| Peh said: Isn't Sony rather competing with themself? Microsoft also releases their games on PC, so a console is not mandatory to play their games. They are more interested in bringing their software to more people. So in this regard, their console would sell less by this fact alone. Nintendo is only releasing their first party games for their own consoles. As of now, they own the handheld market for decades with huge success. So, I kinda question the point of this thread, since it doesn't make much sense to compare Microsoft and Sony, since the have way different approaches. Sony is also releasing their games on PC nowadays, but with a few years delay. So, again....what are we comparing here? Sony's timed exclusive games on their console against Microsoft games on Xbox console and PC? We all know that software sells consoles. But only if they are kept exclusive. |
Personally I’ve always thought a gamer with a high end PC is a separate market then a console only gamer. A PC gamer might be in the market for a PS or Nintendo product but by contrast has little incentive to buy a Xbox. To me MS found a way to make Xbox gamers out of people who wouldn’t buy their console. Case in point all those Steam sales charts with SoT, MCC, and Grounded on them.
As for people who are strictly console gamers, Xbox games being on PC is irrelevant. All that matters is if PS or Nintendo have them. All that really changes is that the Xbox ecosystem will grow, the console sales depends more on how they market it relative to Xbox One in 2013
Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles.
