Drakrami said: I thought Microsoft said 1-2 years ago Sony is no longer their competitor, because what they are going for is the user experience or whatever crap they made up. (Much like the monthly user engagement numbers instead of direct sale numbers) So why are they suddenly saying they are confident to beat out the competition... lol../ |
MS was referring to the game streaming space and how in 10 years that will be a much bigger market. In that regard, Google and Amazon are the only companies in the world that can remotely compete with Xcloud. Stadia is bad, but who knows if Google can turn it around and Amazon has yet to play their hand.
Sony, and I must stress I’m only talking in this regard, is not competition because they are a customer. They made some agreement with Ms which includes using their cloud services. Point being PS Now can be bigger then Xcloud but the more success they have is literally more money in MSs pocket. They aren’t competition because they are paying MS $$$ for the privilege to compete in the first place.
However in the traditional console space, nothing has changed and they are still very much the company for Ms to beat. It’s all context.