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faustian.empire on 18 February 2022
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the-pi-guy said:
faustian.empire said:

1)Google has dropped out of the streaming business which they never should have gone into as i said before,it is atleast 10 years away.

Apple will be the one that starts then Google,Samsung,Amazon will follow.It will be more of a Hardware platform thing.

Sony and Microsoft will move away from Hardware platform to a software oriented role.

3)A multi Platform App Store would benefit somebody like Steam and Epic Games Store and Amazon who are behind it.Apple also is moving towards a more services based business.

Sony can also benefit from it but it will have to acquire a lot more studios to bolster its exclusives lineup like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video do in the Streaming Segment.

Sony will have to focus on either of 2 segments,A multi Platform App Store or A big gaming Studio with across multiple app store.FOCUS is the key topic here

Sony has one big Head Start that it is the biggest Gaming Studio,it is similar to Disney  in the Movie Segment.

>Google has dropped out of the streaming business which they never should have gone into as i said before,it is atleast 10 years away

They've dropped out entirely. They shut down their game development studios following MS buying Zenimax. They are choosing to capitalize on their streaming tech by selling it to partners. 

I would definitely say the future is trending towards software ecosystems.

>Sony can also benefit from it but it will have to acquire a lot more studios to bolster its exclusives lineup like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video do in the Streaming Segment.

I think it's pretty clear this is what they are working on.  They've acquired more studios in the past year than they have in the previous decade, and they said they are going to buy a lot more.  

Not to mention their first party studios are undergoing record growth. 

Insomniac, Firesprite, Naughty Dog, Guerilla, Santa Monica Studios are all working on multiple projects, some as many as 4 or 5 projects each. Something they've never done before. 

I think Sony is in a good position,just hope they don't get arrogant the way they did after PS2 generation during PS3 transition years.

Also,Microsoft has Really loaded up and is now equal to Sony in IP and Studios.They just have to learn to manage the studios.

Elder Scrolls, Starfield, Forza, Fallout, Call of Duty, Diablo, Warcraft, Starcraft, Gears, Halo, Age of Empires, Minecraft, Crash Bandicoot, Overwatch, etc.

Sony can't really compete with Microsoft or Apple on Cash terms as they both are too big.they will have to innovate really really hard.

Another idea is if Apple acquires Sony which nobody talks about,then then they will just crush Microsoft,Amazon,Google and PlayStation will live another 20-50years.