the way at how you look at it is like PC gamers will be second tier citizens ..
I don't think PC gamers are second tier citizens (I'm a PC gamer too), I only think for Sony their priority -or at least it's what they say- their priority is to make makes for PlayStation, so form them they have priority the PS gamers.
And they see PC as a new market (secondary for them) where they can expand to get new fans/customers. In some console friendly countries people who may potentially also end buying their console to play their newer games, and in some other countries where it's difficult or too expensive (or simply culturally they prefer to play on PC) to play consoles they see PC as a way to reach new fans/customers.
and here is where you all are mistaken .... PC crowd is already bigger than what PS5 (or any xbox) or future Sony console can E V E R... hope to sell during all the generation. Let me tell you again we are moving towards a hw agnostic future and the PC will be a fundamental part of this transition .. soon there will be very few games that will not be released on PC especially if we speak about AAA first party titles. Sony unlike the fanboys is not stupid and is moving exactly in that direction ..... Microsoft has accelerated a lot for various reasons.
I agree with that, and I think it would be stupid for Sony to release all their games day one on PC because it would negatively affect their main business, which is to sell (1st and specially 3rd, exclusive and specially multi) games, DLC and services for their console. I think to port only some games to PC instead of all and to do it when they are several years old and already completed their commercial life on console instead of releasing them day one on PC (or at least most of them, I assume some F2P multiplayer game may be day one on PC) is smart because gives them extra profit and fans (who may also milk them with future movies, tv show etc Sony is making about console gaming IPs) while not negatively affecting their console business.
1) Ms was never going to sell the same number of consoles as the competition.
2) Nadella and all the new Microsoft are interested only in subscription services ... for this reason we seeing the huge investments that no other among the big 3 console producers could face if not Xbox bcked up by all the conpany
3) Microsoft knows very well that Windows is his operating system as he knows very well that it has one of the first 3 Cloud services in the world, Azure .... qamong the big 3 he could face if not Ms. Microsoft knows very well that unlike Sony, Windows is their owned platform as they knows very well that it has also one of the first 3 Cloud services in the world, Azure .... so it is not at all afraid to invest in that platform (Windows) and in that direction (streaming)
Yes, I think MS has been moving slowly their gaming business from consoles to PC and from sales to subscriptions because it's there where they have their main focus and business, and game/console sales were a small part for them. I also think MS wasn't doing a good business with consoles if we get the Xbox numbers since they started start so they are slowly moving their gaming focus to PC and subscription to at least use gaming to support their core businesses.
Sony's main business instead it's to sell software for their own console, so for them PC is something secondary, a new support revenue source. They are breaking game industry records for a console maker regarding console units sold, amount of games sold for a console or revenue generated, and this business is the main one of their corporation, so won't move from focusing on console. They are happy with their results there and will continue focusing there since they don't have any reason to move away because their current strategy is working perfectly.They are also trying other markets like VR, PC, mobile or subscriptions and soon GaaS, multiplayer games and F2P games, while also making moves to grow in eSports and Asia, or even bringing their main PS IPs to movies and tv shows, but to expand their main (console) market and continue growing, not to move away.
P.S.: Azure doesn't even has a
20% of market share (they have been growing in the recent years), they are the 2nd biggest ones but the market is spread among many other brands.