You have truth here. There is more to it than just consoles. Sony wants to own your living room. You have Sony speakers, TVs, Propriety Discs like Blu-ray CD and DVD, Hard Drives, Music, Movies, chipsets, earphones, smart room tech like lightbulbs smartphones and cameras, editing equipment for all of that by Sony made and owned tech, and more. During the PS2 era everything in your living room could be made by Sony. Microsoft got in entirely to stop this dominance. Remember the format wars between HDDVD and Blue Ray? That was a huge deal, because the formats meant money could be made by selling the discs to your competitors.
It's really big business, and videogames are just the entry market to sneak it all in.
You have truth here. There is more to it than just consoles. Sony wants to own your living room. You have Sony speakers, TVs, Propriety Discs like Blu-ray CD and DVD, Hard Drives, Music, Movies, chipsets, earphones, smart room tech like lightbulbs smartphones and cameras, editing equipment for all of that by Sony made and owned tech, and more. During the PS2 era everything in your living room could be made by Sony. Microsoft got in entirely to stop this dominance. Remember the format wars between HDDVD and Blue Ray? That was a huge deal, because the formats meant money could be made by selling the discs to your competitors.
It's really big business, and videogames are just the entry market to sneak it all in.