The Wall Street Journal’s recent report on Sony heavily relying on large, ambitious AAA games for the PlayStation 5 drew some controversy from gamers. Fears of Sony abandoning fledgling creators appear to be justified.
Distaste towards the likes of EA, Activision, and Ubisoft have strengthened throughout this generation, so embracing the big names would seem more anti-consumer than pro-consumer. Business practices of excessive monetization, exploitation of labor, and incessant sequels and franchising have earned these big publishers the title of “antagonist” to many gamers.
So why would Sony dare to associate with such a controversial part of the industry? Are they becoming arrogant once again?
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
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I've always enjoyed the types of experiences found on PlayStation and with how successful the PS4 has been I don't think it's lost on Sony how it attained that level of success. Indie, AA and AAA games of all shapes and sizes(predominantly SP too) and with the advancement in tech and features the PS5 will see along with it being cross gen with PS4 will see Sony going into next gen very strong
For me, it's Sony's commitment to a variety of single player games is why I continue to support them.
I don't need to be connected. I don't need others chatting in the background while I'm playing. I don't need to stream a game from a server.
Turn on the system, pick a game and press start. That's all I need. Playing online with family, friends and others is an optional bonus. But not a requirement for my having fun.
Sonys commitment is brilliant, they routinely release exclusives that really appeal to me, and offer me some of my favorite experiences each generation (more so that anyone else)
I would like to see Sony really nail an exclusive multiplayer experience, but In general I hope their story driven single player focus remains.
God willing I'll continue the tradition on the PS5.