Each game offers something different. They aren't competitors as much as they're different takes on the genre. No Man's Sky take the creative route, bursting with color and planets so near it should be impossible. Fantastical creatures all unique and different in some way. While Elite Dangerous prefers the more realistic, grim, and gritty route. Cutthroat factions each trying to get the upper hand in a hyper realistic galaxy of correct orbits and careful flight maneuvers. No Man's Sky is so much simpler, and that's what makes it so beautiful. Don't try to discredit or convince people that one is better then the other, when they each have so much to offer. Edit: Sorry, thought you were trashing NMS for no reason. Ignore this post then :/ still stands though for others.