| Sogreblute said: The Xbox One and PS4 will die at the same time for AAA support. The Xbox 360 and PS3 pretty died at the same time which was 2016, the last year both systems still saw decent AAA support. I think 2023 will be the last decent year for both systems. Big AAA publishers want to maximize revenue, so if they develop for PS4 they'll do the same with Xbox One since both systems are identical in system architecture. Porting costs today are much lower compared to back then where each system was vastly different in developing games. It's this reason plus the increasing cost of game development that we're seeing a lot of games now going to Xbox or multiplat in general. |
Looks like the other half of my prediction (that Xbox One games would start dying off faster than PS4) may be coming true. There are at least two major examples that I know of now, Street Fighter 6 is coming to PS4 and not Xbox One, and that's also appears to be true of One Piece Odyssey. If so, that's at least two titles that are coming to PS5, X|S, and PS4, but not Xbox One. My prediction is that we'll see more over time.
Meanwhile, the other half of my prediction (that some indies are continuing to be slow to appear on PS) also continues to have more examples this gen than last, such as Floppy Knights (Floppy Knights Arrives May 24 for Xbox One, PC, and Xbox Game Pass (vgchartz.com)) and Arma Reforger (Arma Reforger Out Now for Xbox Series X|S and PC (vgchartz.com)), though there is a lead time with game development so it's possible recent Sony moves to improve their relationship with indies will eventually correct that. However, with indie developers citing the many places that they can be featured on the Xbox Dashboard might be part of why they're doing better there recently has me remaining skeptical.
