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Manlytears said:
Yamauchi > limited N64 tech restricting games to 4~64MB. He also lost the support of most third-party developers due to the cost of the cartridges. Kutaragi > created a monstrosity that was very expensive and displeased the developers. Most games ran better on the Xbox 360. Plus, the PS3 came out a entire year late. Don Mattrick > They produced a console that was more expensive and less powerful than the competition. They also incurred the community's wrath with DRM—a move Sony immediately rejected. They failed to deliver good games, while PlayStation became the most awarded publisher of the last 13 years. Now... Please, where is PS6 problem? Last I checked: Sony remains the leading publisher in terms of awards over the last 5 to 10 years—the one behind some of the most highly anticipated games. Leaks suggest the PS6 will be cheaper than the next Xbox. Third-party relationships remain fantastic. Nintendo targets a different market niche. In the instances cited, a major blunder gave a huge advantage to a rival... people here want to believe the PS6 is doomed, but they forget that no rival has managed to gain a significant edge over Sony. |
The problem is less choice and less exclusives from the big publishers. Digital only consoles just dont do well. 82% of Playstation 5 consoles sold have a disc drive. Its probably more like 85% because of the strong sales of the attachable disc drive. Im not sure how strong their releationship with third parties are anymore either. Not many make exclusive content for Playstation anymore because of the cost of AAA games. Street Fighter 6 went multiplatform(again) after disappointing sales from SF5. Final Fantasy Remake trilogy have gone multi-platform because of disappointing sales. Playstation is just not what it used to be. And havent really been for a while. Thats probably why they had their lowest month of console sales in 26 years and I dont think that will change anytime soon. Maybe GTA6 will give it a boost, but thats pretty much it.
Add to all this the biggest backlash I have ever seen in my 35+ years of gaming and its hard to think they will be the leading platform of anything in the future.
