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I'm not going to call it doom and gloom for Sony because what's out there right now is compelling as hell and what's coming down the line is also something worth getting excited over, but the software is pretty much the only leg up Sony has right now despite the fact their console is doing better in terms of units sold and all that stuff Ah, the Console Wars. Although they don't exist in the raw form that many would like to perceive, there's no getting away from that fact that companies like Sony and Microsoft are competing with one another. And right here in April 2021, five months removed from the PlayStation 5's launch, PlayStation and Xbox are going head-to-head once more. It's obviously very early days as far as this new console generation is concerned, but given the recent news cycle, is it fair to say that Xbox is gaining ground on PlayStation? Is the Japanese giant letting its lead slip after years of immense PS4 success? As always, we want your thoughts on the matter. I think Sony should focus on fixing some of it's system quirks - like the whole upgrade problems on PS5 are just a mess. Basically, Sony needs it's own answer to Smart Delivery. I realise these are all personal problems on my end, and I don't think I can fairly say which company is doing better right now. All I know is that Sony doing a game passesque service does not interest me one bit. Sure, the potential value might be better than buying my games indivudually but I do prefer tangible games than hoping it will forever remain in a subscription library. Sony has been dominating the home console market for over 25 years straight now in worldwide sales. Its the longest running videogame dynasty in the medium's existence (with the exception of the Nintendo Wii and possibly the Switch in the near future). Maybe that pisses some people off.

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The PS3 hardware was great, but costly. The Xbox 360 was more like modern consoles (apart from the Switch), I think, with more of a PC like architecture (the "second party" games I just mentioned were also released on PC, but not on PS3).It is irrelevant whether you have an Xbox sitting next to your ps5 or you have Phil Spencer himself cookin your breakfast. Muggles don't care, of course, but, as has been said in the article, perceptions by enthusiasts filter to influencers, and influencers filter those perceptions to the general public. Don't bother arguing with me though, I know you haven't spent much time on it, considering you have only played 1 game so far.

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But so far they haven't. Exclusive content ranges from threadbare to nonexistent. Now if they put all that money tossing they did last year to good use, you could make a strong case for them... someday. Basically Sony are still on top anyway, and will remain that way unless they keep piling up boneheaded decisions and alienating the fans, but if you're a true gamer you realise the platform is just a means to an end and it's the games themselves that count. Pretty obvious thing to say, but very easy for people to lose sight of when they succumb to nascent fanboy rage monkeying, I suppose. And, Jim Ryan has stated many exclusives will be going to PC, they want that revenue and I doubt will wait 3 years again. The only reason it was 4 years for the original Horizon is it's a new thing for Sony" To be honest, this year isn't looking great for either Sony or MS and that's due to Covid. Delays, delays, delays, these haven't gone away.This product is made of Breakdown Plastic, or BDP™, which is naturally decomposing plastic. This type of plastic is completely new to the global gift trade, helping to lower the effects of landfill in the future. This won’t affect the durability of your product but will make it easier to biodegrade if it is thrown away. I'm sure one day MS will start launching lots of new exclusive games onto gamepass and the value will be great. But for me it's not there at the moment. Like the article itself just admitted, an audience is not limited to a fandom. And you'll be surprised, but normal people outside the fan asylums don't quite buy games and consoles to seek "respect" or "loyalty" - they buy games and consoles to entertain themselves. If Sony actually loses to XBox this gen, it won't be a battle of reputations, it'll be on the perennial battlefield of sufficiently marketed offer and sufficiently financed demand. Yeah, that drives me NUTS. PS4 didn't have folders for a year or two after it came out, and I hated it. Yet here we go AGAIN.

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Supplied in a branded, closed printed box, this PlayStation Icons Money Box is the perfect present for any PlayStation devotes whatever the occasion. Plus, collectors of PlayStation merchandise will welcome this addition to their collection of authentic memorabilia. The release of the PS5 as the worst console launch I've seen since PS3. Almost six months into the life of the PS5 the system only has one game - Demon's Souls. All the rest of the games are PS4 games that can be played on PS5, sometimes with slightly better graphics or framerate. I'm old enough to remember the twilight of Atari and the birth of the NES, and to be honest, Sony's current approach reminds me of Atari's at the end of their reign. For those who may now know the history, Atari died in large part because they had little to no licensing requirements to make games for the system, so that anyone who wanted could make a game for it. This resulted in an ocean of terrible, low budget games that no one wanted to play. In the late 80s, Nintendo launched the NES with the idea that they would tightly control licensing and focus on quality over quantity. The result was iconic franchises that are still making Nintendo money today and the end of Atari.

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Does this mean Microsoft won't produce excellent first party games going forward? No. Does this mean Sony will never talk to its fanbase and not keep them informed? No. We are only half a year into the console generation and people are making out like these super large companies who are making billions are doomed. E3 got reconfirmed this week, but I am honestly not excited, which I find strange. I want to like what I see and hear, and some games planned for the future sound great, but they are so far in the future it is difficult to be excited for. The "who is winning" conversation at the moment seems to be driven by the narrative as opposed to content delivery. Microsoft are talking a lot but Sony are making better first party games. If you want your console manufacturer to be very vocal then MS are winning in the space because they are marketing the hell out of gamepass and Xbox Studios. When it comes to first party content Sony is winning because they have proven time and time again that they have nurtured their development teams to allow them the freedom of creativity to produce some of the best games we have seen in a long time.

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I think ultimately what we're seeing here is the company's inability to effectively control narratives that are emerging among the most hardcore of fans online. It happened last year prior to the launch of the PS5, and it's happening again. Sony actually tried to push gaming forward with the PS3 IMO. The PS4 on the other hand was weak (but relatively inexpensive - they sort of learned their lesson, you could say), which is probably why they had to make the Pro mid generation (to keep up with PCs mainly, but of course also the Xbox One X). This does not mean they can sleep on it. It is actually sad that Xbox is beating PlayStation on their game subscription service, something Sony actually pioneered with PSNow. On the first party front the competition was a lot fiercer, Microsoft released a lot of Halo, Gears of War, etc. games during the Xbox 360 era, and also secured a number of (at least console) exclusive "second party" games like Splinter Cell: Conviction, Alan Wake, Condemned: Criminal Origin and Metro: 2033. I feel like I am in this interesting (and frustrating) position where I don't like where the entire industry is going. None of the big 3 are doing anything I am particularly happy with. Xbox seem intent on putting all of their effort into Game Pass and streaming which I don't like as I have never liked subscription services and from an ownership perspective, cloud is scary to me.Now, question is how much ground will they lose, how close the race might become. Will Xbox manage to once more reclaim the US as their turf? Even the disastrous Xbox one was not that far behind PS4 on the US, so it is not unlikely.