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Example: Don’t feel bad for this corporation. After raising 20% price hike for PS5 and accessories and jacking up prices for PlayStation Plus by 30%… it’s strange to see that Sony announced a 18% surge of revenue ($28.6 billion).
Here is another example of their greed: if you own a PS4 game, PlayStation will charge you a $10 price to upgrade it to PS5. Do you know Xbox doesn’t do this? If you own a Xbox One game, it will just automatically upgrade to work on the Xbox Series X or S, for free. In fact, if you have an old disc, you just pop it in and Xbox will download a patch to work on the latest Xbox (if the game is compatible). For FREE.
So I ask you, why would I, as a consumer, why would I ever want to upgrade to the PS5, when I know that I must spend an extra $10, per game, to get the latest features on the new console? If I have 10 games, I have to spend another $100. No, thank you.
With PlayStation VR2 is retailing for $550, and upcoming new games about to hit $100 on PlayStation (and you know Sony will be the first to do it!), I just can’t stand this company. They are just too greedy!
Let me break down all the Sony failures within the year (Feb 2024 to Feb 2025).
A bunch of games were announced in PlayStation’s State of Play. Most of these games are from third parties and they look like a lot of indie games. The biggest games announced were Borderlands 4 (no surprise, you might as well announced Borderlands 5 too... and you know Borderlands is not an exclusive Sony game) and Days Gone Remastered. No one bought Days Gone the first time around, why are they remastering this game? Who was asking for Days Gone Remastered? I own the game on PC, I’m definitely not interested in a Remastered version.
The PlayStation Network went down for about 24 hours on Friday, February 7. This marked one of largest PSN outages ever.
PlayStation gamers could not play any of their games, including offline games (which requires verification from the PSN). Attaching the PS Bluray drive won’t work either, because that requires activation from the PSN. The all-digital gaming future is not looking good. What do people get for all their complaints and pain? No explanation, instead the $28.6 billion company gives you an extra five days of PlayStation Plus. Thanks for the $1.65 (based on an average 30 days of a month).
As a five year birthday (in November) to PlayStation 5, Sony announced that they are will stop offering PS4 games, as part of their PS Plus free games. Don’t you love it when companies takes away features? The only bright side is that this won’t happen until 2026, so you have a full year to enjoy your PS4 games.
I understand why Sony is doing this, it’s simple: they want people to move to the PS5. If they cut off PS4, their fanbase is going to have to upgrade to play the free PS5 games.
After backlash from the PSN login requirements for PC versions of PlayStation games, Sony no longer requires you to sign in.
Of course, the company still wants you to use PSN. To incentivize you to login, they announced some perks like unlocking the Spider-Man 2099 Black Suit and the Miles Morales 2099 Suit or get Armor of the Black Bear set for Kratos. Bribing the players - that is actually a great way of getting users to sign up. Now gamers from other countries can play PS games on their PC, as PSN is not available everywhere.
Sony has canceled two live-service PlayStation games from in-house developers Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games, including a live-service God of War spinoff. I personally don’t like online-only games, so I haven’t really kept up with Sony developments. This article points out that Sony had 12 live-service games that they had to cut down to just six.
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After Sony reveals record profit for PS Plus, thanks to their massive 35% price hike from $59.99 to $79.99 for 12 months (in August 2023).
Sony announced the $700 PlayStation 5 Pro.
Not only is it one of the most expensive gaming console ever, but it insults gamers for not even giving them a disc drive or a freaking vertical stand. That $30 vertical stand is the icing on the f-you cake. In January, I saw six PS5 Pro at a Walmart. I’m sure they’ll eventually sell, but I’ll admit, I’ve never seen so many consoles together. For example, I have seen one or two Xbox Series X or PS5, never four or more. So seeing six, it tells me no one was spending $700 on this monster.
Sony announced they are shutting down both Neon Koi and Firewalk Studios. The former made mobile games, while the latter created the failed Concord.
PlayStation Network was down for 8 hours. The outage affected all PSN system, including PS Vita, PS3, PS4, PS5, Web, and gamers couldn’t sign in, play multiplayer games, or play some single-player games (that requires sign-in).
Suddenly, PlayStation 5 DualSense controllers costs an extra $5. The price is $75, previously $70.
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has announced a 20% price increase for the PlayStation 5 (PS5) and its accessories due to escalating costs of components such as semiconductors.
The PS VR2 headset's price got a 20% increase. DualSense wireless controller will cost 21% more. In contrast, the PlayStation 4 has not experienced any price increases since its release.
Sony launched Concord, a $40 online-only game. If you look at the market with free-to-play games like Overwatch, Valorant, Apex Legends… you can see why fans revolted against charging $40 for basically a free game.
Within two weeks, Sony announced that they have refunded gamers who purchased the game, and immediately cease sales of the game. This was a colossal $400 million failure. The good news is that gamers who bought the Concord physical PS5 discs, they are selling it for $100 or more.
Sony, for whatever reasons, decided to make their Steam games to have mandatory PlayStation Network logins. All Sony games required PSN, including single-player offline games. This led to revolts and complaints from the players.
To make it worst, PSN are not available in some countries, so those who bought these Sony games cannot play their purchased games. Sony would later backpedal the requirements, but the damage has been done.
PlayStation laid off 900 employees, or 8% of Workforce, according to Variety. This is, in despite of PlayStations’ profits with $30 billion revenues generated through calendar year 2023.
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