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True, they have pretty different audiences..and some People just have both at home or a PS and a PC that emulates more or less everything from Nintendo.
Xbox hasn't been a competitor since the XB360. Last generation and this generation Sony has been running circles around Xbox. As for Sony vs Nintendo Sony runs circles yes but I don't really see Nintendo as competition. Nintendo does their own thing and it works.
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Details are important. Console sales yes. Overall games Xbox seems to be doing fairly well in that department.
MS were doing so well that they had to start selling their games on their main competitors system which in turn results in around 30% of each sale going to Sony as the platform holder.
I do think tjat MS' fortunes will improve now that they are actually selling games rather than giving them away for pennies on the dollar.
Something that occurs to me is that the more success MS published games have elsewhere, the more stark it will become that selling games is much more profitable than renting them. If that becomes highly noticable, I wonder what the shareholders (who ultimately run the show) will make of a service which has stagnated for years?
PlayStation doesn't compete with third party games, they compete on consoles. They profit from third party games. If you're not comparing consoles there's no point in comparing.
I think it's all PS fans have left at this point. Console wars were always a competition for fourth place behind Nintendo, PC and mobile. If Xbox evaporates into a hybrid virtual platform, then PS will be perennially left in last place.
Strange, I recall all those FCC documents and witness testimonies saying the exact opposite... Guess Microsoft doesn't know what it's talking about?
Great analysis. Just joking.
Pretending like companies give a f about where they “rank” against each other is just super retarded. This isn’t the World Cup.
Tell me, how does “PC” compete against a brand like PlayStation? It just doesn’t make sense at all. What you just said, is complete and utter nonsense
I don't think PS cares about being in this so-called "last place" you came up with when they're making profits hand over fist.
microsoft wanted to crush sony into dust and they had the money to do it, but with such weak leadership it was always going to fail
Had the money? They still have the money but the industry has changed since xbox 360. Microsoft is the number one publisher in gaming. I'd hardly call that failing.
The industry hasn't changed though, just ms, Microsoft was the no1 publisher for a month in december 2024, the actual no1 for fy2024 was tencent if game sales are all that's being counted.
Money doesn't mean you'll be successful large corporations have entered and failed before like Nec
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Didn’t he mention “consoles” as in Series X and PS5? At least that’s what it sounds like to me.
Hopefully more info or am i wrong here?
It’s going to be down to a price and game competition between all companies. As it is MS is having trouble against the Switch alone falling wayyyy behind them in sales.
And games wise we’ve yet to see anything of substance or actual gameplay. If Bleeding Edge is anything to go by, it’ll be another rough gen for them.
Not a good idea to create a second, inferior console with a drive in it with inferior graphics. Even an SSD only XSX. It wouldn't sell compared to the better XSX. Sony learned that somewhat as the inferior featured $500 PS3 sold worse than the $600 model PS3. And it was the same in power. Over 90% bought the 60gig model until Sony produced the cheaper, 80gig PS3 systems.
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A lot of Xbox fans state that they'd rather buy multi platform games on Xbox One X for higher quality. It becomes about power and extra pixels. So, who's going to buy the lesser model Xbox Series whatever over the better one? It would be contradictory to what is currently said from the base about inferior pixels. Right?
But, in my opinion, Microsoft should stream Xbox Series X games to current consoles for a fee. Even sell a low cost, micro streaming box( which is just like PS Vita TV and Chromecast) with no drive. That would pretty much kill Stadia for good using Azure and beat Google at their own game. With the next gen controller for gaming on it.
If you want native gaming and downloads at the highest quality, you buy Series X. Xbox fans love being connected to the internet. Here's you're solution. A micro console that streams games and movies up to 4K for like $150. The only thing you have to worry about is paying for Game Pass Ultimate and you could play Microsoft's newest games.
I personally don't care for streaming unless it's my own games like Remote Play or what Xcloud does. It's free and no service is required. But remember, even with all this Lockhart talk, none of you like BUYING inferior pixels from your own comments. So, it will NOT sell. But, I believe you're willing to stream it for $15 a month from a micro console. Or current consoles with GPU. And no game buying is required.
Paid in full as soon as preorders go live