3sexty said:
Actually Sony need N/A and console gaming worldwide in general way more than MS. Its bad news for Sony to have such a decline in an important market for one of their few money making businesses. Terrible actually since their TV business declined, PCs offloaded, phones down quite a bit and now this. They need console profits way more than MS do. For MS its a minor business venture to run alongside its other huge money makers, - Surface, Windows 10, Enterprise, Software, Cloud etc. On the topic of compueter hardware, the irony here is while Sony failed in the pc hardware space, MS are thriving with the Surface line of computers. I mean isnt hardware supposed to be Sony's bread and butter. Very concerning trend for Sony. |
Decline? I guess you are confusing this gen with last gen. Do I have to remind you that xb360 had a 20m lead against ps3 in US, what about all the marketshare xb360 took in Europe as well. ps4 not only took US and UK back but it is dominating Europe and the rest of the world hence why ps4 at the minimum must have had at least a 20m gap. Taking US and UK back even if it is a small margin, it is still a win for Sony. Yes, MS is way bigger than sony but it is not as if every division doesn't have their own expectations, their own expected revenue and growth so the xbox division is no different and right now, the xbox division isn't showing any growth in terms of marketshare and software sales because at the end of the day, the consoles are sold to sell software. Having a presence WW mean that if a game fail to sell on expectations in US, the rest of the world can compensate to reach on overall profit. xbox doesn't have that. If the game fail in US, the game basically failed. Don't get me wrong, as of right now, xbox is doing fine but it might not bode well for the xbox division if the following consoles continue to decline because at the end of the day, any division is in for the money whether it is its biggest division or the smallest. There is a reason sony has been outspending MS in third parties deal with ps4. I guess phil spencer budget aren't unlimited after all. As of now, sony overall is surviving and the gaming divison has been posting a profit for a while now. I am fine with that.
