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Zareth posted...

You clearly know fuck all about Sony if you think the only reason they haven't went under is because of Call of Duty lmfao

Now, saying that, "I'm going to buy the same system as my friends so we can play CoD together" is a major (sometimes even the only) factor in many people's console purchasing decisions. That may be yielding better results for Sony because they have other reasons to buy the console, making it more likely that the CoD-only people's friends will prefer to buy a PS, but the fact remains that losing CoD would be a major blow to Sony's system sales. But yes, the idea that Sony's not doing anything more than relying on CoD is pretty laughable, especially paired with the implication that Microsoft is and that buying ABK isn't their way of getting a competitive edge without having to actually make their own system-selling games. I characterized the PS4 vs. Xbone decision as being Bloodborne machine vs. not-even-Bloodborne machine (and then bought neither because Nintendo+PC is covering everything I care about), and PS5 vs. Series is in pretty similar shape. Neither system has exclusives that are particularly tempting me, but at least I can actually name some PS5 exclusives (... maybe). I can't say that about the Xbox, and not just because MS has been porting pretty much every would-be exclusive to PC (further diluting the console's appeal).