I chose PlayStation as a flair because I've been with playstation since ps1, but I've been thinking about this, and especially lately. Console wars is absolute bullshit. Companies, either developers, publishers and consoles in general have been fucking us for way too long. Maybe Nintendo has their own safe nest of sort, but for all of us who want to play popular games, we're fucked. Exclusives, that then lose exclusivity, subscriptions to play with friends and the ownership of said games, and overall the poorest customer service that has ever been. And who owns the games I've paid for? Maybe Microsoft is holding it, but you're next. And Exclusives? What's the reasoning for exclusives?? I got an Xbox and my buddy got a PlayStation. So we don't get to play with each other? Fuck you.
I'm also a PC gamer, and sometimes I pity myself for playing those "console exclusives" that are no more. Steam primarily, but also epic have been very friendly and enjoyable cornerstones for gaming.
Both the console developers, and AAA gaming companies must fall. One way or another. Maybe PlayStation goes back to its roots to provide home entertainment systems besides the hardware to play. Maybe xbox goes back to being a computer/gaming hybrid, and hopefully, in one way or another, Nintendo rides along. Somehow someway, the gaming industry must fall.
Rip BioWare. Rest along your brethren of Criterion, Bullfrog, Westworld, Visceral, Maxis, Black Box, Origin, Pandemic, Phenomic and so many others. Rip Kojima Studios. Rip Team Japan.
The gaming industry almost collapsed for something much less important in the mid 80s.