

They don't give two craps if you buy an X, S, or a la carte game from them. Microsoft knows damn well it's playing the long game to be the dominant force in the inevitable subscription-based future. It took multiple generations of in-house building, learning, and creativity to get them where they are today.Ģ. They didn't go out and buy tons of established franchises to increase their IP vault. They strategically ignore that PlayStation earned that market dominance thanks in large part to years of consistent, high-quality critical and commercial successes they mostly own and funded. I don't follow Microsoft's line of thinking here, and it's dishonestly presented, at best.ġ. Sometimes it works out (Ghost of Tsushima, Horizon), sometimes it doesn’t (Dreams, Concrete Genie), and sometimes it’s somewhere in the middle (Returnal, Days Gone). Letting their first party studios make what they want has been a hallmark of the way they do business, rather than forcing them to pump out the umpteenth Pokémon game or Halo game.
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(And what is the 7th Uncharted game? That card game? Or are you counting The Nathan Drake Collection? I’m counting 6 with the Golden Abyss game)Īnyways, I agree with you that the lifeblood of any software producer is tapping into established franchises but I feel like Sony is much more balanced than Nintendo and Xbox. And I’d say some like God of War are almost like two separate franchises. Some of these new IP have turned into franchises and will have more than one sequel most likely (Horizon being the obvious, and I guess the VR game could be considered a third game) but I think there’s a rather nice balance for Sony’s first and second party output which is both new IP and established franchises.
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I hope they get blocked and learn how to use what they have instead of just potentially brining ruin to other things with their checkbook. MS has nothing, while Sony has kept innovating and now are giving far more with PSVR2 soon than they could with an Series X. The 360 had stuff to make me feel that way. Nothing makes me feel like I’m missing out on an Xbox.

How about MS figured out how to do something right for once? And I mean that sincerely.

I’m honestly not sure if MS has the kiss of death or something. AlsoX what happened to all of their previous acquisitions? We haven’t seen a single decent exclusive this gen come from what they bought. They’re trying to argue they can’t make a good product so they need to purchase a monopoly to compete.
