Opinion: The Future Will Not About Hardware Platform (PC/COnsole/handled/Mobile ) but Ecosystem (service/software)

[Pyro as Bill]

Zoombael said:

Pyro as Bill said:

I don't think it's about streaming subs. Streaming games is a gimmick. Wii's waggle controls were more responsive. It's about game rental subs. It's also Sony's natural progression from the failure of putting Steam on PS3 and releasing a mid-gen upgrade alongside VR. If PC gamers refuse to go to Sony then Sony will have to go to them. It helps make MS's home console look even more redundant in comparison to going with PC. PC will have PC exclusives and multiplats, MS exclusives and delayed Sony exclusives. XB only has MS exclusives.

Also, a mid-gen slim model would be more popular with console casuals than a mid-gen Pro model especially since they have nothing to fear from a rival mid-gen upgrade from MS.

PS4 release (day 1) = Box Office
Streaming PS4 (day 1) = CAM pirate copy
PS4 rental sub (~1 year later) = Netflix/Amazon exclusive to PS4
PC/PS5 remaster (~3 years later) = Bluray Special Edition DVD
PC/PS5 remaster rental (~3.5 years later) = Exclusive to Sonyflix or PS5+EA Access/UPlay on PC

EA, MS, and Ubisoft keep their console game rental sub separate to their PC sub. Sony doesn't have a PC storefront so letting Steam and Epic handle sales makes sense. Once sales slow down, Sony would be better off selling rental exclusivity to EA, Ubi or MS to add to their PC sub instead of starting their own store/service from scratch with only 1 exclusive.

Once Sony has enough games ported, they can start their own PC store and rental service and leverage their console install base to take on Steam, Epic, MS, Ubi, EA and likely Activision too by then. They'll also be able to match MS and have same day PC release if the subscription wars heat up.

And when Xbox players refuse to buy PS then Sony has to go to them too? BS logic.

The best Sony will ever do against a MS console is the 155m:25m they managed with PS2. This gen looks like it'll finish ~130m:50m. Getting all 50m Xboxers would be a huge effort and require kicking MS out of the console business. If Sony wants to see serious growth, they need to aim for an audience much bigger than those 25m Xbox gamers that might be persuaded to switch back.

There never was an attempt to "put steam on the PS3". That was a very limited colaboration between Sony and Valve. Limited to one game to be precise. Portal 2 being. That was it.

Buy Portal 2 on PS3 and get it free for PC. A precursor to what looks likely to become the norm in the future. Didn't PS3 dual boot into Linux initially too? Why would Sony do that?