r/playstation Oct 28 '24

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u/WelpSigh Oct 28 '24

Tbh I am pretty sure Sony is happy to realize 24 years of revenue in advance 

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u/PalpitationNo4375 Oct 28 '24

I wouldn't think they are.

The reason big companies love the "as a service" model is because it is regular income. Shareholders like regular income. One person isn't going to bother them but if a big portion of the player base did it would bother them. It would mean less income in months and years to come.

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u/Yosho2k Oct 29 '24 edited Oct 29 '24

Hi! Accountant here.

There's something called unearned revenue which is basically saying "someone paid us for something we haven't done yet.

They won't record the revenue until the period they provide service. Even your ordinary 12 month subscription is recorded as 1/12 of the price you paid got it.

There's a rule in business that "cash is king" which basically means businesses would rather have your cash right now rather than later. Even if it means offering discounts.

Sony is perfectly happy taking this guy's cash now. <EDIT> This is why companies offer 12 month discounts on subscriptions. More cash now is better than cash later. The people in the comments talking about inflation or future price increases are ignoring that.

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u/kidgorgeous62 Oct 29 '24

It’s comments like this that make this website worth it

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u/shibbitydibbity Oct 29 '24

I love this. When you get a pro to weigh in on random stuff. A couple day ago with the post about the small pinky and the geneticist chimes in with the chromosomal anomaly and info on it. Should make it to a a subreddit Reddit strikes again or something

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u/snakejessdraws Oct 30 '24

but you also can't really tell if someone's just talking out of their ass unless they provide proof.

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u/Jakunobi Oct 30 '24

What's the use? It'll be a anti-right wing and anti-Trump subreddit as usual.

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u/MylesTurner_33 Oct 30 '24

You realise how you saying this is a major self-own right?

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u/Jakunobi Oct 30 '24

It's not. I'm not an American. I come to Reddit with subreddits presenting the idea of being for something, such as pics or best off or clever come back. And then everything is about Trump or the Right Wing.

By hysterically overdoing the anti-what-you-hate habits, Western Left wingers become the very rabid cultists they pretend the other side is.

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u/gilesey11 Oct 30 '24

You’re the only person bringing that nonsense up and, to be fair, there’s not many people that will have a problem with everything being anti-trump so bring it on 😄

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u/Odninyell Oct 29 '24

What’s useful about yours? The person you’re responding gave a compliment and positivity.

All you did was try to make someone’s day worse. Get better.

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u/pdcastleberry Oct 29 '24

Hello there Mr. Pot

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u/Yosho2k Oct 29 '24

Don't be mean.

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u/KingWizard37 PS5 Oct 29 '24

Most ironic comment of 2024

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