Over 100 million PS4 consoles sold to date – a figure that overshadows total global sales of Microsoft’s Xbox One and Nintendo consoles from Switch combined, it is certainly fair to say that Sony has “won” this generation of consoles.
Now, however, as we look to the next generation of consoles, PlayStation players are getting more and more frustrated and worried about the lack of any sort of PS5 release – especially since Microsoft is releasing details to everyone; offering welcome insight into detailed Xbox Series X specifications right down to images of what the machine will look like in detail.
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In comparison, Sony has so far relied on the somewhat unorthodox strategy of dribbling PS5 technical details drip through the well-respected tech journal Wired – and that’s pretty much almost everything. We have no idea how the machine will look (despite rumors and “ leaks ”) and we also don’t really have a solid grip on the machine’s specifications – let alone if Sony plans to launch one or even two PS5 models this holiday season.
In the past, I thought Sony was trapped in an industry-sized chicken game from Microsoft – that the platform owner would wait for Microsoft to tip their hat and Sony would follow suit (or vice versa). I was clearly wrong. Now, about three months after Microsoft has shown what the Xbox Series X will look like and a few weeks after Phil Spencer himself has confirmed everything, the number of Teraflops the machine will be capable of, at the level of intergenerational support that the will offer, Sony has remained silent – and that’s because it can Be quiet.
As the winners of the current generation of consoles, Sony acts from a position of power. They don’t have to madly match Microsoft’s announcement for the announcement – they rather have the luxury of time and being a proven commodity, which they didn’t have at the start of the console generation current when all bets were deactivated thanks to mixed fortunes. PlayStation 3.
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Microsoft, on the other hand, has a lot to catch up on and prove. After a relatively lackluster performance from this generation, they need to impress and capture most of the minds of consumers as quickly as possible.
Despite the comparative lack of communications regarding the upcoming PlayStation, Sony has nevertheless made the most of everything it has communicated so far on the PS5.
Every PS5 announcement and news looks like a surgical strike designed to create maximum impact. Take the example of the PS5 logo; Apparently a trivial thing overall, the unveiling of the PS5 logo far outweighed social media impressions for the entire Microsoft Xbox Series X unveiled in December 2019.
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While I am sure Sony knows exactly what it is doing, it must surely understand that the patience of consumers in general is not infinite and that the goodwill produced from what has been a generation of stellar current console will only go so far – especially in the face of an increasingly aggressive and confident competitor, who looks more and more like he has learned all the good lessons from this generation of consoles today.
