Sony made their name over the last couple of decades off the back of their very strong, very high quality first party output. With PC gaming rapidly becoming the standard across the board, and the ecosystem that more and more of the enthusiast audience is moving to as their primary place for gaming, the reason for a lot of people to buy a PlayStation would be for Sony's first party lineup.
Which brings me to the question - how well do you think a PlayStation that only has to sell on the basis of its first party lineup do? How capable is Sony of "pulling a Nintendo", so to speak? Assuming that every third party game can be found on PC - which is pretty much how things stand at this point - would you still buy a new PlayStation just for the promise of new titles from Sony studios and franchises such as Naughty Dog, Insomniac, Guerrilla, Sony Santa Monica, and Asobi / God of War, The Last of Us, Spider-Man, Ghost of..., and Astro Bot? Like the current scenario, assume that ports to PC of these games are not a given (but still may and do happen intermittently).
Are you willing to buy a PlayStation just for first party games? How much would you be willing to spend on it?
Which brings me to the question - how well do you think a PlayStation that only has to sell on the basis of its first party lineup do? How capable is Sony of "pulling a Nintendo", so to speak? Assuming that every third party game can be found on PC - which is pretty much how things stand at this point - would you still buy a new PlayStation just for the promise of new titles from Sony studios and franchises such as Naughty Dog, Insomniac, Guerrilla, Sony Santa Monica, and Asobi / God of War, The Last of Us, Spider-Man, Ghost of..., and Astro Bot? Like the current scenario, assume that ports to PC of these games are not a given (but still may and do happen intermittently).
Are you willing to buy a PlayStation just for first party games? How much would you be willing to spend on it?