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Why would Sony withdraw from the console market? They are far and away the dominant player.

Well, if the future moves on to streaming and they can't keep pace with Microsoft or Google's infrastructure advantages… I think there's a lot of uncertainty in the market as strong as they might be with the PS4. In a world where you buy a cheap screen and never upgrade anymore, what would be left for Sony to do? I guess go for Nintendo's market more w/ dedicated portable hardware, but who knows what that'll even be with smartphones being ubiquitous for the streaming services.

Partner with someone who can keep up, like Amazon?

Virtually all sexually suggestive content is required to be censored/edited on the PS4, per directives from Sony Interactive Entertainment in San Mateo. If history is any indicator, this means they will be the first loser in the console wars, if not for the eighth generation then most certainly for the ninth. If the PlayStation loses significant ground, there's a chance Sony will bow out rather than challenge prevailing California morality and risk their skins.

Sexually explicit video games are an irrelevant niche on every platform.

Any sexually suggestive content is banned. Devil May Cry 5 was affected; this is hardly limited to porn games.

This is false. There are tons of M rated games with sexual and suggestive themes on both PS4 and Vita. Go to http://www.esrb.org/ratings/search.aspx select PS4 or Vita, M rating, content include: sexuality, timeframe: whatever you like and feast your eyes.

Off the top of my head, Witcher 3 on PS4 had sex scenes explicit as an American R rated film. Unless it features penetration, it seems Sony doesn't object to it.

That game was released before the new guidelines were put in place by the San Mateo office. This is a very recent crackdown.

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