colliding posted...
XVI is a good game, but I do think it's also disappointing in that it really did not grow the fanbase or help the brand.
Also, I still feel like PS5's are pretty rare. This is anecdotal evidence and highly limited but when I talk to my students about games, people who actually have PS5's are few and far between. Everyone under 25 grew up with having their own gaming PC's and laptops.
Maybe Sony helped foot the bill for dev costs, and that's why exclusivity made sense, but even I have to admit it's hurt them
Oh, consoles are absolutely going somewhat out of style as younger people begin to constitute a greater market percentage. The idea of being tethered to specifically-branded machines - outside of Nintendos, anyway - is just kind of foreign.
Even the Big N will surely feel it eventually.