Otter said:
The fact that the PSVita outsold the N64/Gamecube and was able to reach 50% of PS4's LT sales without any major exclusives or IPs is very telling. No Final Fantasy, no Dragon Quest, no Monster Hunter etc |
Pretty much.
Even Nintendo with all its IPs could not make a mark in the home console sector with the failure that was the WiiU so they bowed out.
Again, this is obvious, everyone in the industry knows this for the past decade.
Only those with some narrative to spin, say things like its because Japan doesn't like Playstation.
Playstation is the last home console only system that can sell well in Japan. Playstation would never do a hybrid console as they employ top of the industry hardware, chip, software engineers to make cutting edge consoles and software. This is the right strategy, especially with AR/VR coming soon, Playstation is poised well to lead on the all new platform.
With the variability of games also coming back, Steam deck, shows that a portable Playstation that shares its library with the home console could happen sooner than later. If not then by then, 5G and streaming tech could allow a better streaming product.
I'm also glad SE and Capcom have completely retooled their pipelines to become AAA powerhouses. Namco Bandai is slowly starting as well. This is great for the Japanese industry as its been behind the West in software dev for a long long time.
