Sony Is Convincing the Niche Gamer To Buy a PS4 Now

Sony has been spending Tokyo Game Show courting the niche gamers. These are the gamers who loved the mass amounts of off beat games on the PS2 that weren’t highly commercialized. The PS3 saw a few of these titles, but not until more recently and certainly not when the PS3 launched. The PS4 appears to be in a different situation with 10 million consoles sold it appears Sony is ready to take more risks with games that have smaller niche based audiences.

Did Anyone See This Coming At The End Of The Persona 5 Trailer?

With TGS approaching we were really not sure what to expect, were we going to see more Assassins Creed or Call of Duty? I guess Destiny was coming out soon so we would need more game play. While this was all true, its clear Sony had a plan: cater to the niche audiences. When I saw the Persona 5 trailer that showed it was going to be on the PS4 I was honestly floored. I couldn’t believe Sony was ready to put that game on a console that was not even a year old. Keep in mind Sony and Atlas had Persona 3 and Persona 4 go to the aging PS2 despite a more powerful option in the PS3 being out.

Not only do we have Persona 5 on the PS4, but we also have a range of niche games such as Gundam, Dragon Quest, Disgaea 5, and Yakuza 0. These games have all been discussed to have a 2015 release.

Both systems will share a lot of the large third party games like Assassins Creed, Destiny, Call of Duty and more since the hardware between both consoles are more similar now then ever. These niche audiences are going to be the deciding factor in which system sells more. Now it’s obvious that the PS4 has taken a large lead over the Xbox One and shows no signs of slowing down. If Sony can secure the smaller niche audiences as well as the large Call of Duty and Madden audiences, this will become an even more lopsided console war than ever.

Source: http://gamingjudgement.com/

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