Oh, yeah, THAT must be it….
@Obscure_Observer
It isn’t.
Nintendo and Sony clearly don’t need ‘trillion dollar market caps’. They consistently best MS gen after gen because their business models in the gaming world are winning ones.
;)
“Good competition” is not something Microsoft offers often. You should want THEM to feel enough heat to actually do better.
Switch is against the PS5. The PS4 won last generation.
So, beginning with the 5th generation, it's...
1) PS1
2) PS2
3) Wii
4) PS4
5) up for grabs, but Switch may stay ahead of PS5.
The "how" was simple — PS2 was the better console. More games, better games, better movie player, etc. It was a weaker system technologically, but we know that's not always what matters (in fact, it rarely does).
As for what means much — the competitor refuses to release solid numbers. So, you can blame them for a lack of a proper comparison.
More like continuing.
Yep, similar thing happened to PS5.
I didn't "play coy". I gave you set of facts and you danced around them like an elephant dealing with a mouse.
You didn't give a single fact.
I'll give you one — companies strike exclusivity deals (Microsoft is certainly one of them). Another? Some even buy WHOLE PUBLISHERS to compete in this arena.
Those are the facts. What ever it is you think Sony "deserves" for doing what your favorite team has also done is irrelevant in the scheme of business.
This might be the most ironic comment I've ever seen posted on this site.
"disgusting exclusion agreements", "play fair"
You can't make this up.
@Orchard
What's irrelevant are viewpoints that have no basis in reality and are cancerous. With that nonsensical thinking, I guess Perfect Dark is also irrelevant.
@Orchard
Yes, because Ratchet (oops, not quite), Killzone (nope again), inFAMOUS (dammit, you neither)..... point made. Not every Sony exclusive comes to (or has come to) PC.
Xbox desperately needs more exclusives PERIOD!
Sony isn't doing games or hardware? I think you might have fallen into LaLa Land and need a way out.
Sony owes them nothing. That's not even how business works.
"You 'contracted' with us, so you should help us in our legal fights? Did Microsoft ever help Sony in any legal battles?
Regarding Orchard losing bubbles — posting is, and should always be, a privilege here. Nothing wrong with a different perspective, but I'd suggest a serious review. He's a deliberate troublemaker that generally offers nothing but needless controversy, derails topics, etc. It is a not a simple differing of opinion (plenty of folks here do a very good job of displaying how to do this). A return to the bubble system would ensure he has minimal chances of wreaking havoc.
Agreed. What they have now just doesn't cut it, pushing out the worst Halo games ever created (at least when compared to Bungie's, which mops the floor with 4-6).
More power to them if they can find their footing!
@Obscure_Observer
I can bet that one company brings actual competition, isn’t afraid to share losing numbers, and doesn’t buy huge publishers due to said weaknesses. That’s what I can bet.
As a fan of theirs, you should want them to do better and offer more than subscriptions services and unfulfilled promises.