Microsoft might legit publish more games on PS5 this year than Sony does." Gamers react to PlayStation State of Play, and the strange times Xbox f...

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Sony had its semi-regular State of Play showcase yesterday, and PlayStation gamers hoping for a roadmap received a lot of third-party multiplatform titles instead. Did Xbox bow out too soon?

Microsoft might legit publish more games on PS5 this year than Sony does." Gamers react to PlayStation State of Play, and the strange times Xbox f... : Read more

 

[fatpunkslim]

It's more of a "State of Third Party" than a "State of Play" these days. It's been ages since we had a genuinely good State of Play event. They even managed to remake another game that didn't need it, which is unbelievable!

Xbox, on the other hand, has more multiplatform AND exclusive games than PlayStation, which is quite remarkable. This clearly shows that console sales are driven by marketing and media perception, rather than the games themselves.

As a result, PlayStation gamers end up buying very few games, making it a default console for casual gamers who stick to titles like FIFA, Fortnite, and Call of Duty. Just take a look at the poor sales of Astrobot , which, despite receiving a huge marketing campaign, still struggled in the market. Not to mention the sales of Final Fantasy and others.

Why invest in a console for just two exclusive games a year that end up on PC anyway? Xbox is a great console, thanks to Game Pass—the best service out there. With Play Anywhere and the best backward compatibility, Xbox provides more exclusive games than PlayStation, even if some are released on other consoles after a few years. I'm not willing to wait four years to play the next Forza Horizon.

Upcoming exclusives like Avowed, South of Midnight, and Mecha Break look amazing. It feels like they're the only ones creating exciting new games!

 

[Lurking_Lurker_Lurks]

None of this really seems like a negative in the gaming industry to me. Neither Playstation nor Xbox consoles are likely to go anywhere soon (you don't typically get rid of a consumer business pulling in 10 billion+ USD overnight), and now more games than ever are available to more gamers than ever. Sony's first party efforts don't prop up the industry (though I suspect we'll soon all benefit from the news of closer to day and date PC launches). We're still getting some of the best stream of games ever. I'm very happy as a gamer that everything interesting at the state of play is coming to Xbox. Just like I'm sure PS gamers were happy 3/4 interesting games were going to Playstation. PC gamers are happy to be getting everything. And Nintendo Switch owners will be... maybe happy to buy the Switch 2? Idk. Nintendo does NOT have the best historical track record with sequel consoles.

The industry feels like it's evolving. For PlayStation it feels like it's involving around them without their consent and yet they still have to watch as their reality changes. Their first party had dried up. Their third parties are supporting all platforms day one. And their "direct" competitor (not even really anymore because they are playing different games) is doing very well on the PS store (and they only keep 30% of that success). As a consumer there's nothing I really feel worrisome over. I mean, speaking of expensive PC hardware what about expensive console hardware? After the PS5 Pro, the PS6 price terrifies me. Xbox is the last one seemingly okay with subsidizing prices. I don't expect that to hold next generation. So we'll have the high performance PS6 and Next Xbox probably pushing $600 and Nintendo continuing to have console hardware a generation and half old for $300 to $400. I will gladly take more games than ever releasing on more hardware. You don't know how happy I am that a Digimon Story game is coming to Xbox day one.