Assuming next-gen rolls over within a few years like everyone hopes Sony knowingly sold the most units compared to both the Switch and Xbox One worldwide for the current Eighth-Gen of consoles, the figures prove this (over 80 million+ as of 2018). Individuals at Sony are on top and it is causing the company financial success, this comes with huge benefits for what's to come because having achieved these accumalated sales from 2013 they're a scary competitor to mainly Microsoft but Nintendo too. So with this great ego of being #1 they're simply advantageous, full of experience and require little effort to top it again with the supposed sucessor "PS5" because:
A) Third Party supporters will no doubt want to cash in on this growing success (more titles, various studios from both Japan and the West = Exclusives)
B) More ability to counter any new practices and confidence to come out with brave ideas (less restrictions with games, digital market services -> PS Plus, PSN Weekly Offers)
C) Bigger consumer base and line-up of titles due to popularity of PlayStation (People will want to buy it anyway through word of mouth)
D) Tough hardware that'll likely be ahead for some time (assuming the idea of bringing updated console builds are scrapped)
But what it really boils down to is that this success is Sony's weapon. It is a powerful ego they hold now that'll allow them to win over next-gen again in sense of sales but if Microsoft and Nintendo do not adjust to the growing sales of PlayStation products and directly allow more freedom to it's userbase which Microsoft are finally accomplishing (GamePass). Switch is doing remarkably well with great exclusives however on the current trend Sony could very well just win it over again in 2020/21 if it simply expands upon what it has now and they have it easy. Any slip ups do major harm (we saw this with the used game restriction for Xbox One) Sony's simply too proud that they are on top but do you agree? given no screw ups are made. I do hope that the next thing planned for Xbox goes well as mistakes are learned but reputation and money speaks for itself. I believe Sony's ego alone will benefit them to be ahead of the market.
A) Third Party supporters will no doubt want to cash in on this growing success (more titles, various studios from both Japan and the West = Exclusives)
B) More ability to counter any new practices and confidence to come out with brave ideas (less restrictions with games, digital market services -> PS Plus, PSN Weekly Offers)
C) Bigger consumer base and line-up of titles due to popularity of PlayStation (People will want to buy it anyway through word of mouth)
D) Tough hardware that'll likely be ahead for some time (assuming the idea of bringing updated console builds are scrapped)
But what it really boils down to is that this success is Sony's weapon. It is a powerful ego they hold now that'll allow them to win over next-gen again in sense of sales but if Microsoft and Nintendo do not adjust to the growing sales of PlayStation products and directly allow more freedom to it's userbase which Microsoft are finally accomplishing (GamePass). Switch is doing remarkably well with great exclusives however on the current trend Sony could very well just win it over again in 2020/21 if it simply expands upon what it has now and they have it easy. Any slip ups do major harm (we saw this with the used game restriction for Xbox One) Sony's simply too proud that they are on top but do you agree? given no screw ups are made. I do hope that the next thing planned for Xbox goes well as mistakes are learned but reputation and money speaks for itself. I believe Sony's ego alone will benefit them to be ahead of the market.
