Thankfully this no longer matters since Sony just made an announcement which killed any interest in their platform.
this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2026
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Oh, no.... anyway
Instead of increasing monthly active users at all costs, the company aims to monetize existing users with recurring revenue, likely from subscriptions and DLC. Furthermore, Nishino stated that PlayStation aims to provide a "seamless" experience that expands beyond the living room, sparking renewed rumors of a portable console.
Instead of increasing monthly active users at all costs, the company aims to monetize existing users with recurring revenue, likely from subscriptions and DLC. Furthermore, Nishino stated that PlayStation aims to provide a "seamless" experience that expands beyond the living room, sparking renewed rumors of a portable console.
So, owning a Steam Machine will be beneficial in the long run because of the frequent sales and realistic gaming prices. Got it!
And the lack of a requirement for a subscription service which means the actual cost of the PlayStation 6 over a 7 year life span is something like $1800. That's assuming the cost of a monthly PlayStation plus membership doesn't go up and they continue to subsidize the hardware by selling it at cost. And it doesn't include buying games.
PS5 had no games, PS6 is going to have no players. Amazing the speed with wich technology advances.
All the players will be AI agents, you’ll watch them play the games on a $19.99/month streaming service with unskippable ads
And, thanks to Microsoft, they will also have no competition.
Now we know why they stopped shipping games to PC. They need to prep their user base for a hardware price that will have users consider just buying a PC instead, taking away the “I can play the PlayStation exclusives on PC anyway” argument.
yeah have players change that to, "I don't need to play PlayStation exclusives"
I’m very much in that camp myself. I ducked out from consoles, having owned pretty much all of them since the Atari 2600, after the PS4. So many more amazing games on PC e.g. Song of Syx which would never work on a traditional console but is amazing on PC and even Steam Deck / Steam Controller.
PS3 killed consoles for me