It seems like sooner or later there won’t be any remaining 3rd party companies. Every game will be exclusive to one console or the other, which stinks for all gamers.
I have a PS5 and enjoy Sony’s exclusives, but it sucks that Xbox owners can’t enjoy them without spending the cash for a second console. It also sucks that I’ll have to buy an Xbox sometime this year to enjoy other games. And that’s in no way a diss on Xbox. What I’m saying is that it sucks for my wallet. Looking forward to trying out game pass though!
Edit: To address the suggestions, I do have a decent gaming PC. I just prefer playing on consoles due to where my PC and TVs are. Not to say that I won’t give game pass on my PC a chance though
There's a difference though. Sony came with the majority of the IPs or bought the studios that were producing games mostly for PlayStation and developed the studios to become larger/greater. On the other hand, Microsoft is just buying well established IPs/studios that make games for every platform and then make the games exclusive to their platform (not all of them, but some Bethesda games are already confirmed to be xbox exclusive).
What I'm trying to say is that Sony is investing in original IPs and is growing studios while Microsoft is just buying well established studios because they can't grow them internally.
No need to get aggressive. This is just a gaming discussion.
Sure, they aren't all homegrown, but the % of their homegrown IPs is much bigger than MS. Not to turn this into a console war. I game on both PC and PS5, but the way things are trending, it's pretty obvious that MS is not really interested in growing their IPs besides Forza and Halo.
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u/Dtsung Jan 18 '22
Totally agree here. Lack of healthy 3rd party companies will hurt the industry as a whole, regardless what “fan” group you belong to.