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Sony CFO responds to backlash over ending physical discs for PlayStation:
"At this point in time, we are not seeing any impact on our business, as of now… a large part is already digitized. And therefore as a result the discontinuation of discs, we don't see that there will be any negative impact on our business. A new interview with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto has revealed he thinks people don't care about graphics and performance that much anymore, compared to consumer priorities in generations gone by.
As picked up by Nintendo Everything, Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu talked to Miyamoto last week, with a focus on how Nintendo has developed new ways to play over time - especially since the Wii and DS era. Even if the Nintendo Switch family of consoles feels more traditional in their approach to controls, it marked the first serious foray into hybrid gaming hardware. With Switch 2 now becoming one of the fastest-selling consoles ever and the Switch 1 family being discontinued in Europe, it was the perfect time to ask the legendary creator about his thoughts on the company's past, present, and future. I like graphics. Graphics are not a replacement for good gameplay You could play the PS2 for the rest of your life and never run out of unique titles. Confounds me why Sony never pushed for better backwards compatibility.
"I was happy that the Switch lasted for 8 to 9 years. I think that customers are no longer just looking for specs. I think the ideal is that if you buy the software, you can play it on the device you have at home," Miyamoto explained before saying Nintendo has provided "gameplay that only we can create" and had the advantage of working on a single "architecture" versus several at once.
He brought up smartphones as devices that are "everywhere" but present problems when it comes to game development, such as different levels of performance and features.
"We still want to make a living with minimal effort, to live without working," he joked before going on to explain that reducing the amount of work is important to create a more efficient production process. As PlayStation and Xbox continue to struggle ahead of the next generation, where hardware shortages and rising costs make the prospect of both Xbox Helix and PS6 galling for many buyers, maybe Miyamoto is onto something: players simply want something at home that runs the games they want to play.
However, as I already said, the users, the players have attachments and we have to think about how to respond to those feedbacks." They’re calling the bluff. This is when all that “vote with your wallet” stuff comes in. Because the only way they’re gonna feel it is if them numbers start slippin. The new PlayStation kinda sucks. They used to be cool man. Sony says it expects Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls, Marvel’s Wolverine and God of War Laufey to continue to drive performance in its PlayStation business. People can boycott all they want, but I think that the only thing that will actually get Sony's attention is if the PS6 fails. Like, Virtual Boy level of failing. But between this and the rumored $1,000 price point, we may just get that level of failure. So they'll ignore the players and their lifelong customers for over a month and then when they finally turn to make a statement, its to their shareholders, not us. PlayStation 5 is the second worst selling Sony home console of all time. And it remarkebly pulled ahead of PS3 because of the good faith it earned from gamers who bought PS4. He's right, next gen is mostly going to be what, paying $1100 for raytacing and better framerates, sometimes?
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Sony CFO responds to backlash over ending physical discs for PlayStation:
"At this point in time, we are not seeing any impact on our business, as of now… a large part is already digitized. And therefore as a result the discontinuation of discs, we don't see that there will be any negative impact on our business. A new interview with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto has revealed he thinks people don't care about graphics and performance that much anymore, compared to consumer priorities in generations gone by.
As picked up by Nintendo Everything, Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu talked to Miyamoto last week, with a focus on how Nintendo has developed new ways to play over time - especially since the Wii and DS era. Even if the Nintendo Switch family of consoles feels more traditional in their approach to controls, it marked the first serious foray into hybrid gaming hardware. With Switch 2 now becoming one of the fastest-selling consoles ever and the Switch 1 family being discontinued in Europe, it was the perfect time to ask the legendary creator about his thoughts on the company's past, present, and future. I like graphics. Graphics are not a replacement for good gameplay You could play the PS2 for the rest of your life and never run out of unique titles. Confounds me why Sony never pushed for better backwards compatibility.
"I was happy that the Switch lasted for 8 to 9 years. I think that customers are no longer just looking for specs. I think the ideal is that if you buy the software, you can play it on the device you have at home," Miyamoto explained before saying Nintendo has provided "gameplay that only we can create" and had the advantage of working on a single "architecture" versus several at once.
He brought up smartphones as devices that are "everywhere" but present problems when it comes to game development, such as different levels of performance and features.
"We still want to make a living with minimal effort, to live without working," he joked before going on to explain that reducing the amount of work is important to create a more efficient production process. As PlayStation and Xbox continue to struggle ahead of the next generation, where hardware shortages and rising costs make the prospect of both Xbox Helix and PS6 galling for many buyers, maybe Miyamoto is onto something: players simply want something at home that runs the games they want to play.
However, as I already said, the users, the players have attachments and we have to think about how to respond to those feedbacks." They’re calling the bluff. This is when all that “vote with your wallet” stuff comes in. Because the only way they’re gonna feel it is if them numbers start slippin. The new PlayStation kinda sucks. They used to be cool man. Sony says it expects Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls, Marvel’s Wolverine and God of War Laufey to continue to drive performance in its PlayStation business. People can boycott all they want, but I think that the only thing that will actually get Sony's attention is if the PS6 fails. Like, Virtual Boy level of failing. But between this and the rumored $1,000 price point, we may just get that level of failure. So they'll ignore the players and their lifelong customers for over a month and then when they finally turn to make a statement, its to their shareholders, not us. PlayStation 5 is the second worst selling Sony home console of all time. And it remarkebly pulled ahead of PS3 because of the good faith it earned from gamers who bought PS4. He's right, next gen is mostly going to be what, paying $1100 for raytacing and better framerates, sometimes?
