>xbox is being sunsettedso thats it? playstation finally won the console war?
>>733700782nintendo got them beat with this one weird trickactually releasing video games on their console instead of treating it like an expensive streaming device
I guess. But Microsoft's gaming division is still making a ton of money as a publisher (maybe more than Sony idk). They are losing on store cuts and online subscriptions.But does Sony even make games anymore?Anyway I don't see why anyone would care. Doesn't matter to normies since consoles are just trends to them and actual gamers play on PC.
>>733700782Took 25 years but sega and MS dying and nintendo going turbo casual left sony as the last man standing.lmao atari
>>733700964FPBPConsole wars are over, Nintendo won and it wasn't close.
>>733701091>do Sony even make games any more? Death Stranding 2 and Ghost of Yotei came out last year.
>>733701465Assassin's creed clone and a bought exclusivity movie game.
>>733700782Consoles as a concept are antiquated now that everyone either plays on pc/mobile or they get a switch since that actually focuses on games and isn't trying to be your home center.
>>733701465The question still stands. I don't need to hear about sony's movie projects, this is >>/v/
>>733701598>>733701665>t-those don't count!!This shit again.
>>733700782Nintendo will almost certainly outlast playstation at this point.To normies its not long until the playstation is obsolete next to pc and phones.Nintendo is the only console maker left with any ips that matter. Every other ip that matters is or will be multiplat in the near future
>>733700964>>733701391Playstation and Xbox have sold 122m this gen so far, which matches at least or exceeds the original Switch at the same point in it's life. The home consoles are here to stay.
>>733701791Xbox is literally dead. They have openly surrendered.Most of the problems that killed xbox are coming to Sony soon too. Sony just happened to be 1 winning generation ahead with install base. Sony barely even funds any games anymore, and the few they do that end up popular end up on pc too.Nintendo savagely walled off their garden and will endure much longer, and they actually fucking make exclusive games for their system that normal people know and care about. Also they are the only 1 of the three that doesn't bloat their game development and budgets as standard.
>>733702005Playstation will essentially absorb a lot of the Xbox user base. But Nintendo is very smart with what they do and are very in touch with their fans. We simply can't ignore the fact that Sony brings in billions yearly due to PS plus along with game sales and micro transactions that have been very profitable. They have cultivated some successful ecosystem, somehow.
>>733700964>shitendo>releasing gamesNo, they won because they have a cultist fanbase. Now go pay $40 for downgraded GBA roms you tard
>>733700782SoujaGame won.
>>733702143If you are arguing in favour of any platform other than pc with this post you are retarded as fuck
>>733702087>Playstation will essentially absorb a lot of the Xbox user baseThey already did. It's all downhill from here unless Sony has some fucking magic up their sleave. I'm betting they don't. Almost all the major ips on their system are made by 3rd parties and the only thing stopping 3rd parties releasing games on steam or whatever is Sony bribing them or very rarely funding the devlopement themselves. This is not a good long term strategy while the pc playerbase is growing. Once you go pc you don't go back
>>733702143but they do release games. quite regularly in fact. first party, second party. obviously third party too, but if we're talking exclusives, there's far more benefit and worth to having a switch or switch 2 than an xbox or ps5.the xbox exclusive list is smaller, and every list i see also includes multiplats or previous gen games.why would you buy either of these, when you have an abundance of system selling games, from franchises people actually care about, such as on the switch or switch 2
>>733701647wait is pc gaming really that popular now? i thought normies loved consoles since you just plugged it in and played
>>733700964that's a handheld
>>733700782All consoles lost and became shadows of their former selves.
>>733702356PC gaming is about to get ridiculously expensive and price out most customers.
>>733705710The same goes for consoles. They use literally the same components as PCs.
>>733700964>>733700782My first console was a Nintendo(Game Boy)In between it was all Sony(All Playstations until 4,included)And my last console will be a Nintendo(Switch 2)Been on PC for decades,Nintendo is the last real console.
>>733700782Yes, Microsoft finally gave up and fucked off. Phil was trying to compete with Valve next, and Microsoft Corporation wasn't having none of it.
>>733702005There's one major difference between Microsoft Corporation and Sony Group Corporation. Microsoft is an American company that couldn't give a single shit about Xbox as it make the least amount of money, now they're gutting what's unprofitable, may not even be an Xbox when they're finished with it. For Sony, the PlayStation is the top sector at PlayStation so when there's a screw-up, they're not going to put someone in there to destroy PlayStation further, they're going to put someone in there that's going to course correct. If Marvel's Wolverine and Intergalactic fail, that's the end of cinematic movie games. If live-service fails, that's the end of those. Astro Bot is a preview of the future of the PlayStation. Gaming will simply just be Nintendo, Sony, and Valve now.
>>733701465Both flops. Nobody cares about these trash games lol
>>733706127Now screen cap this when the next Xbox comes out and shits on PlayStation yet again faggot
>>733706264With what? Please don't say, ripping off Valve again, they tried this with that shitty OEM handheld and Valve pushed their shit in. Microsoft has no place in gaming hardware anymore, they're pushed out of console and PC gaming. They have no selling point for future hardware and has currently put someone in charge to finally put the nail in the coffin for Xbox. Again, it's Nintendo, Sony's and Valve's market now. Microsoft has no place other than being the new big three's third party publisher.
When will /vr/ allow discussion about the NoGames3/Dudebox 360/Nintendo Pii?
>>733706858never as we don't want your kind
>>733705710Absolutely not true, unless the only games you play are retarded UE5 movies and other slopgames with baselessly high requirements.
>>733706898TikTok xoomer ;)
>>733705750They are more insulated to price increases than someone buying PC parts as an individual.
>>733706858die
>>733706234Ghost of Yotei outperformed Ghost of Tsushima
>>733705710Yeah, everything is going to become a niche, consoles will be more expensive but not crazy, Valve is most likely going to switch to Chinese RAM and SSD for their hardware to make it affordable for the PC market. Everything else is getting fucked.
>>733706234Yotei outperformed Bananza btw
>>733707192Not him but that's from a short period of time, chances are sales will slow down and it'll never reach Tsushima's lifetime sales. Marathon will kill Sony's live-service push, Wolverine will kill their Disney contract, and Intergalactic will kill their cinematic AAA slop garbage. This is the kicker that will finally push Sony back towards the types of games they made during the PS1, PS2, and PSP era leading to a return to exclusivity and Japan. Everything western must fail.
>>733707395It's not really Western stuff that's the problem, it has more to do with Sony's odd decisions.Also why would Yotei slow down? It's beating it's predecessor already.
>>733707471It is, Sony's western games are too woke and waste too much money, and with the direction Sony's going with the PS6 and PS6 handheld, moving away from raw performance and using AI upscaling while selling both at a profit, it's time to shift away from that PS3-PS5 mindset they had for too long and return to the Sony of old, return home.>Also why would Yotei slow down? It's beating it's predecessor already.No one wants to play as an ugly ass tranny. It's going to slow.
>>733707558There are plenty of successful Western games.Do you really believe Sony is going to sell the PS6 or handheld at an exorbitant price? Their business model revolves around getting them into people's homes.And to be fair, the lady in Yotei looks better and more fitting for her time than most of the wokeslop trash out there.
>>733700782Playstation? The one wanting to push for cloud gaming & PS6, while 5 has 14 games? They all lost, buddy
>>733707637PSSR is what will keep the prices down for the PS6, that's why they're moving away from raw performance next generation. This will affect their western game development. Astro Bot is a preview of what Sony wants from their studios. Their western branch will getting scrutinized hard to return to form.
>>733707670Xbox got screwed, but Nintendo and Sony are both at least 100m console movers these days. Exclusives be damned. Switch 2 and PS5 barely have anything and they are close in sales.
>>733707721Yotei funnily enough was a success and they might keep stuff like that around but they need more Astro Bots and some other exclusive stuff. The competition is getting more fierce with the release of the Switch 2 in a way that the S1 didn't even bring.
>>733706858Hopefully never OR create a different board to contain these not retro, but still old, consoles. They're too different and modern in terms of looks and gameplay from the rest of the content discussed on /vr/. That shit would inundate and kill the board. So, either make a different board for them or relegate them to /v/, as is.
>>733700782You guys really are clueless and gullible
>>733707670People don't buy a console to play only exclusives you know
>>733707742>Switch 2 and PS5 barely have anythingAnon, tyre switch 2 already has more games than the ps5.Don't pretend to be neutral.
>>733708404They both still barely have anything. Also see>>733708378
>>733700782>FinallyMore and more third worlders (on top of the brownoids already living in the first world) get access to consoles while proper desktops get too expensive and they only want one thing : play FIFA. The playstation has always been the console of choice for these people and the war was already won long ago.
>>733700782Nintendo won the console war so hard it's not even funny
>>733700964Shitch poo lost
>>733700964>making video games for your video game console to sell to your video game audience in the video game marketI have a bad feeling about this plan.
>>733708497You'll get someone angry someday.
>>733708430>They both still barely have anythingOne is a console that just came out half a year ago.The other is a console with 5 under it's belt.The former has more games than the latter with a fair amount already confirmed for this year. Also exclusives do in fact sell a console even when it comes to PlayStation which is why their playerbase tends to sperg out when games are ported.
>>733708649No-one said that exclusives don't sell a console, only that you can play more than just Sony or Nintendo games on your machine.
>>733708693Your reading comprehension is absolutely abysmal
>>733708649Regardless, the Switch 2 and PS5 are two consoles fighting for first place month over month, and they both barely have shit. Doesn't matter how old they are, it's impressive for both. If exclusives sell consoles, why is the PS5 almost at 100m and according to tendies it has no games?
>>733708736>why is the PS5 almost at 100m and according to tendies it has no games?Because Sony fanboys, unlike everyone else, don't follow the five game rule.If the system has even one game that they want they'll go and buy it.By the by, it's not something only tendies say, everyone makes fun of it's lack of games.
>733708497Ever notice how the journos are silent when the Switch 2 is the top selling console of the month?
>>733700964The biggest game of the last year(Helldivers 2) was made by sony. Sorry kiddo you lost.
>>733708736>Everyone who makes fun of glorious Sony is a tendie!Here's a secret: absolutely everyone makes fun of Playstation not having games.
>>733708860>The biggest game of the last year(Helldivers 2) was almost ruined by sony. Sorry gigachad I lost.FTFY
>>733708826So what exclusive did the PS5 even have at launch? Demon's Souls remake maybe but that game barely sold anything. Nothing almost. Call of duty at 120fps and whatever FIFA, timed Marvel/Squeenix exclusives sold those consoles.
>>733700782The Nextbox is still coming out next year. If this was gonna be the end then they wouldn't have bothered replacing Phil and the negress.
>>733708875But they can still sell 100m of them, proving this anon right>>733708378
>>733708875Sony games are on PC so the only people that seethe about them are tendies. You can cope all you like.
>>733708930That free to play astro game, they did suck that off for a long time.
Who cares if there's no exclusivesComplete non-issue, if its multiplat, i get it on ps5
>>733708947This, but you know, here we are surrounded by fanboys and idiots
>>733700782>>xbox is being sunsetted>source: opinion piece article by former employee that hasn't worked for M$ is over two fuckin DECADESlearn to fact check shit you dumbass zoomers
>>733708972Selling because your consumers have low standards doesn't mean that they weren't selling because of the games on the system.
>>733709053Have you seen the yearly best selling/downloaded games on playstation? Literally Call of Duty, Fortnite, GTA, and some more multiplats. Not a single exclusive in the top 5 list.
>>733709112The top 10 most played games across PS5, Xbox and Steam are almost identical. No exclusives or single player games.
>>733709241So think about that for a second. 120m ish consoles have been sold out there right now and there's not one exclusive in sight in the top 10 on that install base
>>733700964What games?
>>733709308Can't really make a multiplayer game exclusive these days if you want it to survive and make money. The most profitable games are all multiplayer games.
>>733709375so in conclusion, people don't necessarily buy consoles for exclusives
>>733705681Yeah this. Consoles are only used by aging millennials and gen X. Zoomers and alphas are on mobile and PC.
>>733709112Look at those games anon, they're all games with microtransactions, those sales aren't game sales.
>>733709542those are units sold, and on top of that they make a lot on the microtransactions
Xbox is not being shutdown, that was an opinion piece. It’s too big to fail
>>733701791>Playstation and Xbox have sold 122m this gen so far....combined
>>733709970Yes, which is the traditional home console market as a whole.
>>733700964B-But Phil said good exclusives don't sell games. I don't know how he knows that because they've only released a handful since the latter half of the 360 era.
>>733706532Lol you sound scared
>>733700782I think it's more that everyone lost, just that Sony lost a little less than Xbox. It's a victory, but only by a slim definition
>>733700964>Switch>gamesLMAO they're in the same boat as snoy sorry nintenjeet
>>733700964Bananza, the list goes on
>>733708194>That shit would inundate and kill the boardNewsflash, 6th gen already killed the board
>>733700782yeah basically. microsoft are just another sega
>>733700782Good. I even have all the Xbox generations and I'm glad it's dying.
>>733707670>>733708378I bought a PS5 like a total idiot. I wont get burned again.
They all suck in comparison to what they once where. But Nintendo fell the least.
>>733701720You expected /v/ to play any of the games they shit on? Retard alert!
>>733710953I swear I couldn't decide if he was that stupid or baiting. He was talking like he released 5 bangers every year but the peasants just didn't want to get it.Btw this statement was after Redfall.
>>733700964As long they don't cater to the lowest common denominator like americans they might survive the longest
nintendo is the only decent console company and they are the least likely company i'd buy from cause i'm not really into mario or any of their other franchisessony and xbox are a fucking joke lol
>>733700782>so thats it? playstation finally won the console war?Did they?As far as I'm concerned nintendo has sold more consoles and copies of games in their consoles, both first and third party, all while in the ps5 sales haven't boomed and games usually sell poorly.
yes ps4 won the console war
>>733700782Sony has not won anything.PC and Nintendo gamers stand victorious.Both continue to get exclusive games and multiplats while Sony does its best to offer their games for other platforms.
>>733700782Sauce? The new CEO said just yesterday that they're working on the next generation of Xbox consoles.
what caused the xbox downfall
>>733700782Yay, monopolies! Surely this will mean only good things for us gamers! Am I right, fellow gamers?
>>733716409Nobody gives a shit about exclusives. The best selling games on Playstation were all multiplats. They are playing the same shit that high end PCs are. Cope with this information.
Microsoft shat itself into a blue screen, no one wants their hardwareSony is producing nothing but movies and pushing their shit on PC anywaysNintendo is selling you another WiiU but with even less games, retarded pricesValve is diddling consumers around pretending to be the good guys of the industryNothing won, all of you, all of everyone lost for fucking ever
