Social construction, the average gamer doesn't care or know about half the the shit that gets argued on here or on YouTube.

Consoles wars or fanboyism is like 5% of gamers who goto gaming sites or social media. A fast majority like 80% of gamers/casuals don't even come on gaming websites or even know there is a console war between that 5%.
Although I do agree with ABizzel1

“War. War never changes.”

The console war is for dummies. I'll never understand why people get all worked up about a piece of plastic.

100 percent social construct.

Coke vs Pepsi
McDonalds vs Burger King
Gatorade vs Powerade
Microsoft vs Sony
N4G vs IGN

It's a cultural phenomenon. South Park got in on it.

If a war, we've been looking at the wrong fronts. More so since MS have by their own account abandoned consoles for streaming.

PS1 started the 3D war which began the end of spites and arcade type games.

Xbox 360 brought all the HD, online multi BS that we're just staring to get over.

Phones brought... mobile where old arcade minded gaming got turned into mind-f**k MTs.

And now the threat of streaming where all the bad s**t of prior eras are likely to be distilled and combined.

"Microsoft" "Normal Buisness Practices"

Social construct, people who have an emotional connection to a company trying to take their money is everything wrong with capitalism. Appreciate what a company gives you sure, but don't blindly agree with everything that company does even if it negatively impacts you.

Sadly the latter has been demonstrated on both sides countless times this generation.

Console wars are done by immature idiots who are either too loyal to a brand or can't afford another console, so they try to justify their purchase by bashing the other brand.

The article concludes “Seeing that we are in the midst of the FTC v Xbox court hearing, it’s tempting to devolve into tribalism. Instead, we must remember not to interpret the fact that Xbox and PlayStation are making moves against each other as evidence for the console war. Rather, it’s evidence of a competition that forces each side to improve for the sake of the industry.”

Translation: MS buying entire publishers in an effort to “spend Sony out of business” is not the same as the “total annihilation of an opposing side” that good guy Phil decries in TFA, and thinking otherwise will get you labelled a “tribalist” or “console warrior!”

Whoever wrote this article is so full of shit, it’s pouring out their pie-hole.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau

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!