Captioning the 9th Generation: The Public Suicide of PlayStation

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Bofferbrauer2 said:

PS5 is doing better than Xbox, but Xbox's decline seems increasingly deliberate. Since the original intention of the Xbox was to promote PC gaming (and thus Windows as an OS since Microsoft was a total monopoly back then) and PC gaming is both growing fast and thriving in both AAA and all niches, I wonder if they're thinking "Mission accomplished" and moving on to other ventures now. Though some hardware leaks seem to hint at a new Xbox console coming, and they're increasing their presence in the PC handheld market, so wait and see...

SONY on the other hand looks increasingly directionless with the PS5 and PC game releases, lack of compelling games, trend-chasing which lands them such disasters as Concord, the list goes on. While I don't think that either SONY, the PS5 or the PS6 are in any danger, they need to get a grip on the long run and find their own way of doing things just like Nintendo did eons ago to carve out their own piece of gaming lest they'll get drowned and swallowed by a sea of similarities which takes away all the uniqueness that the Playstation has left.

PS5 isn't just doing better than Xbox. It killed and buried it. It isn't true that Microsoft wanted to kill Xbox or that it had a coherent direction. Unless Microsoft Store and GamePass take off and compensate for Xbox''s death, moving to PC will prove beneficial mainly to Valve and Steam.

"Trend chasing" also landed Fate Grand Order (likely generated more money than any Nintendo game ever) and Helldivers 2.

"Lack of compelling games" according to who? Helldivers 2, AstroBot and Stellar Blade released last year and were more compelling than any Nintendo game from the same year.

Sony's direction is crystal clear. It's imo risky and bad in the long run coz their PC support is devaluing Playstation, but how is it directionless? Microsoft contradicted themselves and made ridiculous remarks more times than I care to remember.