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

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Tober said:

If Sony want to publish and sell more family friendly games (Ratchet, Astro, etc), they need to sell on Nintendo.
If Sony want to publish and sell more games in Japan, it needs to sell on Nintendo.

China, a huge market potential, is 99% PC and Mobile gaming. If Sony wants to sell more in China it needs at least to increase games going to PC.

Xbox though? Xbox has conditioned its players to play GamePass. I don't think people buying games will increase anytime soon on Xbox. Not sure it warrants the effort of porting and continued support of those ports.

You're only re-inforcing what we already know; not only do gamers on Xbox not want to buy games, gamers don't want to buy Xbox period. That's why the platform is dead and they're maneuvering themselves into the newly emerging user-friendly PC market, hoping that people who just want already setup smaller form-factor PCs will still consider having Xbox/Gamepass in their room too.

Of course this newfound strategy for Microsoft gaming will likely look terribly redundant once Steam OS has a full release with partnered brands. The gaming community that have been waiting to free themselves from Windows will have a more desirable alternative, while console gamers that are scared to assemble lego pieces will have a simple ready-made option.

For Microsoft to make their 'Xbox device' but more importantly Gamepass and Windows still desirable, they will likely have to make some big deals to attract/keep customers. Don't be surprised if not only PS first-party games are native on Xbox marketplace by then, but might even have some day one Gamepass deals.