Round Robin of Gaming

Sony will be releasing a lot more of it’s back catalogue IP next generation with the help of third-parties that itself will oversee to maintain quality. I foresee them trying to keep up the pace with what has been an incredible year of releases from Microsoft this year.

Microsoft is relinquishing a lot with the pummeling it’s taking from PlayStation and the lack of appetite for Xbox hardware. The reality is gamers are turning to Sony because they know Microsoft will continue releasing its games there. It’s been something that has been very successful for Microsoft. I do not see them easing up on that. They’re going to increase profitability there. While at the same time utilizing Game Pass as the reason to own an Xbox if you want that experience on console.

If you look at the attachment rate of the Xbox console where Game Pass is concerned. It’s doing quite well. The amount of games this year from Microsoft has shown that competition on the content front is well and truly underway.

Next generation is going to be significant for all three companies. The prolonging of the PS4 era in this generation has helped Nintendo Switch 2 tremendously as well. The Nintendo Switch 2 has been confirmed to be more powerful than a PS4. The great thing is a lot more ports will be making their way to Nintendo’s next generation platform.

I see a lot of people taking a look at Microsoft’s handheld. They’ll be intrigued to see how Xbox PC terminology is used there and what significance that holds for the next Xbox console. I really think this next console from Xbox has to show the power but also the value over PlayStation. Failure to do that will see Sony take more of a hold in the industry.

Nintendo Switch 2 releases next month. I believe it has done incredibly well as Nintendo are trajecting that it’s going to sell 15 million in the first year. Nintendo has come out and defended the lack of innovation that ex Sony suits have aimed at it. Nintendo’s rebuttal is that you will see the innovation in the next line-up of Nintendo Switch 2 software. Significantly they say, it’s doing more there than it’s ever done for its own IP before.

The proof will definitely be in the pudding and we will see how software sales go and if they stick with the consumers. If they do stick, then it’s likely that Nintendo will be proved right with those increases. However, it’s not like price rises are not happening in every company anyway. If one does it, another will and that’s just fundamentally how it works.

One thing I didn’t see after publishing my latest article. Was EA coming to the rescue with its intentions to keep pricing the same as it is now. You seriously couldn’t make that one up. If anything, there are always things that are a nice surprise even if their software hasn’t had the laser focus with its elite IP that it should have had lately. Let’s hope that changes. After all, Battlefield is previewing well. It really needs to as well as I think it could take advantage of the fact Call of Duty will be making you pay for select game modes.