"Today, PlayStation revealed that its PS5 has sold 40 million units. Microsoft doesn’t share hardware numbers typically, but court documents, math, and slides from an ID@Xbox in Brazil seem to suggest the Xbox Series X|S line-up is around 20-23 million units sold globally. That essentially puts the PS5 at a 2:1 advantage against Xbox, but perhaps the split is even worse than that beneath the surface. "

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    1 year ago

    Frankly MS doesn’t really care about as much about hardware considering the cost of production, as long as their services are profitable.

    Sure they would prefer not to be outsold 2:1 but as long that Gamepass PC exists and sells well, they’re fine with this.

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      1 year ago

      Exactly. Microsoft also has the benefit of double-dipping - they have Xbox, but they also get a healthy cut from PC as a vast majority of gamers are going to be running Windows.

      This article feels very much like a fanboy wanting to keep the stupid “console wars” going, when really Microsoft is happy to just rake in the cash.

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        > > > vast majority of gamers are going to be running Windows. > >

        Vast majority of PC gamers are on windows, yeah. But overall the PC gamer market and console gamer markets are similar. There’s a lot of overlap too as PC gamers also have consoles.