Too much of the commentary around the Angry Phil interview was so dumb. Just so dumb. A VP of Microsoft has *criminal* liability for things they say publicly about the company. (It's rare, but actual charges do happen occasionally.) He was telling us so much about the internal systems, communication failures and issues around not getting deeper information about games in the pipeline from studios they've acquired. He also stated the obvious about the market and the fact that the Xbox One's E3 Press Conference lost them both last and current Gen. It was the most in-depth, insider information we'll ever see that isn't a leak and the moron patrols couldn't gronk it. But it was nice to confirm much of Xbox's entire strategy. I think I pointed it out back at the X/S launch to someone and everyone in the gaming forum thread disagreed. (I thought it was pretty obvious the play.)
As for Sony's marketing budget, I think it was Troy Baker on a podcast that talked about when Sony moves games around that if you end up as the "big game" that year, solo, you get all of the marketing budget. I think it was in reference to Bend Studios' Days Gone he was talking about. While the game sold well enough for its budget, it was the fact the Marketing Budget almost doubled how much they had to recoup. That's a lot of the reason the game isn't getting a sequel. And Days Gone cleared 8 million copies. I honestly do think TLOU2 was "profitable", even after Marketing and probably was at Production Budget break even after the first weekend. But Sony was also expecting a smash hit, which they didn't turn in, but the name branding was so strong that it carried it to the limbo space of "just good enough everyone isn't getting fired". But Sony likely sold consoles off the back of that, which sold more copies of COD, Madden and FIFA, which they care about more.