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Console wars? that's a very stupid argument, I expected better from journalists, but it's The Verge, and the journalist in that case is Tom Warren, not very imp

Console wars? that's a very stupid argument, I expected better from journalists, but it's The Verge, and the journalist in that case is Tom Warren, not very impartial Sony/Xbox has the exact same amount of 1st party studios, yet Sony managed to deliver more games at a consistent rate, not only that, but Sony released a single SKU as opposed to 2 for Xbox, so they didn't confuse their customers, worse.. Xbox choose very confusing naming Also Sony puts in the effort, a very unique controller with haptic feedback, they invest in VR, and now remote play It's easy to call it "console wars", Sony just puts in more effort and as a result sells more consoles, that's as simple as that

dmonitor 3y ago
“console wars” got brought up multiple times in the most recent FTC hearing.
johnnyanmac 3y ago
I wouldn't call it more effort per se. Their dividends are simply paying off earlier. They spent the 2010's trying to foster new IPs and move towards that cinematic moniker that people now see as Marvel-esque. I'm not sure if it was efficient from a sales standpoint, but it got mindshare. Microsoft has had blunder after blunder since the later ages of he 360. their goals were loftier but were never realized. Even to this day, Spencer seems to say that Playstation isn't their primary competitor, it's Amazon and Google. They don't necessarily "just" want to be a dedicated gamer box. They tried and failed in the 2010's to be that "One stop home entertainment system" and much of their 2020's seems to be shaped by trying to become the one service you play on all devices, anytime, anywhere. We'll see how it works this decade.