360 Magazine: Sony’s loss is Microsoft’s gain as Insomniac Games finally goes multiplatform. Insomniac has revealed that it’s first major new IP for years will be bucking the trend of Sony exclusivity and making its way to the Xbox 360.
PlayStation Plus has improved the split of PS4 and PS5 players on its priciest tiers, but Sony continues to hide total subscriber numbers.
I for one will be going back to essential at the next renewal. When I feel a game is good & right up my alley, I’ll check trusted reviews & just buy it.
I would like to see Sony add a fourth tier of PS Plus for people who just want to be able to play games online without any of the perks like monthly games, store discounts, or anything like that, and it should cost $20 annually, $30 maximum. There’s no way I’m paying $80 just to play games online. Even the original $60 fee was too much, and I would often wait for sales to re-up my subscription.
During Sony’s recent business segment meeting and investor presentation regarding its game and network services, the PlayStation company revealed that PlayStation 5 is the company’s “most profitable generation to-date.”
It’s the top slide of the presentation, showing that in its first four years, the PS5 generation has already hit $106 billion in sales, having almost caught up to the PS4’s total $107 billion generated.
Operating income for the PS5 generation has also already surpassed that of the PS4, having now reached $10 billion.
I wouldn't doubt it. They released a high quality system. A lot of high quality games from themselves and their support of 3rd party developers and indies. They released many high quality remakes and remasters. They released a high quality GaaS game going against the naysayers thinking Sony would abandon single player games. And they most likely are profiting a lot more than PS1, PS2 PS4 and the loss leading PS3 that drained all their profits.
Now, I'll wait to see what's cooking tomorrow. But can you use some of those profits to better support your high quality VR headset? Because, by supporting it, you can sell more games and more systems and make more profits?
This will surely shut up all the new trolling accounts trying to spread lies and non facts in other articles comment sections before this article is posted.
Wow! I am super impressed that in just 4 years, ps5 already caught up to the PS4's. Congratulations.
The Xbox brand has done a lot of good over the years, but their various blunders are pretty wild to look back on in their magnitude.
Ironically number 9 can save them at this point (releasing games on multiple platforms)
Phil Spencer is the worst that has happened to Xbox.
They built a respectable brand up to Xbox one. Then this guy took over and things became a joke
Really good video.
I remember the days with RRoD was big news on here, N4G.
Microsoft had it turbulence number of years.
Looking at the success of Sea of Thieves despite being 6 years old, time to release Halo, Forza horizon 4 & 5 on PS5. It'll help their revenue
I found this video painful to watch. Can someone list them out?
Top 10 for me from are:
1. 2013 reveal presentation
2. Bundling Kinect 2 with Xbox One
3. RRoD or why rushing to market with hardware is always a bad idea.
4. Buying studios only to close them.
5. Ads on the Home Screen
6. Letting Halo die.
7. Letting Geard of War die.
8. Every console name
9. Charging for Xbox Live on Xbox 360 when Sony let PS3 players play online for free.
10. Cancelling release of OG Xbox games after the Xbox 360 launched.
'Insomniac Proves Exclusives Are Dead'
really?...ok....got it!
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@Dailynch
'No, it means they are making less and they are becoming less important to the industry as a whole.'
No what it is is that the goalposts have been moved in order to make people now think they are dead. Sorry mate you're fooling nobody. Look at how many articles are popping up about ms's lack of exclusives and shift towards the casuals, couple that with a 7 month gap in a retail exclusive that isnt kinect....Just add 3rd party exclusives to the 'title' and all is fixed.
With a game we've yet to really see, much less play or get sale numbers on.
There are swarm of first part exclusive that say other wise and along with a few good third parties. Title should add Third Party.
Insomniac Proves Sony 3rd Party Exclusives Are Dead
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@Fobia
Those would be 1st and 2nd party exclusives :)
Any remaining Sony 3rd party exclusives (games not published by Sony) will be making the jump to 360 in the coming months.
Insomniac doesn't prove anything by making the multiplatform game besides making more money. There will still be Insomniac exclusive games on the PS3. They now have two development houses; one is working on Resistance 3 while the other is working on the Overstrike. I highly doubt that Sony will not receive any more exclusives from Insomniac with their 17 years of history. Will Insomniac also make multiplatform games? I am sure they will; but we also still have Resistance 3 and Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One this year.