(Do not think that new hardware means that everything is okay with Xbox. When Steve Ballmer was head of Microsoft he kept the MS Office apps exclusive to Microsoft's Surface tablets. When Satya Nadella took over he made the software multi-platform and it was released on iOS/iPad OS and it reached a massive audience generated huge profits from subs. Microsoft still makes new Surface products but it's clear that the Apple and Android ecosystems are more valuable to it.
It seems clear that Nadella wants to do the same with Microsoft first-party games. New first-party games will go multi-format and eventually be released day and date with other console platforms including Switch 2, PS5 and Android. Call of Duty and Starfield and Elder Scrolls VI being released on PlayStation and Nintendo will have a natural home on them and because customers are paying money to access these games and have a larger install base than Xbox, Microsoft will come to value them more.
Yes Microsoft will make new Xbox hardware for the enthusiasts who prefer Microsoft products, in the same way there are those people who will choose Surface tablets over iPads and Galaxy tablets, but it's focus will remain the third party platforms with the largest user bases.
When Sega exited the hardware market it made an official announcement and the message was clear to everyone. Microsoft is moving its focus to becoming a third-party games software publisher but it cannot make such an announcement because it will cause a PR backlash and damage the credibility of Phil Spencer. So instead Microsoft IS doing it but by a series of smaller 'pivoted' steps. Make no mistake, this is already happening.)
A good comment and with sales of sea of thieves and grounded on PlayStation (in some way helldrivers2)
Microsoft will continue doing games as services for multi platform. So only Nintendo will continue making sp games
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I actually think playstation is going the same way, going to start releasing on pc and giving up on consoles except maybe for some shitty streaming netflix style thing which will lose money faster than disney plus
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Japan doesn't own PCs and they don't game on them. It would be a complete abandoning of their home market for Sony to give up on consoles.
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yeah but it's Sony. they've been americanised for like a decade and they treat japanese employees like an ugly wart on the company's skin
admittedly that was under jim ryan and they just got a new japanese CEO so things could have a turnabout
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They're a niponese company.
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