The Japanese giant Sony’s Playstation and Microsoft’s Xbox have been competing for the money of console gamers for decades. However, the battle may soon be over.
The end of the console wars? Microsoft is rumored to bring its content to Playstation as well. Adobe Stock
Microsoft is planning a press conference for next week, where it is expected to tell the general public about the future of the Xbox console and the games made for it. The director of Microsoft’s game business has also spoken about the press conference Phil Spencer In the X communication service.
Based on various speculations and leaks, it has been interpreted that Microsoft intends to bring the games previously exclusively developed for the Xbox brand to the main competitor Sony’s Playstation console.
Rumors have circulated especially about those published last year From the Indiana Jones and Starfield games. Also popular Sea of Thieves, Gears of War and Hi-Fi Rush have revolved around speculation. However, not a single word has been heard about the Halo game series, which created Xbox’s popularity in its time.
This would be a significant change in the industry’s competition, as the companies have used exclusive games as a calling card for their own console systems. Sony in particular has achieved a significantly larger market share than Microsoft outside the US, partly thanks to the games of its own studios.
Microsoft has made significant moves in the gaming industry in recent years. Only last year it bought the world’s largest game publisher, Activision Blizzard, for just over $60 billion. Activision has numerous cross-platform games in its catalog that have been released on all consoles and PC.
The experts who know the rumours according to estimates In the future, Microsoft intends to invest in increasing the turnover of its game segment instead of exclusive content. The console side and its small player base may not meet Microsoft’s requirements in terms of revenue and margins.
Such a move could cause the console market to become even more concentrated under Sony. Sony already takes a 30 percent slice of the games purchased on its platform, and the share will certainly not decrease if the competition in the segment weakens. Because of this, a huge number of Microsoft customers have taken to social media to voice their objections to the rumored move.