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Machiavellian on 05 May 2023
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DonFerrari said:
Machiavellian said:

MS will always be a threat to Sony because Sony has a service just like GP called PS+ but one thing it does not do is day one release of their own games.  GP directly competes with Sony services so why would Sony let such a service on their console that would compete with PS+.  Second, Sony also have a cloud platform in PS Now that is part of their premium subscription just like XCloud is part of MS ultimate sub.  This means that GP on all levels competes with Sony and their services and there is no incentive to let MS run their services on their platform to compete with PS+.

Sony also will have an ambition to enter more Cloud based services or expand their own to multiple devices.  Your point only look at today but I never got the feeling that Sony would not want to enter those markets, they are just not moving as fast as MS because they have a commanding lead in consoles.  MS whole plan is disruptive to Sony and how they want to move and how fast they want to do it.  So no, advancing MS strategy and accelerating their ability to expand beyond consoles is not a benefit to Sony and no incentive for them to allow GP on their platform.  As far as Sony is concerned, they would be a much happier company if MS left the market period then having to worry about what other disruptive things a trillion dollar company can do to unseat their market position.  By the time Sony is ready to compete in the device market, they could find themselves way behind MS which is not a scenario they want to be in.  

If you kind of think about it Sony has been more reactive to MS then proactive when it comes to anything not hardware related.  They were more reactive to putting games on PC, reactive to expanding PS+ to compete with GP and they are still reactive to driving into the devices market because it marginalized their console.  This is why they really fought hard to block the ABK deal.  Their just isn't any benefit to accelerating MS goal for Sony and they they would need to react to it but at a less financial base.

Also there is nothing stop MS from putting games on PS platform even today.  You forget that if MS want to they can still publish Bethedsa games to PS if they desire.  We are not talking about MS putting their games on PS, we are talking about MS putting GP on PS which is something totally different.

Even if Sony bought Gaikai much earlier than MS considered GP they really haven't put much effort into it (be it marketing, servers, content) before GP started to get traction.

True Sony has not put that much effort in PS Now because it did not take off.  Pretty much the same reason why MS chose to make XCloud part of GP Ultimate and a add on because the business isn't there to sustain the service on its on.  That goes for GP as well, while a very good service, its no where close to being able to sustain itself on its on and Ryuu makes so big points on that as well.