PlayStation's Focus Has Shifted From Game Sales to Actual Play Time, Sony Says - PlayStation LifeStyle
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Sony has said that due to changes in consumer behavior in PS4 era, Sony's more focused on increasing PS5 play time rather than selling games.
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So basically they have had really bad sales lately and this is how they justify it to their shareholders.

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Or the movement to microtransactions means prolonged time playing will lead to more income, whereas number of sales is completed.

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Translation: ad impressions, microtransactions, and Skinner box tactics.

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And forcing the PlayStation Plus subscription.

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Oh.

Well here was me clicking on this thread thinking “oh! That seems like a positive shift in mentality”

Then I read your comment.

Was a fun 3 seconds

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I was gonna say they’d make all their single-player games open world bursting with “CONTENT” like an Ubisoft game, but they kinda already did around the end of last gen

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