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What I would dearly love is for Microsoft and Sony to recognize that nobody wants to release platform-exclusive titles that cut the audience in half, and pivot

by jl6 3y ago

What I would dearly love is for Microsoft and Sony to recognize that nobody wants to release platform-exclusive titles that cut the audience in half, and pivot the console industry away from being mutually-incompatible bespoke devices and towards being a blessed open PC configuration that gets battle-tested, mass produced, and LTS-supported. Architecturally they’re 90% of the way there having AMD CPU+GPUs under the hood of both latest generation consoles. Call me optimistic…

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jonhohle 3y ago
By all appearance it seems like Microsoft is exiting the console business. I wouldn’t be surprised if they pivoted to consolized PCs running Windows (Steam Deck like) which would get them out of the generational lifecycle, reduce software required.
WorldMaker 3y ago
Microsoft earlier this month announced four more previously "Xbox Exclusive" games, including Sea of Thieves often considered an Xbox flagship, were going to launch on PS5 soon (and the multiplayer titles will include PC/Xbox/PS5/Steam cross-play). Microsoft may be hinting that they see the console "war" coming to a close in the near future and software/services again more important than controlling the hardware. Or Microsoft may just be trying to prove to the courts that letting them eat up Activision Blizzard King was a good idea given most of the debates in the courts were about console exclusive windows and multiplatform launches. Time will tell which side of that fence Microsoft is actually on.
kevincox 3y ago
It seems like this is happening on Sony's side. It seems that most or all of their AAA games are available on Steam now. https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/playstationstudios https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/playstationstudios (And I have to say they are probably my favourite big publisher. No extra DRM, online requirements or anything. Just a custom EULA)

by jl6 3y ago

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jonhohle 3y ago

By all appearance it seems like Microsoft is exiting the console business. I wouldn’t be surprised if they pivoted to consolized PCs running Windows (Steam Deck like) which would get them out of the generational lifecycle, reduce software required.

WorldMaker 3y ago

Microsoft earlier this month announced four more previously "Xbox Exclusive" games, including Sea of Thieves often considered an Xbox flagship, were going to launch on PS5 soon (and the multiplayer titles will include PC/Xbox/PS5/Steam cross-play). Microsoft may be hinting that they see the console "war" coming to a close in the near future and software/services again more important than controlling the hardware. Or Microsoft may just be trying to prove to the courts that letting them eat up Activision Blizzard King was a good idea given most of the debates in the courts were about console exclusive windows and multiplatform launches. Time will tell which side of that fence Microsoft is actually on.

kevincox 3y ago

It seems like this is happening on Sony's side. It seems that most or all of their AAA games are available on Steam now. https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/playstationstudios https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/playstationstudios (And I have to say they are probably my favourite big publisher. No extra DRM, online requirements or anything. Just a custom EULA)