is this desperate? saw this tacked on to the far cry 5 trailer.

>>378221079
p-please buy our console, it's very portable with a suitcase so you can take it anywhere

>>378221079
>Is basic marketing desperate?
Fuck off retard

>>378221180
They don't need gimmicks to sell the ps4 they've sold 60 million, the video game department is the only thing that pats the bills at sony hq

Well, it is the most powerful console.

What, you wanted to put an asterisk on it and say "Until the scorpio comes out"?

WE
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>>378221184
never advertised the ps4 as the most powerful console. scorpio get's announced and is definitely more powerful than the pro. pro marketing starts calling it the world's most powerful console.

>>378221180
Why do toddlers think so many people care about portability?

>>378221321
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIU2yULeC7I

You're not correct.

>>378221294
ps4 didn't do it and early pro ads didn't do it. it just seems desperate to do this so close to the scorpio's announcement.

>>378221280
>>378221368
S U I C I D E W A T C H

>i-is advertising your product desperate?

the mental gymnastics you toddlers have to go through to deny the reality that ps4 is dominating is hilarious

>Desperate
>Still the console industry leader with a gigantic margin between the next competitor

More like arrogance

>>378221434
>>378221408
BLOWN THE FUCK OUT

>>378221079
Sony's getting spooked by the Scorpio.

>>378221602
doesn't change the fact it's not.

>>378221674
it is for the moment

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>>378221079
>desperate
>sony
pick one

>http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Sony-chief-forecasts-20-year-high-in-operating-profit
>TOKYO -- Backed by its strong gaming and semiconductor businesses, Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai on Tuesday said he was confident the electronics and entertainment giant will see operating profit reach 500 billion yen ($4.5 billion) in the year ending March 2018, a level the company hasn't seen in 20 years.

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>>378221294
they're used to using them

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>most powerful console
>someone compares it with PC
>DUDE $99999999 PC LMAO
>DUDE GRAPHICS DON'T MATTER LMAO
>DUDE BAD PORTS LMAO

Every time.

>>378221079
>World's most powerful console
Well this is an outright lie.

>>378221079
Sony are basically whoreing out their console at this point to try and get people to buy it.

Sonyfaggots will still defend it though.

>>378222434
>ps4 pro does not support 4k blu-ray discs
What's the fucking POINT

>>378222197
>delusional sonybro

>>378221079
Christ, that is embarrassing. Scorpio wipes the floor with that trash ""upgrade""

>>378221079
Is the Ps4 pro worth it if I don't really plan on 4k and don't have a ps4 already?

>>378222923
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?

>>378222792
I mean, you can't buy a console that's more powerful than it right now, so, it's kinda true.

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>>378222938
TOKYO -- Backed by its strong gaming and semiconductor businesses, Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai on Tuesday said he was confident the electronics and entertainment giant will see operating profit reach 500 billion yen ($4.5 billion) in the year ending March 2018, a level the company hasn't seen in 20 years.

Speaking at a strategy meeting at the company's Tokyo headquarters, Hirai also said the company's once bleeding television business has seen a recovery, and he intends to focus on regions with high growth potential like Asia.

"The Sony brand has seen much support from consumers in Asia, especially in the Indian market, so I believe there's potential to focus on our lineup as well as deploying aggressive marketing schemes to expand our business there," he said.

Sony had previously forecasted its operating profit to surge 73% to 500 billion yen in fiscal 2017 as its chip business, which produces images sensors for mobile devices, saw a recovery after production was disrupted due to a series of earthquakes that hit Kumamoto Prefecture in southern Japan last year.

Sales of its flagship PlayStation 4 gaming console have also helped boost the company's revenue. Cumulative sales of the console is expected to reach 78 million in fiscal 2017, Hirai said, although he declined to comment on whether the company planned on releasing a new model.

Looking ahead, Hirai said his goal is to maintain strong profitability for years to come.

"We've never been able to maintain this level for multiple years. In order to do that, we can't stay with the status quo, we need to take a new approach," he said. Sony saw an operating profit of 525 billion yen in fiscal 1997, its highest to date.

Hirai, who assumed his role five years ago, said the company planned to promote innovation in its consumer electronic business while investing in fields like artificial intelligence, healthcare, virtual reality and robotics.

>>378221460
60 million consoles sold.

>>378222978
Its arguably best feature for a lot of games isn't 4k but running the games at 1080p with better framerate and visuals.

If I didn't own a ps4 and was gonna get one, it'd be a pro model.

>>378223059
So they're paying for a 6 month ad, cool.

>>378222883
>Sony are basically whoreing out their console at this point to try and get people to buy it.
They don't need to, its already sold 60 million and will continue to sell more.
Stay mad.

>>378223059
To not be a lie it would then have to say
>World's most powerful console that you can buy right now

PSpro would have been great if it aimed at 60 fps instead of memeK

>>378223182
>It's not true
>It is
>WELL GIBBERISH!

Okay?

>>378223230
It's the most powerful console on the market. They aren't being dishonest in any way with the ad. If they run it after scorpio releases then you can go to town, but until scorpio is in stores it has no baring on in market advertising.

>>378223231
You know that it has two modes for games, right?

4k or 1080p with boosted fps/visuals is pretty much the standard options on the thing.

>>378223325
Not that anon, and I'm not denying that it isn't currently. But it comes off as super sad and like they're scared of the Scorpio.

>>378223325
Yes they are. It's not the world's most powerful console at all. Scorpio exists, which immediately invalidates that ad. If the scorpio was nothing more than speculation and rumor, then it would be correct.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hou0lU8WMgo

They aren't wrong and they aren't lying. What is wrong with the statement?

nintentoddlers should be gassed

>>378221079
3 things,you dont understand marketing ,you are a retard and you are desperate for shitposting

>>378223515
>What is wrong with the statement?
People on /v/ get buttmad when Sony wins. That's whats wrong with it.

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>>378223094
It's just sad when you talk about Sony's wealth and success when Microsoft exists

The ad is not wrong.
PS4Pro is by far the world's most beefy console.

>>378222714
>sonybologna rag on nintendorks on graphics
>no longer about graphics when PC users come in
>TOO EXPENSIVE THE PC
>go back to bullying nintendorks for not being able to afford buying the same console 3 times while paying twice for the internet
I just don't understand the need for a console anymore, man

>>378223450
They were doing it from the start. The whole narrative in the thread of
>They only did this because scorpio!

Was already disproven with launch ads for the thing.
>>378223469
Scoprio has not even been shown to the public, has not even been given the official product name, or any other sort of information.

Again, until there's another tangible product that is better, they can freely make that claim.

>>378223732
>>go back to bullying nintendorks for not being able to afford buying the same console 3 times while paying twice for the internet
But Nintendorks ARE doing that.
Switch literally only has Wii U ports, and they have to pay for online.

>>378223579
MS have nothing to do with video games anymore, they're getting ready to end the Xbox project, probably sell it to Samsung.

>Sony makes a statement that while is weird is 100% true as of right now
>REEEE FUCKING SONY, STOP SAYING THAT

This is not even fanboyism, this is people refusing to accept something that is factually true because they don't like something.

>>378223732
I can kinda see merit in making fun of the switch for being weak when it's more expensive than stronger systems.

Unless you are really in to portability, that gimmick really hurt the thing in that regard.

>>378223886
The hateboner for Sony on thos site is mental illness-tier levels.

>>378223886
>This is not even fanboyism, this is people refusing to accept something that is factually true
They do this ALL the time.
Look at any Nintenbro's list of recommended Wii U games. Guarantee Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD will be on it.
Then they turn around and shit on PS4 for having remasters. Its ridiculous.

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This is the first real time Sony has considered M$ a threat this gen. That in and of itself is interesting.

>>378223886
>the big mac is the best selling burger of all time
>too bad it's disgusting
>CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH, YOU LITTLE WORM?

>>378224020
My favorite example of this was the constant ragging on the vita for having ports.

>>378224042
Was this a argument of the console being the best?

The argument was that it is the most powerful. Don't try to change the subject.

>>378224042
That's a false equivalence

>>378224042
That's not even close to what this thread is doing.

>the big mac is the best selling burger of all time
>No it isn't.
>Yes it is
>FUCK YOU NO IT ISN'T
>Here's the data
>NO IT ISN'T

>>378224114
It is the most powerful console of all time but not everyone thinks that's worth bragging about. Especially not when the Scorpio is right around the corner.

>>378221079
Saved for when the Scorpio launches.

I own a PS4, but Sony-only gamers are the worst people on this board. I can't wait.

>>378224107
Yeah that too. They would count games that are on 3DS and Wii U as Wii U games (like Hyrule Warriors and Yoshi's Woolly World) but then when a game came out on Vita and PS4 they would try to argue it didn't count for any system because not exclusive. Their mental gymnastics are hilarious to watch.

>>378224217
This thread sure proved that, huh.

>>378224178
Where are people in this thread denying Sony's claim to the PS4 being the most powerful console of all time?

>>378224217
Do you realize that Sony will launch a more powerful console after the Scorpio is released?

>>378224217

What are you going to do when the Scorpio fails to make a dent?

>>378224217
>Hey guys, remember when scorpio wasn't even a fully announced product and sony said pro was the most powerful console? Haha aren't they dumb a year later? hahaha!

>>378224217
>Sony-only gamers are the worst people on this board
this thread proves otherwise

>>378222434

It doesn't support 4k Blu-ray?

Then why fucking do it?

>>378224269
I see people discount multiplats on consoles that aren't on nintendo systems because pc would have the best version, but then when persona 5 comes out on ps3 and ps4 it also doesn't count on ps4 despite being the best version.

>>378224309
Dent or no, if it's more powerful than The Pro than it's more powerful than The Pro.
>HURR THAT'S THE POINT OF THE ARGUMENT

>>378224294
>what is sony going to do when microsoft releases a more powerful console

>>378224216
>It is the most powerful console of all time but not everyone thinks that's worth bragging about.
Except that is what companies are supposed to do.

When your product does something that another product can't do you emphasis your advantages to drive consumers to buy your item. Do you think M$ won't be doing the same thing with the Scorpio>

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>NO! THEY'RE LYING! IT'S NOT FAIR! IT'S CLEARLY A DESPERATION TACTIC!

Bunch of faggots in this thread

We'd get into physical fights on the playground over this shit. Now all you do is shit post on /v/

>>378224434
Pretty much. And then they start saying
>b-b-but BOTW is a Switch game because no one owns a Wii U xD

>>378224518
Which is funny considering for every switch out there there's like 7.5 wii us.

>>378224042
>the best selling food product has bad taste
nice analogy familia

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>>378223469

>Scorpio Exisits

That's it..it 'exists'

Its not ON THE MARKET yet, so its alright for them to run that one little part of the ad

Scorpio's official reveal won't happen until E3

Why does it bother you that one part of an ad is 'incorrect' because you can't buy its competitor

Are you Crappgamer or something

>>378221079

Is that actually real? Holy shit

I enjoy my Slim PS4 but fuck Sony is terrible

>>378224508
Literally sock puppeting.
>>378224290

>>378224628
This but when the Scorpio comes out it won't be allowed to call itself the most powerful console on the market because we know Sony will eventually 1up the hardware.

>>378224290
You're an idiot

>>378224508
My point isn't that it isn't technically true that the pro is the most powerful but everybody here knows there's a huge asterisk tied to that statement. And when i call sony pathetic i only mean that this marketing stunt is pathetic.

To me personally it comes off as weak move. They already have more consoles sold than xbox so why create a marketing campaign around the idea that once the scorpio comes out your marketing strategy becomes a target of weakness. devs like the project cars guy are already saying the scorpio version of their game will be better.

>>378224035
This. Sony knows that they're not gonna be the graphically top console anymore, that worries them because thay can't use that as selling point anymore. And before people go "hurr durr graphics don't matter" please, stop being a close minded faggot and think about the average consumer and how stupid they are. Graphics are important especially in todays time.

i'll laugh if they forget to take off a banner with this written on it by the time the scorpio comes out. in my country they will be fined millions upon millions for that.

>>378223732
>>378222714
Just like how to most people 30 FPS is passable but playable, 60 FPS is best compromise and 144 FPS is excessive if other areas are compromised, graphics quality has diminishing returns, just like resolution, too.
Compare screenshots of BotW, HZD/Gravity Rush and PC Witcher 3 and other open world games on PC and you'll see where the biggest gap is.

>>378225057
So, it hurts your feelings that Sony is destroying the Xbone and Sony shouldn't come up with this strategy?

Top kek

>>378225057
>They already have more consoles sold than xbox so why create a marketing campaign around the idea that once the scorpio comes out your marketing strategy becomes a target of weakness.
Because they had essentially a free year to do this?

Is it going to be a weakness for the scorpio two years from now when another system comes out?

>>378225105
it scares them because they burn money on movies like the emoji movie and if playstation isn't making them money what will.

>>378225105
They probably also understand that at this point it isn't going to matter. All the normies go where their friends are, and this gen that was ps4. They are embedded there, and very very few of them are going to hop over to a system their friends won't be on.

If scorpio happened 18-24 months ago it would have made a real impact.

>>378221079
They're desperate as fuck for literally no fucking reason.

Their console is heavily limited and any 4k title isn't true 4k nor have the developers even started making games for the ps4pro on 4k due to the differentiation between the pro and the regular console

>>378225331
Nobody is investing in making games designed solely for 4k because for every pro console out there there are dozens of millions of regular ps4s.

Did you really expect ps4 pro to ever be the lead dev platform? No one reasonably did.

>>378225057
>They already have more consoles sold than xbox so why create a marketing campaign around the idea that once the scorpio comes out your marketing strategy becomes a target of weakness.
It's funny because Chevrolet is doing a similar instance or stupidity. They've been on this anti-aluminum campaign to make fun of Ford's new aluminum body F-150 but Chevy is eventually going to switch to aluminum body trucks too. It's so moronic that I still can't figure out how that idea left the door.
Now of all times is a really silly time to brag about power when they know a more powerful console is on the way. Especially when they have so many better merits they could brag about

DESPERATE

your turn

>>378223579
The diference is microsoft is bleeding money on his console while sony sell it. They cant do money leaving aside his os

>>378225529
the real difference is microsoft makes money and sony is afloat on the value of playstation.

>>378225478
>Especially when they have so many better merits they could brag about
and those are?

>muh we have Blood Souls
>muh we have this Uncharted movie
>muh please buy us

>>378225724
Sales numbers (a more populated online community as a result), more exclusives (than Xbox), and uh... before the slim and the pro it was the best looking console on the market? I unno

>>378225724
Those titles were well received by critics. So that can easily be used a marketing tool.

>getting this butthurt and angry over a fucking advertisement

Can you be anymore pathetic?

>>378225724
normalfags love Souls and Uncharted.

>>378223815
That Bomberman game isn't on WiiU, right?
No matter if it's bad, your "literally" bullshit is literally wrong.

>>378225938
Would look out of place tacked on at the end of a Farcry5 trailer

>>378225648
And you base source is?
wait you think sony depends on laptops,tvs and the psbrand to stay afloat? HAHAHAHAHAH.

Look dumbass im talking about the console market where microsoft bleeds so hard since the 360 fiasco.One solution could be not doing a shitty E3

>>378221079
Have you ever watched a commercial before today OP?

Maybe take a marketing class when you get to college next year

>>378225983
Bragging about a budget Bomberman title is like bragging about Knack. Yeah its exclusive but no one actually cares.

>>378226003
I'm not saying that it should be in different video game trailers. I'm saying they can use positive critics scores as a way to advertise the console itself.

>>378225868
>online community
where you have to pay for peer to peer multiplaye
wow, great job Sony, we love you for your piece of shit
>more exclusives
I think the Wii U had way more exclusives, at least back then (and especially when you don't count shit games). Buy a PS2 for >muh exclusives
PS2 also had ton of 60 fps ((exclusives))
>best looking console
t. millennial fag

>>378226135
They do all of these things, though.

Do you think they only ever market the pro, and only using this method?

>>378225956
let's buy an overpriced piece of shit because
>muh 1 game and muh 1 movie
great investment

>>378226180
If only everyone hated paid online as much as you and me, man. Normies seem to be okay with that shit though so as near as I can tell, that seems to be an okay selling point.
>GIVE US MORE MONEY TO USE YOUR INTERNET AGAIN, EVERYONE ELSE IS

>>378226180
>PS4 pro is the best looking console on the market
>MILLENIAL FAG!

You want to show him a console with better looking visuals on the market? Or do you just want to shout more random insults?

>advertising a fact
Scorpio may be """""stronger"""""" but if it doesn't have the fucking games to back it up, what's the point? There's absolutely nothing worth owning an Xbox One for at this point. Devs are treating this like the PS2 era all over again.

>>378225956
>Normalfags love Souls
Does that make /v/ a bunch of normies?

>>378226272
Sounds like every console release ever.

Or has the nogames meme died so soon?

>>378226348
I own an xbone, a ps4, and a gaming pc.

Today I only use two of those things, and the xbone isn't one of them.

All the exclusives going to pc killed it. There's no reason for me to even turn it on anymore.

>>378226272
People did the same with the Switch and you people claim its a good thing so...

>>378226348
>It may be stronger
This damage control.

>>378221180
Only children take their toys out with them.

Adults play their games on the couch after a long days work.

>>378226230
No shit, I never said that they don't do that.

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>all this shitposting

literally 13 days away until

>>378226575
>not realizing "may" in that context has the same meaning as "is" in any other context
>not focusing on the rest of the post

Lol okay, this damage control.

>>378226624
>I'm just saying they can do these things instead.
>They do do those things.
>No shit

I'm not sure why you even suggested they should do those things if you knew they already did them.

>>378226348
Exclusives don't sell a console. The only people who give a shit about them are the people that are genuinely interested in that particular game. Someone who doesn't game much isn't buying a console because the new Bloodborne or uncharted game is on it. They're buying it mainly because they heard good things about it their "homies" have that one too. Exclusives give a console a good imagine and it's a good way for the company to advertise the console. Normies just want their sports games and cod and Battlefield.

>>378227141
>Exclusives don't sell a console.
Just because most people don't buy a console for exclusives doesn't mean there still aren't millions and millions that will get it just to play them

>>378221280
not true, finance is their most profitable division by far

>>378222714
Pc isnt a console, idiot

>>378227693
Yes it is actually

>>378227726
Oh man are you gonna get it...

>>378227878
How about an actual argument how it's not a glorified console

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>There are people in 4chan that defend companies for free.

>>378228347
There's no use arguing with trolls, but good luck witht he bait.

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>>378222714
>PC
>a console

>>378228404
>>378228490
>Y-You're just a troll so I won't make an argument
It's a glorified console that can't play exclusives

>>378227435
Obviously. If there wasn't a market for exclusives then they would never make them. I was implying that exclusives aren't the reason why the PlayStation 4 is dominating the console market at the moment.

>>378228709
Of course it is, but it's just one of many reasons

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>>378228782
>>378228709
>>378227435
The only platforms a lot of people buy mainly for exclusives are Nintendo stuff (only really used for exclusives) and PC (battlegrounds, H1Z1, league, dota are all very popular even if you don't like them)

The xbox/ps4 are mainly used for multiplats, few people buy the xbox for exclusives and VERY few people buy the ps4 for them.

>>378221321
daily reminder that Microsoft sold a total of 93 X1 consoles a couple of weeks ago in Japan.

93 kek

>>378229659
japan buys japan what a surprise. it's why sony feels threatened by the switch. it's why microsoft is targeting china now.

>>378221079
I mean it's true, why not market it.

>>378229041
The only reason why exclusives are even on that list is because the games that are bundled with a consoles are counted as sales.

>>378221079
That stamp is literally months old. Glad you finally noticed it.

>>378229659
Japan is one of the most xenophobic country in the world. It's no surprise that the Xbox would sell like shit over there.

>>378230191
i don't normally watch ads but was curious what the commotion was for far cry 5. and then saw that.

>>378230046
>>378230252
>all these excuses

So that means X1 outsold Sony and Nintendo in Europe then right? R-r-right?

Microshills on suicide watch.

>is marketing desperate
no, it's marketing. You try to advertise your product as good as possible.

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>>378221079
>"Playstation"
>"This, is for the players!"
Cringiest shit ever.

>>378223117
You know the 3DS sold 70 million, don't you?

>>378230435
europe land of the niggers where top games sold aren't even exclusive and are 2 call of duties and each FIFA game released in the last 3 years.

>>378230567
Kiddie shit doesn't count

>>378230725
>it only counts when i say it counts.

>>378230725
Stop embarrassing yourself any further, please.

>>378230802
It counts when it plays real games instead of droneshit

>>378230918
so i guess the ps4 has no sales

>>378230680
>doesn't answer the question
>instead brings up irrelevant bullshit that has nothing to do with the topic

Microshills on suicide watch. Please continue to dance around the question stupid nigger.

>>378230435
No, we're just giving a valid reason to why the Xbox sold like shit over there.

>>378227693
Steam boxes are though. It's just that they are grossly overpriced.

They are still consoles, meaning the pro isn't the strongest

Is it a good time to get a PS4?