10 Ways The PS5 Will DESTROY The Next Xbox

3. Sony Are Acquiring New Studios And Working On Secret Projects

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Microsoft have made some pretty promising steps over the past year to make sure their exclusives are as good as they can be for the next generation. After some big name acquisitions, their first-party team of developers can now rival anything Sony has to offer, and should lead to a variety of big name Xbox Scarlett games dropping in the console's first couple of years.

Sony has been pretty content to let their already excellent first-party studios continue to shine, but they're now adding even more to the lineup. The company recently bought Insomniac Games and committed to building on the Spider-Man and Ratchet and Clank franchises, and rumours suggest it could be the first of many coming acquisitions.

This is on top of the new studios they've internally built as well. For instance, we know there's a secret studio made up of Naughty Dog and Rockstar devs that's working on a mystery project, and it points to plenty of surprises outside of the big games we already know are coming.

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