I downplay exclusives now? I guess since it's not the end all be all, (and according to you Sony stans 2025 wrap ups yall either

) I downplay exclusives. Maybe it's yall hype up exclusives
Most of the greatest gameplay experiences this generation and last were multiplat
It's crazy that you think MS a software company ultimate goal was to out sale playstation a hardware company in hardware and continue to do so every generation. It would have been nice bragging rights for them, but let's be honest the reason the OG xbox was even greenlit was to be a household name and competitor to playstation, and to do that it needed services. The 360 was profitable because of subs and digital sales definitely not hardware sales... and Immediately after the 360 we were going to get a console that was even more digitality dependent and service based.
It's not about 4D chess and clearly there were pivots and changes as any successful company should do. Playstation should have shown you that by now, with its belief in generations and exclusives instead you have console timed exclusives and cross platform gaming well into the middle of the generation