PS4 Could’ve Failed Sony – Inside Gaming Daily

Former PlayStation Executive, Shahid Ahmad, has gone on record stating that the launch of PS4 could quite possibly have been the end of PlayStation as we know it. Of course, we always knew that the PS4 was going to have an uphill battle due to the shortcomings of the PS3’s launch and life-cycle but to hear former execs equate the PS4’s success to life and death for the brand is certainly a new perspective. This behind the scenes look comes to us from early screenings and a trailer for a new PlayStation documentary making the rounds and it’s pretty clear with some of the big names attached that we’ll be getting all sorts of new perspectives to consider throughout the history of the platform. The documentary is called Bedrooms to Billions: The PlayStation Revolution and will release on September 7th 2020 but until then we’ll be right here on Inside Gaming Daily reading the tea leaves and determining if in fact, like a river, the past does repeat itself with the upcoming launch of the PS5.

Listen to our podcast!
https://link.chtbl.com/IGPodcast

Or buy our shirt!
https://is.gd/u3xCtA

OR follow us on Twitter!
https://twitter.com/briangaar
http://twitter.com/handsomemaster2
http://twitter.com/mc_lotta
https://twitter.com/Charalanahzard
http://twitter.com/doplextv
http://twitter.com/InsideGaming

SOURCES
[VGC] A PlayStation documentary is set to release alongside its 25th anniversary
[VGC] PS4 ‘could’ve been the end’ for PlayStation, says former exec
[Wikipedia] List of best-selling game consoles
[Wired] A Look Back at Sony’s Overblown PlayStation 3 Promises
[Venture Beat] Playing the last PlayStation 2 game ever made
[CNet] PlayStation 4 to sell at a loss, but Sony expects profit
[Macrotrends] Sony Net Worth 2006-2020 | SNE
[Quartz] Microsoft is now worth over $1 trillion, a stunning run since Satya Nadella’s ascent
[The Verge] Why Microsoft wants TikTok
[Bloomberg] Sony Is Struggling With PlayStation 5 Price Due to Costly Parts
[Polygon] Report: Sony struggling with PS5 costs, price point uncertain
[The Verge] Microsoft’s Xbox boss says Amazon and Google are ‘the main competitors going forward’
[gamesindustry.biz] The console war is over | Opinion


About This Source - Inside Gaming

Inside Gaming is a Rooster Teeth news channel and the official gaming news division of Rooster Teeth.

Recent from Inside Gaming:

How many stars would his tape get? 1

How many stars would his tape get?

VALHEIM WIT DA BOYS | !merch

STARTING A RESTURANT WITH THE PALS | !merch

In This Story: Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services.

4 Recent Items: Microsoft

Analyst expects ‘more materiality’ on Microsoft’s AI growth

Where to Eat and Drink at the World Economic Forum in Davos

Kerry Praises Biden, Says He’ll Help 2024 Re-Election Campaign

Microsoft CEO Nadella on AI Wave and Tech in 2024

In This Story: PS5

The PlayStation 5 (PS5) is an upcoming home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Announced in 2019 as the successor to the PlayStation 4, it is scheduled to launch on November 12, 2020 in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and South Korea, and on November 19, 2020 for the rest of the world.

The platform is anticipated to launch in two varieties, as a base PlayStation 5 system incorporating an Ultra HD Blu-ray compatible optical disc drive for retail game support alongside digital distribution via the PlayStation Store, and a lower-cost Digital variant lacking the disc drive while retaining digital download support.

The PlayStation 5 features a customized solid state drive designed for high-speed data streaming to enable significant improvements in graphical performance. The hardware also features a custom AMD GPU capable of ray tracing, support for 4K resolution displays and high framerates, new audio hardware for real-time 3D audio effects, and backward compatibility with most PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR games.

View the web story

Consoles #Ad

3 Recent Items: PS5

AI Limit – Official Gameplay Trailer

The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered – All Lost Levels Walkthrough (with Commentary)

GTA Online Is Approaching the “Limits of What’s Possible” on PS4, Xbox One – IGN Daily Fix

In This Story: Sony

Sony Corporation is the holding company of the Sony Group which comprises Sony Electronics, Sony Semiconductor Solutions, Sony Pictures, Sony Music, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Financial Holdings, and others.

5 Recent Items: Sony

Palworld Sells 1 Million Copies in 8 Hours, and Steam’s Servers Are Struggling – IGN Daily Fix

GTA Online Is Approaching the “Limits of What’s Possible” on PS4, Xbox One – IGN Daily Fix

MADAME WEB – Who Is Madame Web

ONE MORE SHOT – Extended Preview

Murray finds magic in Hawaii, rookie Adrien Dumont de Chassart | The CUT | PGA TOUR Originals

In This Story: TikTok

TikTok, known in China as Douyin, is a Chinese video-sharing social networking service owned by ByteDance, a Beijing-based Internet technology company founded in 2012 by Zhang Yiming. It is used to create short music, lip-sync, dance, comedy and talent videos of 3 to 15 seconds, and short looping videos of 3 to 60 seconds.

ByteDance first launched Douyin for the Chinese market in September 2016. Later, TikTok was launched in 2017 for iOS and Android in most markets outside of mainland China; however, it only became available worldwide, including the United States, after merging with another Chinese social media service Musical.ly on 2 August 2018.

Download #Ad

3 Recent Items: TikTok

GMA Life: Sat, Jan 20, 2024

CES 2024: Lenovo’s ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid

Crypto, stablecoins, payment systems, and regulation: Circle CEO weighs in from Davos

Leave a Comment

We don't require your email address, or your name, for anyone to leave a comment. If you do add an email address, you may be notified if there are replies to your comment - we won't use it for any other purpose. Please make respectful comments, which add value, and avoid personal attacks on others. Links are not allowed in comments - 99% of spam comments, attempt to post links. Please describe where people may find additional information - for example "visit the UN website" or "search Google for..." rather than posting a link. Comments failing to adhere to these guidelines will not be published.