Will Sony Copy Microsoft and Make Playstation a 3rd Party Publisher?

[Dante9]

Wman1996 said:

Not out of the hardware business until Microsoft stops making consoles, and even then, I don't see it happening right then.
Sony is much more hesitant to put games on PC, and forget day-and-date so far. Also, Sony sells a lot more consoles.
I could see Sony putting some more games on Nintendo or potentially Xbox years down the line. But we're not there yet.
Spider-Man is an interesting one. Sony doesn't own Spider-Man as a property, and Spider-Man had tons of games from different developers and publishers across the years. It's the double-edged sword of putting the Spider-Man games on other consoles. It could pay off and a crazy amount of units or it could decrease PlayStation hardware units by millions.
Maybe Sony will test the waters this decade putting Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered on Xbox and Switch 2.

Yeah, Sony only owns the movie rights to Spider-Man and that has some synergy with their gaming division, but anyone can make a Spider-Man game if they want to license it from Marvel.

As for the question, I don't think Sony is in any hurry to become a fully open publisher. Their current model is working just fine, and I believe they have created more and more revenue as they have progressed through the generations. PS3 was a bit of a blunder of course and the current missteps with their MMO aspirations have been a setback, but they are still in a good position for the long run.

Also, sometimes it's better to see how your competition fares in their new endeavors first, before rushing to copy them.