“Powa of the cloud,” “The world’s most powerful console,” “12 teraflops of power,” “We’re going to focus on building our own IPs and creating world-class first-party studios.”
All Microsoft does is PR talk. The last statement, in particular, never actually happened. All they’ve been doing is pushing Game Pass and throwing money, buying whatever studios they can. It’s laughable they even attempted to buy out Nintendo at one point. At first, Phil were loudly announcing the number of Xbox units shipped and sales. However, as soon as PS5 sales surpassed those of the Series X, Phil suddenly changed his tune, claiming that sales don’t matter and remaining quiet about the actual figures.
Since the release of the PS5, Sony has already released solid first-party titles and third-party titles like Returnal, Ratchet & Clank, Demon’s Souls, Gran Turismo 7, Horizon Forbidden West, Final Fantasy 16, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Spider-Man 2, God of War Ragnarök, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Sackboy: A Big Adventure, Astro’s Playroom, The Last of Us Part 1, Persona 5 Royal, Star Ocean: The Second Story R and more.
Apart from Forza, what other decent first-party games of it’s our IP have been released for the Series X this generation? Halo is not a heavy knockout like it was in the past. Starfield is the only title that has been well-received, so all Phil promoting like it’s the holy grail of gaming.
Sony’s gaming division is performing well as it is. It doesn’t need someone like Phil nor Booty.
