In 2026, just months after GameStop declared the console wars over, the rivalry between Xbox and Playstation has taken on new life. In many ways, this was driven by Asha Sharma, who began to refocus on the Xbox console, but Sony also contributed significantly to this, making unpopular decisions that forced Playstation fans to pay more attention to the competition.
Less than a day on social networks Posted by a player named Synth Potato (a well-known content creator with over 130,000 followers on X) has received nearly 5 million views. In it, the user criticized Sony for a series of decisions over the last year and across generations:
The player also added that he is a fan of the Playstation 4, but in his opinion, Sony has problems with the current generation:
Honestly…what the hell happened to Sony? One disaster after another, one huge failure after another. They were my favorite gaming company throughout the entire Playstation 4 generation, but honestly, how could you lose everyone so quickly? At the same time, XBOX has also made full use of this situation and is preparing to make a full comeback in the next generation. Sony really failed an entire generation.
Note that not all players in the comments agree with Synth Potato’s arguments. Some recalled that Xbox had also recently canceled a large number of games, closed and spun off several studios, made massive cuts and made other unpopular decisions.