Worldwide Xbox One sales dropped below Xbox 360 in 2017

[Jigsawx1]

CGI-Quality said:

Jigsawx1 said:

If you dont think best 3rds and more exclusives can sell consoles why do you think ps4 is in 1st place this gen?

 

This is year #5, not year #1. And the PS4 is #1 for a whole host of reasons, including...

- Better hardware out of the gate
- Cheaper out of the gate (though this matters a little less these days)
- Clear messaging (this was critical)
- Bigger around the world (Xbox is simply no where near as popular as PlayStation)
- Exclusives (only on PS4 means just that)

Having better looking multiplatform games this late into the generation isn't going to change anything. As a reference, how did Fall 2017 multiplats sell? 

 

FIFA 18 (PS4) Electronic Arts, Sports

503,278

8,619,889

10

FIFA 18 (XOne) Electronic Arts, Sports

132,250

2,160,033

10

 

Call of Duty: WWII (PS4) Activision, Shooter

906,479

8,179,961

5

Call of Duty: WWII (XOne) Activision, Shooter

399,388

3,880,307

5

 

As we can see, the launch of the Xbox One X had minimal (if any) effect on those two IPs.

But theese are culmulative numbers right?