People are confusing Sony and Microsoft’s potential for market flexibility. In the face of the questions asked to Balmer in response to the fact that the Xbox front was being crushed in time, it would be enough for them to remember their statement with the comfort of “already crispy cookie money for microsoft, we will go on our way with another platform”.
Windows is already the Microsoft platform. They earn from both the operating system, the commission system, and xbox on a retail basis. Therefore, giving the games with Gamepass, bringing them to the PC does not harm the platform. It doesn’t have exclusive games anyway. They don’t bother anyone in the multiplatform.
Things are not like that for Sony. Playstation and the lens / lens market are Sony’s last strongholds, their last lifeblood. There is no one who does not know that Sony = Exclusive. In all the E3 presentations prepared against Xbox at the time, Sony admitted how it made its exclusive work the main focus. They knew where to hit.
Now there is a conservative man like Jim Ryan in charge of Sony’s playstation department. His vision is incredibly dangerous. He’s trying to make Sony a Microsoft, but that doesn’t eat with market balance. I have been with Sony for 4 generations, these statements even pushed me to drag on. Why would I get a Ps5? I already have a PC with 5700XT.
Microsoft is not dependent on its console for the continuity of this ecosystem, but Sony has no alternative! If I don’t buy Playstation, I’m no longer included in that ecosystem. DLCs, game commissions, online fees, services don’t bind me. But I can sit still and play an Uncharted, GoW …
Let me convey one more concern; Do not forget that games with such powerful production, such astonishing budgets, can be given thanks to consoles. At the time, CDPR for Witcher 3 said, “Such a game would not be possible without consoles”, as an answer to the question they were asked, despite their PC origin …
I mean, a few people here may be gagging and saying, “We are playing on the pc,” but these productions, which occupy the game awards every year, are not made for the sake of their mother’s cookies and milk. The AAA single player market is still in the hands of consoles. They have a sales difference of 10 to 1. Nintendo rains, for example.
The crew who wanted everything to come to the PC, there is nothing coming, because the production costs are not covered. E is not a sucker for anyone, after I buy it on the console and pay for the game, everyone can play torrent on the PC …
After that, the whole market will turn into moba, building, survivor, looter shooter dump.
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