]

Lol I guess gamerevolution has gone full 'tard.

[terstomp]

The English web is dominated by the US. The US favours Microsoft and Microsoft favours the US. Microsoft are also masters of PR. So, as far as English PR is concerned, Sony has to work harder than Microsoft does to maintain a good image.

[CP_Company]

exactly.

[CyberRekkr]

Sony not supporting cross-play is just a bad move. I have friends who are PlayStation/Xbox/Nintendo only... So it would be nice to play with them instead of having to buy another console just to play with them. What if I was PlayStation only, but my friends like Xbox only, so to play with them, Sony is forcing me to buy an Xbox. Stupid move by Sony.

[Kakashi Hatake]

The way Sony looks at it, it forces people to buy a PS4 if they want to play with their friends. Your situation is in the minority looking at the sales figures.

[mechlord]

wow really...

[DynDasE]

By all means, the article is... bullshit. But, I only hope Sony won't get too cocky and repeat their PS3 mistakes.

[Mr Lahey]

I swear, Fortnite gamers are the worst! No one else cares about this shit game! I'm so tired of these articles now!

[gazgriff2k12]

ha ha ha ha. funny joke

[T2X]

When you consider the whole big picture, this article is wrong. As a Sony customer, I stay with them for a few key reasons. If MS offered all of the exact same things, it would come down to other features. But, right now they don't. And as far as crossplay, I personally care 0 about it or the current Fortnight craze. I know some do though. Oh well.

[Shakengandulf]

Hahahahaha these articles are a joke.

[supes_24]

OMG, if this isn't some butt hurt fanboy article I don't know what is. Lose it's audience because of Fortnite? LOL. I don't know about any of you other gamers but I have a PS4 for their exclusives, period. I had MS consoles, their exclusives suck and I'm done with the 10th Gears game and the 15th Forza. Sony literally can't mess up as long as the exclusives keep coming. They can literally skip E3 and I'd still buy their games and PS5. There, I just proved your article wrong.

[FITSniper]

Yeah no.

[Snakeking33]

Until I see games like smash bro on Xbox cross play or halo on switch cross play to me it’s just a fad I mean what’s so good about cross platform play anyway people is acting like it’s revolution or something is there a really big difference other then adding more people to play with I mean I haven’t had a problem finding people to connect to on fortnight or h1z1

[CyberRekkr]

Because you wouldn't have to buy multiple consoles to play with friends or family who only buy one system. I have brothers who only buy Xbox but I have always like PlayStation. So I had to buy an Xbox to play 3rd party online games with them. Like Fortnite, Rocket League etc, It would have been nice to do Crossplay with them instead of buying another console.

[Daeloki]

*Reads title... looks at picture... reads title again... looks at picture...... finally notices it's gamerevolution *

Bwahahahahahah x'D

[microgenius]

Playstation will fail Xbox will win
Playstation is crap Xbox is king
...
keep telling that to yourself every night before sleep it will cause Sony to become bankrupted and you will be happy for the rest of your life

even if it wouldnt happen, it will make you sleep well

[GamerzElite]

I don't understand why gaming media is so cocky abt fortnite crossplay, reality is some pc gamers can't play with others PC players due to Windows Marketplace policy, Like if I buy game ARK in windows marketplace, I cant play with steam players. Does any gaming media raise this issue?

[deiniol39]

Oh no, I can't play Fordnite on crossplay, who gives a f***. If that's all I bought my PS4 for was to play multiplayer games I would have bought an Xbox. I bought my PS4 for the amazing games it produces. Not saying Xbox doesn't have any decent games. But It has no Last of Us.

[CyberRekkr]

What's wrong with having a system that can do it all?

[InKnight7s]

Oh that is what I am talking about, journalists became firms bitches, they never talk about consumer benfits and even MTs outrage was caused by gamers and redditors, Journalists didn't ever talk about how bad is Ubisoft, Activision and all these full DLCs games, they always spotlight on some successors and try to hit it and down play it.

[Specter229]

So tired of these such and such is doomed articles.

[doggo84]

"Why Sony is in Danger of Losing its Audience Before the PS5"

Lmao, no doubt you're some xbox fanboy. If anything, Sony are pushing harder than they ever have. 2017 was an absolutely stellar year for playstation. 2018 has been even better (what's coming will make it better too). 2019 will top 2017 and 2018 if you consider Ghost of tsushima, death stranding and TLOU 2. Sony are getting stronger and stronger bruh. They've doubled down on first party investment too and have already opened a completely new AAA studio, already working on a new title (go figure, you ignored that nice little fact) but but but crossplay.... (slaps you in the face) Sony has delivered some of the best games this generation, that's all that counts and far outweighs any "controversy" arising from crossplay nonsense. Why are we arguing this? i'm here to play games, not lick some company's arse and high five them because they allow crossplay between different platforms, but people need to reach; and reaching VERY far they are.

[kevinsheeks]

You know these articles only blow up because you guys respond to them :/

[PS3_Noob]

If PS5 has no BC for at all that is the only reason I can see them loosing its audience. All PS4 games should be working on PS5 on 4K, 60fps or both

[Germaximus]

Totally agree. Sony needs a reality check. It would be very easy for the next gen of consoles for Microsoft to take over.

For example, I purchased EA Access on my Xbox One because Sony refused to have it on their platform. This forces me to go elsewhere.

[doggo84]

Lol sorry say that again? was too busy playing God of war to care about crossplay or your fake concerns for Sony.

[Tazzy]

Wow where do people on here get their intelligence seems a lot of people lack it on here with articles like this Sony will lose it's audience and I'll start winning every lottery in the world for the rest of my life not going to happen.

[Platformgamer]

every day i see these anti-sony articles, can you actually stop already?
thank god that sony playstation exist

[StormLegend]

I hope the writer of this article sees what thumbnail he just used. Why would I ever leave a console with that much support in games? Look at those banners!!

[jznrpg]

I have a list of around 100 friends and I know they will all buy PS5. I am sure that is true for most people .PS has the games

[leeeroythe3rd]

Sony isn’t going away unless they want to... even the ps3 was extremely relevant during its difficult start. Silly notion that a closed platform would cause the current best first party game maker to lose huge market. It doesn’t help growth but it hardly impacts

[dreue]

Lol just lol.... Media pleqse be better next time, also ms pleqse stop the crossplay nonsense the games do the talk and this it, if you dont have game well work harder and make them.... Jeee i never see this stuff but the other way around..... Sad

[Phantom68]

Scaremongering

[King_Lothric]

Did Microsoft lost last gen for refusing to cross play?

How about writing an article about Microsoft desicion not to cross play last gen and if that had an impact?

That would be something responsible to do before making all this begging drama show.

[cd1]

Pahhahahahah - that headline! No click from me.

[MrSec84]

They're not in danger of anything, besides winning yet another generation with awesome exclusives and industry wide support.

All Sony needs to do is make sure PS5 has good value hardware for their chosen price point, along with the level of games support they've given PS4 or better and they'll have yet another success of a console.

[subtenko]

Why gamerevolution is in danger of losing clicks...

[Dragonscale]

At least ftp games like fortnight are genuinely free to play on PS4 unlike on xbone which needs xb live gold to access the online br mode. You don't hear anyone whinging about that little anti consumer caveat though. Everything behind a paywall lol. Ooh ms their so consumer friendly /s.

[MeteorPanda]

your sites in danger of being listed as clickbait and not visited by me that's for damn sure

[Sevir]

Cross play and Fortnite is going to make people stop playing PS4 and switch to an XB or Switch?... 😂 First off, not everyone cares about that in fact, very few in the sea of 77 million Actually cares about this... The vocal minority tends to be louder than the unbothered majority...