>>714868930
Exactly. Like Nintendo can do their own thing and ignored shooters forever because their other IPs were so strong and it wouldn't make much sense for them to make a shooting game pre-gyro controls and then they went all in on that and created one of the best shooters.
Sony/Xbox always competed for power too, they were third party machines but that means PC just wins eventually.
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/andrew-house-ps4-s-main-competitor-isn-t-the-xbox-it-s-the-pc
>"I saw some data that really influenced me," he continues. "It suggested that there's a dip mid-console lifecycle where the players who want the very best graphical experience will start to migrate to PC, because that's obviously where it’s to be had."

>even Fortnite, all started as low-budget side projects with nothing but gameplay backing them up, and all ended up as some of the biggest games of our generation.
I still don't understand why Sony was so slow to the live service trend and battle royale. All they've ever made were shooting games. Sony's problem is they're way too slow to industry trends, even the biggest trends. If you look at all the studios they've closed down that's part of the problem, you can't create games if you don't have the manpower and talent. They're not building institutional knowledge like Nintendo is doing