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This happens when there is a lack of competition. If MS didn’t shit the bed with xbox in this generation, Sony would be trying harder
They're competing with PC now and simultaneously trying to turn this into a vector to convert people to PS5. It won't work, but the fact that there are PC versions at all show how they can't just do what they want with impunity.
It'll be interesting to see what Sony will do considering they're not going to pull PC players to PS and PC ports open to door to piracy which is definitely going to increase with the PSN shit. I doubt the PSN data is so valuable they're just going to let people pirate their games. Either they're going to pull out the PC market to prevent piracy or they're going to get rid of the PSN for PC. The latter makes too much sense so it's probably going to be the former.
After investing in Nixxes, I doubt it.
I'm curious: How do you think someone "shit the bed" with xbox, when Gamepass is incredibly popular and successful?
Sony has sold double the consoles this generation (60 vs 30 million I think). And the Series S is very unpopular with devs, increasing the complexity of developing games for Xbox to get just half the PS market.
Game Pass is popular, but it’s just one stream of revenue, and a lot people are only using it on PC. Sony is selling consoles, 70 EUR games, and in addition their own subscriptions.
I understand MS’s strategy, and maybe this was the best they could have done for this gen, but Sony and Nintendo is dominating console gaming, with MS lagging far behind.
Don't forget how much money MS is spending on these game company acquisitions just to close other studios they already have that released great games instead of funding them to make even more great games. I feel as though game pass really relies on getting more customers to sign up for its success and eventually there will not be enough to sustain itself and that is why we are already seeing price increases and changing of the tiers
Nintendo just doing what they've always done is ironically what gamers have been calling for all this time. Just make fun games with no silly BS.
Say what you will about Nintendo's litigation strategy (its to protect the value of their IP in their mind), but they're kind of crushing it even compared to Sony.
Sold consoles isn't that great of a cathegory to judge the two, since both lose money on every sold unit.
Get ready for the same thing to happen on the vanilla PS5. Devs will target the PS5 pro for trailer footage and the games will run like shit on the old PS5.
It's very cheap to offer and if they don't need to sell xboxes to have a wider customer base, that's a bonus - not a drawback.
We'll see how far they'll be lagging behind once they leverage their Call of duty monopoly.
Point to Sony then
Why? The argument was that MS wouldn't make CoD exclusive, when they've made the highly anticipated Starfield exclusive.
the joke was 'Starfield bad' so PS5 not getting was a net positive for Sony
So you admit to moving the goal posts?
I don't think Sony is making much more money than Microsoft is, though. They may have sold twice the consoles, but the generation is brutal in terms of actual profits.