Does PS5 have a good chance to win the launch season?

[Peh]

sales2099 said:

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

No, not necessarily. I also got a Switch at home with 2 docking stations. I always had a console besides my PC (NES, SNES, N64, PSX and so on)

That was true where the Xbox games were still exclusive to their console. But that has changed. Same can happen with Sony if they release their games at the same time they do on their console. If they walk the same path at Microsoft, even less reasons to buy a Playstation for me anyway.

It's irrelevant for your scenario, yes. But there are people who bought the console to play first party titles and that is not necessary anymore. The group of people who owned both, a xbox console and PC probably won't bother with getting a new xbox console.

Nevertheless, my point is that the comparision this thread is about is pretty much pointless.

Last edited by Peh - on 17 August 2020