Surprise Sony and all of us with 1st party games comparable in quality to Sony/Nintendo
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Idk who tf Tom Warren is and im just as skeptical as any realistic gamer. I hope its the case, don't need another one sided gen again.
But if history repeats itself... Ps2 > XBOX , Xbox 360 > Ps3, Ps4 > Xone..... then Xbox Next > Ps5 is very possible. But we'll have to wait and see.
PS3 beat 360 in my book . Sure the 360 had a good start and was a better online machine throughout the gen but PS3 had the superior games library and ended outselling the 360 in the end. 360's later half in the gen was not impressive, they were just coasting at the end while sony kept pumping games out.
anyways I dont think that back and forth trend will turn out to be true. Microsoft just does not have the guns to beat sony anymore IMO they bought some new studios which is the only thing that could make things competitive again but that remains to be seen. Obsidian,the initiative and ninja theory were good buys for sure.
on the other hand, sony has only acquired insomniac which is a huge studio btw but all of their studios have Evolved massively. Once studios get a certain reputation for quality such as naughty dog or rockstar games, it just snowballs into consumer trust and hype.
-Guerilla games has gained a lot of respect with the success of horizon ZD, it put the studio on the map big time
-insomniac's spiderman is HUGE success and seller and has put the studio up there with the greats.
-Naughty Dog is arguably in the top 3 most talented studio in the whole industry as always
-Sucker punch has also EVOLVED with ghost of tsushima it seems they have made a LEAP and taken things to the next level. Ghost of tsushina will earn the studio a lot of respect and put it on the map
-Santa monica has arguably reached naughty dog's level of quality and reputation
-Sony bend while Days gone failed to be a huge success but a sequel is on its way and might just be what the studio needs now that they got their feet wet in the AAA realm.
Microsoft best studio's are racing game makers. they could acquire as many studios as they want but if all they are capable of is making 60-75 metascore games on average what good it it? My money's on PS5 as the winner.