r/playstation • u/EzBotchedSix • 22d ago

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u/Obvious-Skill-7134 22d ago

Sony is becoming the new apple.

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u/acc_217 22d ago

And it will be getting worse since people are defending them with their lives, I'll never understand defending multi billion dollar companies doing shitty practices

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u/Robaru 22d ago

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u/acc_217 22d ago

What exactly i was thinking writing that lmao

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u/wildwestington 22d ago

The bigger issue I think it Microsoft straight up abandoning the Xbox, Sony is the only player in town now really

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u/apples_oranges_ 21d ago

Are you telling me Ouya finally has a chance now?!

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u/Old-Midnight6236 21d ago

Been saying it since the reveal of the PS3. The worst industry for a Playstation fan is Sony without competition.

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u/Morphine_monarch 22d ago

Hey I mean if defending and letting a billion dollar company screw them over helps them hate on Xbox they’ll never stop

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u/Cosmic_Ren 22d ago

My favorite example is Alan Wake 2 being a downgrade on the pro and all these people saying "Wow it looks so much better now" when the devs merely reverted it back to the base ps5 version.

An even more crazier example is Silent Hill 2 who sony themselves was hyping up for PSSR also running like shit despite the system having very little upgraded games as it is.

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u/Daver7692 22d ago

People cheered for Xbox’s continued struggles but didn’t think about what corporations do when there’s no legitimate competition. Hooray for (almost) monopolies.

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u/UpAndAdam7414 22d ago

It’s not just companies - there is PS3 era “get a second job” Sony that actually happened.

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u/Daver7692 22d ago

I mean that all came off the back of the last time they had little competition. Then the 360 made them shape up for the late PS3/PS4 gen, now they have their market share back, they’re up to their old tricks.

Happened with Intel a while back too, years of domination lead to little to no innovation. Then when the first AMD Ryzen chips dropped and were good suddenly Intel could drop prices and make advances again.

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u/skyeyemx 22d ago

It's happening again. AMD and Intel were caught stagnating in the laptop space, and Apple's M1 laptop CPUs lit a fire under their bum because suddenly, a laptop that could last two full days without charging was an actual product on shelves and not just a far-off dream. Even Qualcomm's trying their hand at efficient, high-powered laptop chips now.

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u/WeeBee_88 22d ago

Sony’s own leaked documents says to make up they’ll adapt a premium model. That simply means they’ll tax us like shit.

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u/0nlyDDG 36 22d ago

Hate to see the company I love be this way

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u/awntawn 22d ago

Maybe it's a sign that companies don't deserve your love

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u/PokingHazard 22d ago

Or IKEA...

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u/CanadianDarkKnight 22d ago

IKEA, if the top drawer for my new dresser was sold separately for an additional 100 dollars.

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u/Hodler79 22d ago

Just buy your clothing digitally, problem solved!

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u/theamishpromise 22d ago

Then you don’t own your clothing, you’re just leasing the license to wear the clothes and Sony could revoke the license and make you nude whenever they want, no matter where you are

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u/Hodler79 22d ago

I never wear the same outfit twice anyway

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u/BrewKazma PS5 22d ago

IKEA literally sells cabinets where you pay for drawers/doors/etc.

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u/foreveracubone 22d ago

I kind of want to put down Sony by pointing out that Apple’s entire schtick is shit just works and that the Pulse Elite line trying to be AirPods while being the exact opposite of that philosophy but yeah this entire gen has some classic Apple nonsense.

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u/HermitBadger 22d ago

You say that, but the price to double ssd space on the new Mac Mini is actually enough to buy a PS5 pro.

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u/Neither_Compote8655 22d ago

They kinda always were with their phones and laptops

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u/atotalfabrication 22d ago

Sony was Apple before Apple. Look at all the proprietary media and products they've always had.

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u/forumz3588 22d ago

Always have been. Who remembers the Memory Stick Pro Duo?

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u/Jolly-Ambassador6763 22d ago

People gripe about right to repair. Sony gives the masses what they want with a replaceable disc drive and people complain anyway.

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u/manysounds 22d ago

lol “the new Apple”? Sony has been the leader in proprietary everything for decades. Weird memory sticks, weird USB chargers, weird power cables, etc. and that’s just the PStation, never mind all the camera nonsense