PlayStation domination

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Xbox, PlayStation and Switch are all doing different things, so you can't really compare them directly.

PlayStation is just doing what its always done.

Xbox decided to become a mix of Netflix and EA, all Microsoft care about now is you play their games somewhere, doesn't matter if its on the PlayStation, PC or in the cloud. The PlayStation is getting Halo, which really shows they don't care about directly competing like back in the 360 / PS3 days.

That's not to say Microsoft haven’t also done a good job at alienating their core audience. They we're doing amazing with the 360 era, then released the Xbox One. No one cared about the TV features, bundled Kinect and planned always online DRM. The Xbox never 100% recovered from that. I do think they brought it back with the Series X and GamePass personally, however today in 2025 GamePass is not really a good deal. I've also never had an incentive to buy a Series X, every Xbox game I've wanted to play has been on PC, which has the added benefit of not requiring a subscription to play online.

I suspect Nintendo will end up dominating this generation though, the Switch 2 has been out 5 months with hardly any exclusive next gen games and has sold 10 million units already. Not that you can really compare the Switch 2 and PS5 directly.

Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo are doing different things now compared to the Xbox, PS2 and GameCube days.

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On 11/11/2025 at 07:29, Edouard said:

Why is PS so dominant

They know how to market a console.  Literally end of conversation.  Let's ignore the Switch in it's own little niche - great console, well marketed, smaller userbase but that's just fine  Look at Microsoft - they have a decent piece of hardware, a decent range of software, and a three-toed sloth with a lifetime supply of sleeping pills and vodka running their Xbox marketing department.

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