The writing IS NOT on the wall for consoles because the biggest barrier is Internet Access. The market may shrink to the point where it cannot support both Microsoft and Sony but console-less gaming is a pipe dream. Games are too large to stream and not everyone has a powerful enough PC to play the latest software. Consoles will go when the internet monopolies go away.
But that's because they are losing and trying to change the entire landscape instead of competing directly with Sony. They want to be a software company and may end up going that way but it most likely will not be because of the death of the console...it's most likely the death of the XBOX.
If they have the intent to keep COD on Playstation why not sign a 10 year or 20 year contract? They were only offering Sony 3 years. That shows that even Microsoft doesn't even trust that they would want it Multiplatform in the long run.
That was not my point at all. GOW brings value to playstation because you can only get it on Playstation. If an XBOX user wants to play it, they need to get a PS. OR they can wait a year or two and get it on the PC. But by that time Sony has already made a ROI and got the brand cachet off of the release so they lose little but gain sales.
They are not putting games on PC to compete they are putting old games on PC to make money off the folks who don't have a PS.
"In the last three years, Sony will expect to make $415 million in PC game sales alone...that near half a billion dollar revenue comes from games released on the PS in February 2017 (Horizon Zero Dawn), April 2018 (God of War) and April 2019 (Days Gone)."
"By selling its first-party games on the PC, Sony made a calculated risk that the PC would not cannibalise its console business, but instead add an additional source of revenue. It is a difficult scale to balance."
"By releasing catalogue first-party games on PC, they look to find new and secondary markets without alienating day one buyers who would have bought the game on console and most likely finished the game when the PC release comes out."
Sony is seeing an untapped market and catering to it. If they were trying to compete with Microsoft they would be releasing GOW 2 on PC at launch or shortly after. We have no idea when GOW 2 is going to drop on PC because PC is a secondary market for Sony, their focus is on PS because it's printing money.
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