"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. "

  • Orvanis@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    9
    ·
    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.

    • mephiska@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      > > > 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.