Sony did want a faster than usual transition from PS4 -> PS5. If there ever were a game that could do it then GTAVI would be it.
If Sony manages a timed-exclusivity deal with GTA6, the gen will be over right then and there. It's just too obvious and I'd
have to imagine MS is fighting to hell and back to prevent something that catastrophic from happening right at the start of next-gen.
If not? Well honestly, they would deserve what happens afterwards. Something like GTA6 will pretty much set up next-gen for whoever manages to get even a few months timed exclusivity or brand relation with, it's the nuke of next-gen and whoever gets it even for a little while wins the war.
Crazy to think it'll be coming around the start of next-gen but very likely; 5 was technically almost seven years ago.
Hmm...at that price and that performance Lockhart would actually make some strategic sense. Should still be focused primarily as a streaming solution but $199 (at bulk for big discounts on it plus the costs added for casing, controller etc I figure a BOM could be reached to MSRP at $199) is the much preferred price point for that type of option.
And your point is what? Ps3 upon its release costing hundreds more, with inferior multiplats and tht big online outage still outsold Xbox 360 world wide almost every single month. What hurt Sony was the high cost and loss on each ps3 sold.
Feel like 'ya gotta clarify what "worldwide" means in this context. If it's market-by-market, yes that's true for many of the global markets, especially in places where 360 was virtually nonexistent.
If you mean in terms of raw numbers, then no that's not quite true. 360's numbers were so damn strong in US and UK that they helped it keep a bit ahead of PS3 for most of that generation, in terms of raw sales. Granted it had a year head start and maybe if you launch-align things look a bit differently (I wouldn't know), but this is just going off of what actually happened with no adjustments.
I think people are forgetting just how dominant 360 was in those two markets throughout the '06-'11 period, it was pretty dang impressive.