PS4 Pro vs Xbox One X: the Childish Side of Console War

The battle fought by Microsoft and Sony to control the “high-end” market of consoles increasingly resembles a huge waste of time and resources

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The release of the PlayStation 4 Pro and the launch of the Xbox One X in Autumn brings us some analysis: over the last two decades we have witnessed various war consoles, each of which has been for the protagonists of Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo. The verbal fights on gaming sites and gaming forums by the “three sisters” fans of the digital entertainment industry have been the soundtrack of delicate transition periods between the different consoles Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo.

While strong competition among the three major players in the industry has turned into a constant and useless war between players, the console war has contributed decisively to the success and evolution of their respective platforms.

The examples we can do in this way are infinite: the revolution of the PlayStation 3 multiplayer ecosystem in response to Xbox Live, the moves made by Microsoft and Sony to create exclusive video games through the acquisition of third-party development teams, the historic Nintendo’s commercial opening to iOS and Android systems, the progressive reduction in video game development costs through the use of multiplatform graphics engine and middleware, etc …

The commercial and ideological challenge that is going to take place between PS4 Pro and Xbox One X, however, seems to be based on completely different motives: the doubts and criticisms expressed by journalists, critics and industry are the clearest testimony of embarrassment with which this new, infantile console war based on nothing is described and “explained” to readers.