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Originally Posted by Max Cow Disease
This thread’s title is a bit of a dinosaur at this point, given that the discussion’s become far more about the platforms as a whole than the mere plastic boxes each company’s peddling. We could have closed the thread long ago otherwise, as Sony’s sales lead in that area isn’t narrow. But, Sony’s also seemingly been slower to wake up and smell the roses with the industry’s evolution toward a more platform-agnostic model for software and subscriptions, and is bound to face a minor reckoning at some point in terms of right-sizing/managing profitability.
Getting all myopic about 20-30 million extra boxes that Sony’s moved since these consoles launched - in a segment that doesn’t even traditionally make companies any money - is amusing to me. I’m not sure what the console space looks like 10 years from now, but Microsoft’s play to release more of their software on competing platforms is surely at least a partial harbinger of things to come. Looking back through Sony’s moves with PS Plus subscriptions and the release of their games on PC, Playstation’s been slowly morphing their strategy to mimic Xbox, not the other way around.
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I just think it's funny people still pretend Nintendo isn't a part of this conversation, despite being the actual market sales leader (with what might end up being the best selling game console of all time) and the only one in a really good and stable position financially / development / layoffs wise. They were way ahead of the curve with moving away from focusing on cutting edge graphics / tech with the Wii.