The problem with that in Nintendo’s mind is, its not worth it. They would sell more games for sure, but in Nintendo’s mind the console becomes obsolete. But their entire business is around consoles and all the third party games they get the money from too. In order to sell their console to as many as possible, they need to have these blockbuster exclusives. In example this is why Microsoft is also going back to exclusives too, and Sony does less again.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a fan of this. I only play on PC and doing piracy since decades. But from the business standpoint, I understand where they are coming from. Platform holders operate differently than third party devs / publishers.
To me it looks like they sell the console to then try to catch you with the Software as a service. Like PS Plus. But for me this is useless because I do not play every week, sometimes I stop playing for weeks.
That being said, I think Sony did good putting some exclusives on Steam. I remember I bought Horizon Zero Dawn and Deathstranding. I even got a dualsense for DS.
And, yes, I also have a PS5 but never got a single game that requires PS Plus to play online. And the main reason I pick PS5 over PC sometimes is that PS5 is in the living room and I have sometimes time to play after 22:00.
Well, there are solutions to have a PC in living room too. But right now, it’s not a good time to think about it anyway. When the prices were normal, I would have suggested a Steam Deck or Machine. Even a cheap Deck (launched at 379 Euros) would have been enough to stream from your local PC to the other room over network. The new codec by Valve in Steam is crazy low latency and good quality (but does not work over internet).
For the software as service thing, its not just like that. Nintendo gets money for every single game sold on the platform, plus for every single micro transaction. I wasn’t even thinking of something like PS Plus, and the one Nintendo has is dirt cheap and doesn’t offer the same value anyway.
The problem with that in Nintendo’s mind is, its not worth it. They would sell more games for sure, but in Nintendo’s mind the console becomes obsolete. But their entire business is around consoles and all the third party games they get the money from too. In order to sell their console to as many as possible, they need to have these blockbuster exclusives. In example this is why Microsoft is also going back to exclusives too, and Sony does less again.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a fan of this. I only play on PC and doing piracy since decades. But from the business standpoint, I understand where they are coming from. Platform holders operate differently than third party devs / publishers.
To me it looks like they sell the console to then try to catch you with the Software as a service. Like PS Plus. But for me this is useless because I do not play every week, sometimes I stop playing for weeks.
That being said, I think Sony did good putting some exclusives on Steam. I remember I bought Horizon Zero Dawn and Deathstranding. I even got a dualsense for DS.
And, yes, I also have a PS5 but never got a single game that requires PS Plus to play online. And the main reason I pick PS5 over PC sometimes is that PS5 is in the living room and I have sometimes time to play after 22:00.
Well, there are solutions to have a PC in living room too. But right now, it’s not a good time to think about it anyway. When the prices were normal, I would have suggested a Steam Deck or Machine. Even a cheap Deck (launched at 379 Euros) would have been enough to stream from your local PC to the other room over network. The new codec by Valve in Steam is crazy low latency and good quality (but does not work over internet).
For the software as service thing, its not just like that. Nintendo gets money for every single game sold on the platform, plus for every single micro transaction. I wasn’t even thinking of something like PS Plus, and the one Nintendo has is dirt cheap and doesn’t offer the same value anyway.