The gaming world is very different now than it was a single generation ago, let alone two gaming cycles ago. Several gaming publishers are focusing on multiplatform success versus trying to make their name and money solely on exclusive games for specific consoles. As for the main trio of console makers, only one of them is really “rolling in the success” right now, and that’s Nintendo. They’re not even two weeks into the Nintendo Switch 2 launch period, and they’ve been shattering world records and dropping surprising announcements about games that are coming out soon enough. Microsoft and Sony are clearly scrambling, and it shows in various ways.
Microsoft revealed its new “gaming handheld” during a special showcase, but many already feel that it’s “too niche” and isn’t likely to do well. As for the third member of the trio, during an investor call, as revealed by Nintendo Everything, Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Hideaki Nishino had this to say when asked about the Nintendo Switch 2’s success and how it might affect both the PS5 and the inevitable launch of the PS6:
A bit basic? Yeah, pretty much, but what are they supposed to say?...
