Do you predict any company to cover Microsoft's place on console market ?

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Kyuu said:

Soundwave said:

TV centric PCs will become competition for Playstation (which is what the next XBox is basically going to be apparently), to be honest I would rather have a Windows-based "console" than a Playstation if I get the flexibility of different store fronts and PC functionality if I wish.

Why buy a game that locks you to you the Playstation ecosystem of devices when you could buy it on say Steam and play that same game on your PC, your living room TV, on a mobile device like Steam Deck, on a laptop, etc. etc.

Nobody wants small form factor PC's. They're expensive and underpowered. Expecting them to be a threat to Playstation is more silly than expecting handheld PC's to be a threat to the Switch 2. Don't be surprised if the GabeCube gets cancelled next week.

Most PC gamers will continue to play games on regular desktops. And most console gamers won't jump to underpowered and overpriced PC's. The threat to Playstation is PC and Steam as a whole ecosystem. Next Xbox (if it's a PC) and GabeCube are petty much non-factors.

But the majority of PS gamers won't want to abandon their existing library which will carry over to PS6 and the PS6 handheld. There are still plenty of reasons to get a Playstation over PC. Sony potentialy returning to true exclusivity and the RAM crisis destroying PC hardware prices are the latest reasons.

This threat though will never fully become realised as long as PCs aren't suitable for the living room. There really is a humongous demographic of people who buy 2-3 games a year and just want to switch on the system in front of the TV, no fuss, no hassle. Despite PC booming there is no tangible impact on Playstations userbase as of yet.