Spade said:
Competition not releasing on other console platforms. Brad L. |
The reasons are the same, slim profit margins, Xbox moved to PC first and Sony followed, albeit with timed exclusives, now it appears they're going all the way, first they moved with day and date GaaS, then smaller titles, now they're hinting they'll be even further in an effort to increase profit margins, as are Xbox's moves to port to PlayStation, the profit margins in the console industry aren't good for neither Microsoft or Sony and they will both need to evolve and change their business, in some ways console gamers won't like, but things could look very different 5-10 years from now.
I'm not saying it's likely but I also wouldn't say it's impossible to say that PlayStation would never port old titles to Xbox/Nintendo Switch in the future, if their profit margins don't increase in a way they hope for, the console market is stagnant and budgets are increasing. Sony no matter what people try to say has often followed Microsoft in the past with certain business moves, they just waited for Xbox to test the waters first and receive the blunt of the criticism, Sony will watch closely Xbox's upcoming move and also watch closely how Marathon does as a fully multiplatform release.
