Before you bring up Death stranding, that isn't a first party game, it's second party. Where it goes depends on Kojima more than Sony. The other is days gone. They have something in common, which is they were expected to sell more. I think ultimately what we're seeing here is the company's inability to effectively control narratives that are emerging among the most hardcore of fans online. It happened last year prior to the launch of the PS5, and it's happening again.

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I feel like I am in this interesting (and frustrating) position where I don't like where the entire industry is going. None of the big 3 are doing anything I am particularly happy with. Xbox seem intent on putting all of their effort into Game Pass and streaming which I don't like as I have never liked subscription services and from an ownership perspective, cloud is scary to me.The PS3 hardware was great, but costly. The Xbox 360 was more like modern consoles (apart from the Switch), I think, with more of a PC like architecture (the "second party" games I just mentioned were also released on PC, but not on PS3). I realise these are all personal problems on my end, and I don't think I can fairly say which company is doing better right now. All I know is that Sony doing a game passesque service does not interest me one bit. Sure, the potential value might be better than buying my games indivudually but I do prefer tangible games than hoping it will forever remain in a subscription library. It's truly unreal. I am in awe of Microsoft's ability to herd the cattle on a mass scale. I csn understand how they monopolized with Windows and how they became one of the richest and most powerful juggernauts in the world. It's scary. Ppl are weak animals and those guys are capitalizing. It's a beautifully evil. Giving ppl dogs*** and making them believe it's caviar. Getting dominated by the competition and lying for years, launching a historically inept games lineup, and having nothing concrete lined up for the rest of the year yet the media is promoting u as if u pay their rent. It's wild. Then the fans eat it up. A cycle of hype begetting hype. Insane and disgusting. The industry is a pit. I don't think it necessarily needs it's own version of Game Pass. I love Game Pass for it's value - plus I get it for free (legally); but I look to Sony for a different experience. I mean, I guess it could just start supporting PS5 games on PS Now, that would be helpful.

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I get Sony's reluctance to dive headlong into the subscription model because that slope is very slippery and expensive. (I truly dont think Phil Spencer appreciates what a comfy position he's in to spend so much of his parent company's money.) But I have to assume they're working on a decent answer to gamepass at this point, something that works in their business model. Again, this is inevitable. PS4 huge advantage in the market was, in great part, due to Xbox ones terrible launch and the Wii U even worse launch. That said, if they keep heading down the road they seem to be going down, they very well could eventually. I’m very excited for The Ascent and was gutted it had been delayed, it looks like a proper next gen indie shoot em up. And will be day and date Game Pass, the service has opened games to people who wouldn’t necessarily buy the games.Never understood the console wars and the fight between the "xbots" and "ponies" but I'm certain they speak for the minority of the gaming community. They are just so damn loud! Sony has been dominating the home console market for over 25 years straight now in worldwide sales. Its the longest running videogame dynasty in the medium's existence (with the exception of the Nintendo Wii and possibly the Switch in the near future). Maybe that pisses some people off. And it's winning, Sony have hidden themselves away in the dark PS towers, closed big name studios, seemingly dropped their home market, moved all offices to the US laying hundreds of staff off, and seem to be utterly confused about their direction, we don't know what the direction is as nobody within Sony wants to tell you. They seem to want to pretend the customers don't exist? They are the most media shy I've ever known them to be. Ryan seems so uninterested in interviews or getting positive messages out there, and as for the rumours of The Sony board only being interested in huge AAA games scoring 90% on metacritic, that's an insult gamers and developers alike, and stifles creativity and growth. Its about the games. Who has the better games you can only play on that particular system? Thats what it has ALWAYS has been about and probably always will be. We've just confused the issue with all this extra nonsense. I should add here I don't like Spiderman or God Of War or Horizon or Become Human etc, I've played them all and to me they all felt the same as Uncharted but without the fun adventure.

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A person's own personal choices don't change the fact that console is capable of doing 10x more than what you have made it sound like in that post of yours above. That was my issue with it. You painted entire post in a tone that presented that console as if it had absolutely nothing worth looking into. You can disagree all you wish, but that was the general tone behind your writing. GREAT COLLECTABLE GIFT: Supplied in a branded, closed printed box, this PlayStation Icons Money Box is the perfect present for any PlayStation devotes whatever the occasion. Plus, collectors of PlayStation merchandise will welcome this addition to their collection of authentic memorabilia. Officially licensed Nintendo merch, this looks just like the play area from 1981 arcade game – realistic enough that you can almost smell the perm lotion of the era. But, instead of watching Donkey Kong roll barrels all day, you get to do it… though you’ll be rolling coins instead. Supplied in a branded, closed printed box, this PlayStation Icons Money Box is the perfect present for any PlayStation devotes whatever the occasion. Plus, collectors of PlayStation merchandise will welcome this addition to their collection of authentic memorabilia.Designed in colours inspired by the awesome PlayStation 5, this super cool blue and white ceramic money box stands 15cm (5.9 inches) tall. Incorporating the shapes of the iconic action button symbols, the triangle, circle, cross, and square are embossed in white. It's complicated and it all comes down to PR. Sony is about to release a game on Xbox Game Pass before any of Microsoft's own studios do — which is amazing, really, when you look at the kind of narratives being shaped. Xbox is closing the gap, that is inevitable, and that meas no mater what Sony does, they will lose some ground. That does not mean they will be behind, just that they will lose some advantage. The "who is winning" conversation at the moment seems to be driven by the narrative as opposed to content delivery. Microsoft are talking a lot but Sony are making better first party games. If you want your console manufacturer to be very vocal then MS are winning in the space because they are marketing the hell out of gamepass and Xbox Studios. When it comes to first party content Sony is winning because they have proven time and time again that they have nurtured their development teams to allow them the freedom of creativity to produce some of the best games we have seen in a long time.