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Machiavellian on 20 September 2020
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DonFerrari said:
Machiavellian said:

When you try to copy something the problem is that the window might not be there cost wise.  Being late to the party would mean you are always late and its something MS as a company has found out on many fronts.  You either take the risk and be the leader or you wait and hope things doesn't pass you by.

True, but Xcloud is something that Sony started even before with PSNow (and sure needs to improve) while Gamepass is something they could copy very fast.

But well we know that hardly Sony is at risk of losing console sales against MS.

Sony has PS now but have they really pushed it.  Instead PS Now seems to be just another service to Sony which is why the strategy between MS and Sony on their different cloud platforms are so different.  MS whole business has shifted towards a service infrastructure, this is why MS is pushing gamepass and will continue to offer more enticing features because they look to gain as many subs outside of just the basic console.  Its not an issue of copying but infrastructure and moving their business and how they do things to a different level.  DO not get me wrong, I believe Sony is making a few early forays with putting a few of their first party games on the PC but such tentative approach.  I know Sony sees the strategy but they are willing to wait but the thing is waiting to long lose out on subs.  People only have so much money to split between these sub services and waiting to long could mean that by the time they want to get in, the window has passed.  Anyway only time will tell how this will go but I know for sure if Sony put all their first party games on PS Now day one, they would probably get near 100% buy in with the service.  Their execs do not see the bigger picture like MS and thus they could crush MS efforts if they wanted to.  Actually if they sold the PS5 with a PSNow sub plan with the hardware, it would sell like Iphones or Android phones in the 200 million + easily I believe.  With that many subs, it would easily pay for all first party big budget games with no problems at all.  Oh well, if only they were less traditional and more risk prone they could even be more dominant.

Sony is definitely in no danger of MS stealing their hardware marketshare but then again MS isn't concerned anymore about trying to take Sony hardware marketshare instead they are trying to slay bigger beast