NPD: Percentages of US Switch owners that own PS4/Xbone/both/neither

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DonFerrari said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

fixed that for you

Sony is responsible for their console.  When people complain about Wind Waker and Super Mario Sunshine not being as good as other entries, then that is Nintendo's fault.  If Sony's first party games are as good on PS4 that is Sony's fault.  I liked Sony's first party offerings more on previous consoles than on PS4.  That is definitely their fault.

On top of that Sony is responsible for their 3rd party library, as a whole, too.  When Final Fantasy 7 went to Playstation instead of N64, was that Nintendo's fault?  Yes!  Every console maker has a strategy for attracting third party developers.  This affects both how many third party games they get, but it also affects the type of third party games they get.

So if PS4 doesn't have many games for either me or curl-6, then is that Sony's fault?  Yes!  How can it be anyone else's fault?  Sony is responsible for their own console.

Sure for the games curl wanted Sony is certainly at fault with him.

Sony didn't loose games to Xbox or Switch, they didn't became exclusives, they weren't made. Sony can't obligate devs to make specific games (sure they can entice), and also Sony have sponsored some games on third parties. But Sony can't hire devs to make IPs of other companies. So your complain was completely irrelevant. You may not like PS4 and that is perfectly fine, but that had nothing to do with any changes Sony made or should do for PS5.

As I said, here are some Sony published games that I have liked from past Playstation systems:
Legend of Dragoon
Okage
Ico
Shadow of the Colossus
Demon's Souls

They aren't making games like any of these anymore.  That is most definitely their fault.  On top of that, the common theme in all of these games is that they are made by Japanese developers.  Sometimes all Sony needs to do is publish enough games from Japanese studios and eventually I will find one I am happy with. But currently Sony is focusing more and more on their Western studios. All of this is 100% undeniably their fault.

On top of that it is Sony's job to identify holes in their third party line-up and make games to compensate for that.  Nintendo, for a long time just let themselves have a "Final Fantasy-shaped" hole.  Eventually they started publishing Xenoblade Chronicles in order to compensate for that.  While I don't like XC as much as I liked the old Final Fantasies, I do appreciate the effort.  Then they made a deal with Square-Enix to bring Octopath Traveler, and this time they hit the mark with me.  Even Sony did this to some degree by making a Spider-Man game.  They just haven't done anything to deal with their own Final Fantasy hole, because Final Fantasy sucks now.  Currently Nintendo is doing a better job, IMO, to compensate for the holes they have in their game library.  Some games are for me, and some games aren't, but I just need enough games that are actually for me, whether it be first or third party games.

20 years ago, Sony made games for me and Nintendo didn't.  Now Nintendo makes games for me and Sony doesn't.  That's why, if Sony doesn't change their direction, then they are going to lose me as a customer.  Obviously I'll have to wait and see what games are on the PS5.  But if it's just more of what appeared on the PS4, then no thanks.