PlayStation architect, Mark Cerny has been speaking about the PlayStation 5’s potential feature set recently, and it has gotten me thinking about the state of video games as they are right now and where this is all going to lead in the future.
In the console space, we have the usual big three companies, Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony competing against each other. While in the PC gaming space, we’ve got a newly minted competition forming between Epic Games Store and Steam that is shaking things up.
Let’s take a look at what’s happening…
Sony
Coming into this generation, I was heavily supporting the PlayStation 4 straight out of the gate. It was clear that Sony had learned a lot from the PlayStation 3 and its competition with Microsoft and the Xbox 360. They spent time and effort improving their online network, investing in digital distribution with PlayStation Store and reaching out to developers to ensure that they had a much easier time with the PS4 than they did with the PS3.
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