Fully agree with this. Look at the legacy of Halo for Xbox. I knew people that sold their PS3s to play Halo. If Sony is going to go big on GAAS they need their premiere game to be fully exclusive. But this is a good management approach since you a) need to develop a good game people want to play and b) you have to identify it as such to market/release it correctly.
Some people don't have space for a desk, monitor, pc case, chair, just to play a game. There is give and take between alternate factors for consoles, e.g. exclusives, but there will always be a base of people that want consoles. Great example of this is kids. Parents aren't going to be going out and buying a PC for their kids to play games day 1 since they're now releasing on Steam. It's silly to reduce the market to these metrics in miniature when consumer choice is so varied.
I mean I know ppl that ditched Xbox and go strictly PS due to GT, GOW, TLOU, etc I say that to say that they been had those premier games that entice ppl to stay Playstation. I'm a good example of tht. The only other console I buy as supplementary is a switch and I don't even touch mine and don't spend money on software. For me GaaS can be open to all I don't think it needs to be exclusive to any console it just needs to reach as many ppl as possible and rake in tht money. By nature GaaS should be open to all imo just like DC Universe was, Destiny is, etc Sony just needs to keep those other high profile games exclusive and Thyll be fine.
You can buy a notebook, a Deck, get a small profile PC and connect it directly to your TV.
Dude video games aren't just for children anymore. You know we grow up right? And we work and we want the good stuff right. The children they get Mario rather than playstation. If I had kids I would get them a Nintendo. If Sony start putting god of war on pc day and date. Why would I buy a ps5. When I can play high framerate ultra wide and with dualsense perks? Like literally it will be the death of playstation
Well maybe I'm just projecting my own beliefs on kids. But I had a weak laptop I used for some games in HS and it was miserable compared to consoles. Handhelds are nice but as a kid I wanted to sit in front of the big TV when at home mainly. Not discounting that some people would do PCs, as knew some people in HS that built their own, but the overall market? I don't believe it.You can buy a notebook, a Deck, get a small profile PC and connect it directly to your TV.
Who do you think is playing Fortnite, LoL, PUBG, CS, etc, on PC? Plenty of kids, the old trick of telling your parent you need a GPU for study.
The gaming PC market is pretty big, I don't get your point, who cares if they are kids or not? Someone seems to by buying enough games for every single publisher to bother with them despite the massive amount of piracy there.
I'm talking about the total addressable market. Yes, adults have flexibility to buy whatever, but certain demographics face restrictions that make consoles more preferable. Sony can put GOW on Steam and maybe adults say oh I'll just buy it on Steam, but some kid whose parents bought them a PS5 for Christmas isn't going to buy it on Steam.
My point is that the PC and console markets are not are perfect circle in a venn diagram. People ignore the ways in which consoles differ to PCs and why a segment of the market prefers them regardless of where else a game releases.
The day Sony gives up on physical discs or starts releasing their single player games day one on PC, I'm completely out, never to return. I'll sell my PS5 and every disc I own, if I'm forced into digital I'm much better off on PC.
Until they also make them day one on PC as well. What will you say if that happens?
That they deemed it worthy in a business sense, all things considered.
Is there anything Sony could do that you would ever disprove off or that would make you move to another platform?
Sell consoles that are 2000$ USD, require to be changed every 5 years, offer no means to be placed in a living room, have buggy unreliable software that require fiddling
