The same way every gen has been won and that's amazing exclusive games!

1. Not fully realized
2. Exclusives have always been my deciding factor.

The same way it has always been; with good marketing, great exclusives, and playing the heartstrings of fanboys like fiddles, using console war feelings, amongst other things.XD

Although this is a Lame excuse for an article, I don't believe Microsoft is yet to understands how the gaming ecosystem works.

If crossplay is a system seller and your console of choice has very few good exclusives then you're only sticking around due to some misplaced sense of consumer loyalty. In my opinion, whichever next gen console has the most/best exclusive games available and supports crossplay for multiplayer with friends on other systems will easily dominate.

The next console war is Sony's to lose, frankly. So many gamers have invested into PS4 and as long as they can bring those purchases forward to PS5 and PS5 is smartly priced, things will not change very dramatically. Cross play was just a fart in the wind.

It’s already over. Crossplay fully realized is Fortnite ? Rocket League?

Exclusives.... Of course.

the same way it's always won - who has the most/best games. this is WHY i buy a GAMES console. i don't care about bc; i don't care about cross-play nor do i need MP in every game. whether it's MP or SP - i want great games.

Jesus christ can we just been done with all this crossplay BS. Sony have been using this feature for years now and it's always been a secondary feature. Just because a "free to play" game is using the feature, does not mean in anyway whatsoever that suddenly next gen every game or dev is going to be using it. Its all a marketing tactic.
Psynoix dropped it completely, months after they said it could be done between consoles, but now its "apparently" not going to happen even though they do with pcs n consoles already. Bethesda talked big, then we all saw their balls shrivel up and disappear faster than a nuclear blast. Along with any mention about crossplay with their ES card game.
And do we here much from nintendo about how great its been with Minecraft? No.
In fact we don't even hear that much from MS anymore about it either. And they we're the ones pushing hardest for it.
It's not going to be what wins next gen. Good games will.

actually how is console won, if now anyone can buy PC. This was Microsoft plan, to force everyone to buy PC so that PC is Microsoft hopefully,

by price and exclusives,...

lmao... No, not really and Sony never won this gen because of cross play garbage, same as next gen, they will not win because of cross play garbage, they will win because of what they continue to DO and deliver

and if u want cross game play, go PC/Playstation/switch, that is all you need EVER

Same as all the others son, Exclusives.

Gamers will win. So many great games coming out we can hardly keep up!

If and I mean IF, either decides to make the online portion free, and have the extra features like cloud save, monthly free games as a seperate paid service, then off the bat that company will win the initial start of next gen.

Can you imagine the storm that'll happen when all 3 support crossplay, but 1 of the 2 main competitors offer free online.

It will be won by best games and services and which platform pumps out the most exclusive games

VR will be the factor next gen

Uhm just like this one? Games?

Like ppl have stated game will sell consoles, am buying an switch just for Pokémon lol

Exclusive games will define the console war in the next gen.

The next console war will be won in the same way that most have been won in the past and present: the console with the best exclusives will clinch it.

The console with the most well received/reviewed exclusives bought by the majority will be the winner.

i want articles about why F2P games are behind a paywall on xbox one every single day, like the stupid articles against sony for the crossplay bullshit

The same way it's being won now: Games.

Console wars are for loyalist who are to blinded to enjoy the full spectrum that is gaming. I have and will continue to support the industry as a whole and reap the rewards of being all encompassing.

Games for the most part.

As always. It will win who has better/more games.

Crossplay is by no means a fully realized thing yet, considering that not all games, that are available in each platform can allow each platform to play with every system that gets those games.

It's early days, it won't be fully realized until all systems that get games with online Multiplayer can all play together.

Really Crossplay never mattered as much as quantity and quality of games, as well as value of the hardware and expected features will decide who gets the biggest market share.

Most likely Sony's standing with gamers will carry them through to dominate again, most likely Nintendo will come up second, but it depends on how each platform creator executes on each factor.

I cross play is more expanded next gen, people that do nothing but argue can prove they have skills.

The system with the best exclusives always wins. It's as simple as that.

The system that has the best and highest rated exclusives will win. Ps5 will probably be the system of choice again, unless Microsoft actually puts out some exclusives that gamers want to play.

It'll be won the same way that this one was by the same company this one was.

As it has always been.... Exclusives

"First-party exclusives and innovative ideas will make or break the winner of the next console war."

That has, is and always will determine the best console in a given generation. End of story. Also, Cross-play isn't fully realized yet.

Wuchang is great. Nine Sols didn’t have a physical copy so I never played it but I’ve heard good things so I will check it out. I stopped playing sports games many years ago when before the card dlc’s or whatever they’re called.

Last comment… ):

Great month for others, but not me. Hate soccer and soulslikes. Maybe Nine Sols is good.

🫡 it was fun while it lasted, N4G.

FC26!