The strategies of Sony Yes Microsoft They have always been different. Since the launch of their first console models, the Japanese and North Americans have shown that they view video games from very different angles. And if on the one hand exclusives are the key to the general strategy, on the other they see an opportunity to sell more and more. Maybe a Star Field In PS5?
The proof is acquisitions such as those made ten years ago by Microsoftwhen this phenomenon occurred game called Minecraft. Of the Redmond They could have chosen to keep it exclusively for PC and Xbox, but they preferred to let it expand to any playable platform arriving in stores: from PS Vita A PS4Machinery Nintendo and everything that was necessary.
Are exclusives decisive?
But we come to 2023 and for the first time it seems that MicrosoftReally he cares about having an exclusivity with which to sell more Xbox consoles and puts them on the market Star Field. The move seems to have gone well, because for a few weeks equipment sales rebounded, but things quickly returned to normal when we saw on the horizon that there would be no more. And There you go.
Now, with the organizational changes that Microsoft that is experiencing after the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard and the layoffs in some of its divisions, in Redmond They are clear that the first thing is to get the most out of all their investments and, some of them have exclusive game names that are either on their way out or will eventually be. be because of this change of course by the North Americans.
According to The Verge, the latest movements with Rush to Hi-Fi o Sea of Thieves are the beginning of this change in strategy which will continue with the recently announced project Indiana Jones and the Great Circlewhich although it seems that it will launch in December this year for PC and Xbox, most likely in 2025 for users of PS5. This would therefore be a temporary exclusivity of only a few months.
And Starfield, what’s wrong with him?
Well, what the media has come to speculate is that with this new policy, in Microsoft They no longer have untouchable franchises that can stay forever in Xbox (Are you running out of space on your console?) and PCand that even Bethesda’s space epic could be put on sale in the territory of its eternal rival, a Sony which, for its part, continues to boast of more and more sagas and franchises that will only reach its machines.
It is obvious that in Microsoft They have always been more pragmatic and at this stage of the game it is quite difficult for them to overcome their difficulties. PlayStation means to him game, so, as the saying goes, “if you can’t beat your enemy, join him.” This way, at least, you make your investments profitable, you earn more money and you can continue to promote what really interests you, which is nothing other than Xbox Game Pass and cloud gaming. You don’t think so?
