Is this the first time all four major platforms are doing so well?

Switch - About to close out another strong year. Finishing with DPP remake and SMT V. Arceus Legends coming in January 2022. Best-selling console for several years in a row. Its first-party titles have never been so strong with over 10 games selling 10M+ copies.

Playstation - Never really faltered since the late days of the PS3. This year wasn't its best but it still came out strong with notably Returnal, and R&C: Rift Apart. This was after 2020 where they delivered DeS Remake, and Miles Morales. Next year they have two heavy hitters in GOW Ragnarok and Horizon Forbidden West.

Xbox - After what was arguably its weakest generation, Phil Spencer has righted the ship. Xbox Games Studios have excellent titles (even on other platforms), such as Psychonauts 2, and Deathloop. The Xbox brand finished the year strong with Halo: Infinite and Forza Horizon 5. Game Pass continues to grow and offers tremendous value. The sales are reportedly very good even though we don't have the figures anymore. The main game to watch out for next year is Starfield (though I highly suspect a delay).

PC - What can I say? It's getting all Xbox Games Studios titles in addition to some older Playstation games. Emulation is an option for Switch games. Basically a one-stop shop for all of your gaming needs. Closed out the year with Halo: Infinite, and Forza Horizon 5. Is also getting Starfield, Forspoken. FF VII Remake just came out on Steam. We're getting GOW 2018 in Jan, and Uncharted 4 later. The one black eye is the GPU shortage and high prices. Besides that, in terms of content, nothing comes close to PC when it comes to sheer volume and quality.

All in all, all platforms are doing very well. Xbox was the one that was ailing for years but it's come back and kicking ass and has a slew of AAA titles in the making. No matter what you own at the moment, your gaming needs are covered.

Lol, we had this topic not long ago. Most people voted No.

Perhaps not the first time but it's the first time in over a decade. We have to go back to to the mid PS360 era for that.

@SolidGame_basic: Which systems are not doing well in your opinion? I think TC is bang on. All 4 are doing well. Switch is selling incredible numbers, ps5 is outselling PS4 I think, and Xbox had a great launch with November seeing it outsell ps5 3 to 1 in the US and 2 to 1 worldwide.

I'm with you, all systems are doing great (though I miss the days when PCs had a more unique library). To Juub's point, I think most people were thinking not ever, but in recent times for sure.

Happy thoughts abound but sure, okay.

lol :P

Xbox One had a terrible launch, with its always online DRM and forced Kinect.

Wii U, the console that everyone seems to have forgotten.

Vita, which Sony wanted to kill faster than the Wii U.

Yeah, this gen seems like a major upgrade.

Saleswise? Maybe, I don't know.

I still think there's basically nothing worth to play on PS5 though, apart from multiplats better played elsewhere. And Returnal.

Yep. Such a great time to be a gamer.

I see someone is still bitter about PC gaming. Must be those Sony games being ported to PC.😎

It's been a long time since all 3 were competitive it can only be good for gamers.

Everyone is doing well and is having fun...

...but system wars... system wars never changes!

My mom saw this thread, saw the mention of Deathloop being on the Xbox Series X, and simply couldn't find it on the system, but did saw it being sold on the PS5. Explain yourself.

No one mentioned Deathloop being on the Xbox Series X. No one even mentioned the Xbox Series X before you did.

MICROSOFT GAME. MS games aren't on the PS5. We both know the deal was done before Bthesda knew that MS is gonna be acquiring them. Saying that its an MS game when its not available on the xbox for another year is🤷‍♂️

Sony took it from them, won goty with it, and will give it back to Microsoft after they're done having fun with it. This is the situation with Deathloop.

The cool thing about Deathloop is that it's a day one Microsoft Windows PC game sold by Microsoft and is part of the Xbox Game Studios catalog, with the Xbox console release coming next year and all proceeds going to Microsoft for all Deathloop sales from day one release this year.

It was nice of MS to throw the PS a game, which it desperately needed. Maybe it was a kiss for developing and giving Xbox MLB the Show, day one on Game Pass.

Thank you Phil.

7th gen was probably the closest all three consoles were in terms of install base.

@hardwenzen: Try playing Deathloop without the Xbox studios game splash screen coming up and then tell me it’s not an ms game even though the best version is on ms windows for pc.

Talk to me in 11 months when you can play the game on your xbox. In a year this game will be irrelevant, and that's when you're getting it🤭

All platforms are doing relatively well. But PC imo is having issues the most due to shortages. These GPU's should not be this expensive. Glad I built my rig 2 years ago. My 2070 rtx is worth double from when I bought it new 2 years ago... That's ******

@hardwenzen: I’ll give it a try on Gamepass - because it’s an ms game, and all ms games release day one on Gamepass - but it doesn’t look like my cup of tea. You however - if you want to play the best game on ps5 - will have to pay full price to ms.

We both know you won’t, which means I’ll play the game before you….and I don’t have to pay for it.

Its been 3 months and its still not on gamepass🤣Day one on gamepass btw🤭🤭🤭

yes PC is god.

Yup. The game will be free in 9 months thanks to MS, and will be the definitive version on Xbox Series X. Seems like a no brainer for GS "GOTY" game!

@hardwenzen: Yup, day one that it launches on Xbox. Thought even you knew that.

Are you buying it? 🧐

$70 dolla make you holla!

@hardwenzen: You can't argue with Xbots about Deathloop not being an MS game. They think everything Bethesda has ever released is now an MS game. It's the strangest argument I have ever seen in system wars and completely delusional, they are so tired of Halo, Gears, Forza being the only MS games were a damn they are just grasping for anything.

And TBH it's not like Bethesda has the best track record recently other than ID and Arkane. Do we not remember Fallout 76?

I would say yes.

Sony has completely destroyed the competition the last 5-7 years, Nintendo has had several good years and this is the first year in a decade where MS hasn't been complete dog shit.

Sony only slightly edges MS/Nintendo this year, which is a huge improvement on MS side at least.