In a new interview with the former Xbox and EA executive Pedro Moore In it, he said that the gaming community has begun to ask serious questions about the future of home consoles in light of the current circumstances that Sony and Microsoft are facing with their current platforms.

The future of home consoles has become a sensitive topic lately. The issue started when Microsoft announced the launch of 4 Xbox exclusives on the PS5 platform in a completely unexpected move. After that, Sony started focusing more on releasing its own exclusives for PC, and here the anger of gamers also increased. We mentioned this in a previous news story here.

With Microsoft claiming that Xbox sales were lower than expected and Sony indirectly stating that the PlayStation 5 was entering the final phase of its life cycle, the subject has started to get more difficult and controversial for gamers. But here's what Moore had to say during an interview with IGN on the subject:

“I think it’s a very serious question that is being asked by gamers right now. We have to understand that we are going to start the next generation with losses estimated at billions of dollars, and will the industry be able to absorb that in light of the presence of massive layoffs?”

The former CEO of many big companies went on to say that big companies like Sony and Microsoft have started asking themselves the same question: is it really worth paying $500 or $600 for a device that only runs games? Therefore, the demand is higher for the PC, which is the future of devices because it is multipurpose. For this reason, we see companies like Sony breaking the very rule that they were not expected to break and releasing their exclusives on the PC.

It is worth noting that during his reign and under his management, Moore launched the Xbox 360, Dream Cast and others. What do you think of his statements?