The "Console Wars" Are Over

[Kyuu]

curl-6 said:

Wman1996 said:

Fair point. Perhaps I should've re-titled the thread to something else.

But using the real-world analogy, Italy was a massive turning point for WW2. After that, the Axis had almost no chance of victory. And after Germany fell? Virtually impossible. 

Xbox has no path to victory (if it even ever did) in the console business. Their revenue is bigger than Nintendo but less than PlayStation. They don't have the profit margins Nintendo does, and they might even be less profitable than PlayStation even with their Xbox Anywhere initiative. 

Nintendo and PlayStation aren't in direct competition and have not been for a long time. 

Consoles will continue to exist, but the exclusive features, architecture, and titles are shrinking. 

Switch 2 and PS5 may take different approaches, but they still compete in that gamers have limited money, so many will choose one over the other.

The console war is no longer relevant though. It's "Platform wars" now. I would argue that Valve is a more direct competitor to Playstation than Nintendo is. Sony not being able to see this may cost them. But while I shouldn't take anything Jez Corden says at face value, the idea of Sony dialling back on PC support for tentpole singleplayer titles makes sense to me.

We also need to remember that TikTok is now Microsoft's main competitor, and so it stands to reason that this will evolve to chocolate bars competing with Sony, and keto sweets with Nintendo. War has changed.