Sony, Nintendo or Microsoft… What company do you think is going to be in a better position by 2028?

What company do you think is going to be in a better position by 2028?

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By 2028: Nintendo will still be selling Mario, Sony will still be selling Horizon spin-offs and Microsoft will be selling you everything—including the games you already bought.
 
delirium trigger said:
Barely anything's gonna change in three years. Three years is a nanosecond in gaming these days.
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Three years ago Microsoft announced their intention to buy Activision and this forum was flipping out that it would give Xbox a monopolistic advantage in the console space.

These days Microsoft is releasing all of their major games on PS5 like they're just some regular third party and their future as a traditional home console maker is heavily in question.

A lot can change in three years.
 
PC gaming>>>Nintendo>>>>>Playstation

However, I think everyone will be doing well for themselves. PC gaming will be the biggest platform with the most releases and influence. PlayStation will remain the de facto console platform and pull in record revenues. Nintendo will remain the dominant portable platform and pull in record profits. Microsoft will be the biggest third party on the market and deliver loads of great and successful games.

Pick the winner based on whichever of those metrics matters most to you I guess.
 

What company do you think is going to be in a better position by 2028?

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This is an absolute nightmare of question to answer right now. It's like every company is screwing up in its own way right now.

Nintendo is being so arrogant right now with its prices thinking that every single person will buy their shit regardless of price. That is the same attitude Sony had right after PS2's success, and it went very bad for them. So who knows how it goes for Nintendo. It's very hard right now to even predict it, and pre-orders are not a good way to measure it. Also, don't make the mistake of thinking that those prices have anything to do with tariffs. They explicitly said they are not.

Sony is extremely stubborn chasing GaaS (and thankfully failing), to the point of not releasing a constant catalogue of games like they have always done before. They got rid of AA games which allowed them to have such a constant flow of releases, and they are also raising prices. This gen feels really boring from them, even with the few great games they've released, but maybe the point is that they are few, and in the past there were so many games.

Microsoft is just retarded. They don't know what to do, they don't know what they want, they don't know how to do whatever they come up with to do, they are completely lost this gen. Their executive team is so out of touch, they might as well be from another industry entirely. However, one thing they are extremely good at is screwing everyone else just to be the sheep. Obviously the latest example is the price increase. Gamepass is obviously loved by people who has it, but we all know it's not sustainable, and MS will not be able to buy their way to Gamepass's success for all eternity, even with all the money they have. With that said, at least some of their studios (independently from Microsoft), are doing good games right now, so they just need to become third party and focus all their energy in managing them.

The winner this gen have been- by a million miles- Third party! Specially Japanese devs/publishers. Capcom have been amazing, Square Enix made a huge recovery from their horrible PS3 gen, and started going up since PS4. Sega have also released great games, and many others.

Second place are Indies. They have also made an example of what the gaming industry NEEDS to be successful, but those huge corporations just refuse to see it and follow them. They prefer to fail (like Sony with their GaaS), than just make games that people want and people are pleased to buy!

We are in a place where any company can be either up or down by 2028. If they all continue the way they are, they all suck!

If Nintendo really is fair in pricing games, people could tolerate it, but we all know every single new release will be $80. The different prices will be very small exceptions.

Sony needs to get rid of their wet dream of GaaS and come back to do normal, fun games like they've done for 30 years. People want them to do it, but they need to see it.

Microsoft needs to just become third party and work with their studios to have a great flow of great games. That's it! There's no more need for them. They have everything to become the biggest, more successful publisher in the industry, but they would need to become like Capcom or Square Enix and do a 180.

Third parties should stay the same! More companies should copy Japanese and Indies success!
 
Walter Matthau said:
Three years ago Microsoft announced their intention to buy Activision and this forum was flipping out that it would give Xbox a monopolistic advantage in the console space.

These days Microsoft is releasing all of their major games on PS5 like they're just some regular third party and their future as a traditional home console maker is heavily in question.

A lot can change in three years.
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Three years ago they were number 3, they're still number 3, and they'll still be number 3 in three years, lol.
 
I don't think Nintendo will be in a better position- they're already at the top, and it really depends on how well the Switch 2 is really received after the launch hype goes out. I think they have the most to lose.

Sony - they won't stop being the better selling between Xbox and PS, but I think their first party is becoming less relevant than the console itself, especially as...

Microsoft continues expanding their third party efforts. If Xbox as a console doesn't sell even with a next gen PC-like and handheld, they have that fallback especially with Bethesda releasing ESVI by or before then, and can always port whatever back library to Switch 2 and PS
 
JohnnyFootball said:
It will be between Nintendo and Sony. Microsoft will be a full blown 3rd party publisher and Gamepass will be dead.

What I hope happens is that SteamOS takes off and we can finally ditch Windows.
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That's a bold claim (specifically that gamepass won't make it to 2028). Just for fun, would you want to have a long term avatar bet? We can bookmark each other's post and I'll set a calendar reminder.
 
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All will do really well. MS will probably make the most, but they have and probably will continue to spend the most.
 
Valve is probably doing better than most of those already.

Steam deck is a small niche for the time being (a successful one), but don't think it will always stay that way.
 
Higher game prices drive people to gamepass.

The next Xbox will run Steam.

Gamepass his 45% year to year growth a couple of days ago. I wiondet what next year will bring now that games are going to be $80 across the board. (If you don't think Sony will raise prices too, you are crazy.)
 
Team Steam!!!

But out of those three I'll say Microsoft because of Fallout 3 Remake Remaster and especially Elder Scrolls VI coming out by then which would wipe it's ass with every other game out around that time. Nintendo could be really good if their next AAA Zelda game is amazing and a nice Mario Party or a extra Metroid Prime. As with Sony with FFVII Remake Part 3 and a new Ratchet and Clank and maybe a FFXVII.

But I don't really care which one of those consoles win since the games I want most like Elder Scrolls VI and Fallout 3 Remake/Remaster is going to be on PC anyway and FFVII Remake Part 3 and Stellar Blade 2 would either also launch on PC or would come around a year later.
 
I am personally hoping for a HUGE crash running all of the current big 3 out of the industry allowing some different companies a shot

But of the 3 Sony makes the best hardware and hasn't completely devalued their software yet
 
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I want to know if gamers are going to be in a better position by 2028. I'm not worried about the billion dollar corpo zombies. I'm sure they'll be laughing all the way to the bank.
 
I don't know and honestly don't care…..as long as they deliver on the games I care about then I'm happy costumer.
 
Sony has a cult following, and while that usually means a small dedicated group of people in Sony's case it means The Catholic Church. They will never have a problem.
 
All the mention of Valve, and PC gaming in general, is ignoring the massive undervaluing of games on the PC.

PC gaming still works out as it is still a relative minority. It works in part because cross platform games sell for hugher prices on the consoles.

You can see some of the negatives from this in games that don't get PC ports, or only get them a year or more later.

Also, Valve make almost no games, and the ones they do, while great, are very overrated.
 
I think Sony, mostly because they will be at the end of the PS5 generation which has been insanely profitable for them. The jump to PS6 is for me a big question mark, since the console will barely justify being a "next gen" since the difference in power with the base PS5 will be not massive.

Nintendo may be at their Switch 2 peak, but that too is not a given seeing how much more expensive their ecosystem has become. I bet they'll be doing great, but Sony will still be at the top when it comes to revenue. I think their first party output will also shine towards the end of the generation. This is the price to pay for such long development cycles.

Microsoft is going all in on being a publisher. They will probably need a way to get Game Pass to more people. I don't think it will happen on PS5 but Switch 2 might be a possibility. They also absolutely need to make their Windows for Gaming OS and give people reason to use their store instead of being forced. They absolutely can but they need to take risks.

They'll all be doing well by 2028 and people will still be buying consoles because PC hardware will only get more expensive.
 
Valve because they're in a position with not real losses, and their platform keeps growing in userbase. Sony in 2nd because they're still dominating general console sales even with the live-service fumble, Nintendo I think will do well but to less of a degree than Switch 1, and Microsoft in last because they just can't make consistently good decisions.

I do wonder how Microsoft will do with services though now that Apple took a court loss around not opening their platform enough, so some moves could happen there. Everyone I think will be in an alright position, Microsoft just needs to find a way to move more hardware and/or get more people in their ecosystem.
 
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Nintendo quite easily, ever since they got into the gaming world 40+ years ago, they have weathered the storm and seen their competitors fall away....ie Atari and Sega, even when the Playstation was going going gangbusters they still stood tall....
 
By fanboys logic, either my favorite plastic box wins or I'm switching to pc. Obviously it's steam by a long shot or Nintendo.
 
ReasonBeing said:
That's a bold claim (specifically that gamepass won't make it to 2028). Just for fun, would you want to have a long term avatar bet? We can bookmark each other's post and I'll set a calendar reminder.
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Sure. Whatever.

However, I will give myself some wiggle room and say that Gamepass in it's current form wont make it to 2028. It will either lose Day 1 (heck it might get a price drop at that point) and adopt the EA model/PS Plus or get a drastic price increase ($30 per month).
 
Switch 2 isn't going to be nearly as successful.

MS might release es6 by then. They've been doing much better lately

PS will tread water. Not a fan of alot of their decisions and it's catching up to them
 
Microsoft, because they're the most ingrained in PC gaming. PC Gaming and Mobile are the only markets growing right now. The console sphere is in decline and will for the foreseeable future. The next generation of gamers has zero appetite for consoles and those who have entered the workforce and have disposable income are realizing how bad of a value console is.

Xbox? Gamepass PC + all first party are on PC
PlayStation? Exclusives don't exist anyone, wait 15 months and you get the new Spider-Man or Horizon or....that's it really because PlayStation is struggling to even release first party games at this rate and all money hat third parties have been a commercial failure to the point where even Square has decided Final Fantasy is no longer going to be a timed exclusive.
Nintendo? Soon to be $80 games that never go on sale and a bootleg discord with 320p video overlaid voice chat?

There's no much else to say.
 
In the long term, I only see Nintendo left. Ms. They don't and never have cared about gaming. Sony is in a strange situation that they have catapulted themselves into. Why buy exclusive ps games when they're also coming to the pc?
 
By 2028 my bet is Nintendo. They'll probably still be selling the Switch (1) at some capacity by then and Switch 2 should be booming.

They'll also be coming in to 2028 with a Mario movie sequel in 2026 and a new Zelda movie in 2027. Not to mention future theme park expansions etc. etc.

They've got a lot of synergy going on that'll boost their gaming ventures. Sony does as well, but while Sony might put out TLOU3 by 2028 to capitalize further on the TV series, Nintendo will have put out 10 different Mario games and 5 different Zelda games.

MS isn't worth considering.
 
JohnnyFootball said:
Sure. Whatever.

However, I will give myself some wiggle room and say that Gamepass in it's current form wont make it to 2028. It will either lose Day 1 (heck it might get a price drop at that point) and adopt the EA model/PS Plus or get a drastic price increase ($30 per month).
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Cmon man, go for broke. 1 month bet, no other wiggle room outside of lose Day 1.
 
Do we count xbox consoles if Microsoft isn't the ones making them?

Isnt that something they were rumored to be doing? Having 3rd party consoles.

I think all three are gonna be making tons of money. There's still room for them all. They seem to be settling into their own niches.
 
Probably Sony..

I ain't particularly happy about it, but it's what I think..
 
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