yeah I mean it bothers me that microsoft apparently has all the best shit but I can't really fault them for how they've gone about their gaming strategy
the thing about gaming nowadays is you really need to provide end-to-end infrastructure: the console, its security mechanisms, a decent devkit (which is something microsoft excel at), big servers that are capable of low latency throughput, and so on
microsoft already had directx of course and could design the hardware around that ... funny really since the first console to have directx was dreamcast
it's weird for me because i really like them in some ways and in others i don't ... the thing about big corporations is they're, well, big so parts of them are totally different from others.
like their pres of worldwide studios is a cool guy who's been very open and frank with the press and genuniely enjoys playing games, and many of scea's studios and whatnot are top shelf. seems like much of the shittiness comes from sony corp management