During a recent earnings call, Sony’s Chief Financial Officer noted that discs are not the only factor distinguishing PlayStation from PC, and emphasized that their product is more affordable than high-end systems.
Since Sony officially announced the end of production for PlayStation disc games in 2028, fans have eagerly awaited the company’s response to the backlash regarding this decision. Sony has finally addressed the “strong views” expressed by its user base but has made it clear that they will not be reversing their decision. The company then reiterated its belief that discs are not a significant factor that distinguishes its console from a PC.
Sony Doesn’t Feel ‘Disc is the Factor to Differentiate’ Between PlayStation and PC
Spotted by Wccftech, during a recent earnings call, Sony’s CFO, Lin Tao, was asked by Goldman Sachs analyst Minami Hase how the company plans to differentiate PlayStation from PCs, especially as physical discs are disappearing. Tao responded, “We don’t feel that the disc is the factor to differentiate from the PC.” The CFO added that PCs offer “certain ways to play” that are “long-tailed,” while PlayStation’s strengths lie in providing curated content.
Tao added that another one of PlayStation’s strengths is providing a stable gaming environment. Then the CFO addressed affordability, stating, “Compared to the high-end gaming PC, our product is more affordable.” Tao concluded by reiterating that the company feels discs aren’t a “strong factor for differentiation” and going forward they can “coexist peacefully with PC games.”
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Yeah but will probably match the Steam Machine price. More people on Steam than PS5
Maybe but having physical media… priceless
Yes, including the 90% of machines barely capable of running Ren’Py games. That’s a big problem with looking at Steam’s user numbers. Many have multiple accounts for family and such and others literally just play retro, Indy and graphic novels. And even among the true gaming machines, most of those don’t even remotely qualify as high end. Many are budget machines and laptops. Btw, that often includes accounts that haven’t been logged into for years due to being lost or dying. I know I have at least 1 account lost to time.
Considering I built the PS5 Pro Killer PC for less than the PS5 Pro umm no. Console killer builds will always cost the same or less, and beats then ok software costs.
Gotta love when people act like there’s a “console killer” PC that has everything the PS5 Pro does while costing the same or less when the equivalent card, 5070 Ti this gen, is nearly $1000 by itself (even before inflation), and even that is not a max native 1440p card, let alone how trash 4K upscaling is, especially compared to PSSR. Sony’s games that are on PC especially show how much better the PS5 Pro is with fidelity and visuals in general. The only thing PC has over it at the 5070 Ti level is an uncapped frame rate, which in most cases literally makes everything look worse with that awful smoothing, so it’s not a positive. Unless it’s a 5080 or 5090 level PC, which costs several thousand dollars when everything is together, there is no such thing as a PC that’s better than PS5 Pro at the same price.
Yes cheaper than a high end gaming pc but more expensive than a PC of the same power
Fact is, with all the greed being peddled by Sony, their consoles have now priced themselves into the PC market. Once people become aware that opens their library to beyond just Sony’s exclusives, most people leave the console market altogether. And let’s face it.. Sony made their bed, let em lie in it.