I think the stalemate thing makes sense going forward for awhile. I have a feeling, especially with Google now entering the market, all 4 companies have and will need to continue to emphasis a certain niche in the gaming market to coexist in an otherwise crowded market.
I think Nintendo stays mainly with the portable/mobile market (that also happens to work somewhat as a home console). Sony keeps the straight-up home console market for your TV/living room, MS further emphasizes Windows/PC gaming (they are already melding the Xbox and PC gaming lines), and Google utilizes the streaming service on multiple mobile devices.
Not that there isn't or won't be more crossover in the future - but these are the niches I think each company with excel in as their main focus and will act as their main turf so to speak.
As far as what will be most successful - I think there's a place for each type of gaming, but ultimately the handheld/mobile stuff is what things seem to be shifting to overall. And I think eventually MS and Sony will shift more in that direction when this has been shown to be the most successful model going forward.
Last edited by DarthMetalliCube - on 27 July 2019
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