This new console generation is going to be much different than the previous one. To win the console war, the console must win in the overall entertainment experience, rather than primarily just gaming.
As of right now, there are no monopolies in the games industry, and for the sake of the medium as a whole, they never should either.
And yet the biggest tech companies in America are essentially that. They buy up all the small comps only to kill them off and steal what they have, and if they can't buy em they bleed them to death.
They buy IPs not talent. That's why these buyouts never work and the IPs die. Right now it's too expensive to develop games - but I expect that to shift maybe as AI tools can make it easier. The best games have been indie games for awhile as big developers fuck their ips to death with "games as a service" -
While many are fans of the Honkai Star Rail story so far, The Nerd Stash believes that the deaths of Robin and Firefly no longer carry much weight.
Wardens Rising is looking like a promising new take on the ARPG genre, especially when played with friends.
if PlayStation is a niche product and it leading in sales, what do you make of the Xbox One?
Playstation is already a Niche product.
I have to disagree i think the best games machine will win that's the only reason i buy consoles to game on everything else added is just a bonus for me personally,the console with the best games will get my vote just like the previous 7 generations.
X1 fanboys at there best!
This article is from a site called microsoftproductreviews.com
I don't expect them to be biased.........
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