If Sony has told us anything this year with their anti-consumer moves. It’s that Microsoft has an opportunity to pick up a lot of steam off the back of the great exclusives it has in the pipeline. We all know Spiderman 2 is going to sell loads. It’s an amazing game for Sony to have but we don’t know much more of what is next in a generation from Sony’s point of view that has been rather disappointing.
As any PlayStation fan, they’ll agree to the extent that we haven’t seen the best of Sony yet. Of course, that is crazy in itself because we all know when Sony is at it they do great things. But with Nintendo on the horizon. It looks to take on Sony with its next hardware. Fighting for the third parties that I said it would just a few months back and matching them in performance for a handheld hybrid. It really seems like gaming is going to get even more competitive for the market leader Sony. In a sense, that’s fantastic news for players everywhere because Sony has been pretty out of touch with Sony fans and well, options are good.
We all know, that when Sony is on top of the world and doing incredibly well they make some questionable decisions. We saw it with the PS3 era and we’re seeing it this generation with a few things as well. PS4 has been a large part of Sony’s strategies. That’s a bit of a weird one when they had to backtrack and continue to support that platform. All because it fits into their onboarding strategy for the PS5. Then you have Xbox which has clearly moved on. In terms of Xbox, they haven’t just written this generation off they’re out to put a positive spin on the brand and go big next generation when the dust has settled on this one.
All around the gaming opinion is swinging favorably back to Xbox. Starfield has helped and a potential generational leap for racers with the next Forza will too. Microsoft might just be finding its feet again. This is at a time when we need them to be aggressive in their approach to competition with Sony.
Anything that benefits competition and players everywhere. I’ve always supported it. I also feel that Nintendo is going to absolutely dominate the Japanese market and really match Sony in sales. I think the fact that they’re going for performance means Nintendo really does want the best for its players and took Nintendo Switch performance issues to heart.
Not only that though, they’re also going to fix the joy-con drift. If that’s not a sign of Nintendo meaning business next generation for them I don’t know what is.
It’s going to be interesting then come the end of the year. Where we all stand, especially from a Nintendo fan point of view when we hear more.
Written by Craig Clark
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