RolStoppable said:
It's not trending only slightly better, it's doing significantly better if VGC's estimates are correct. While it took XSX|S some time to get ahead due to supply constraints, the actual baseline at the comparable point is 60-80% better. A caveat is that the Xbox One didn't officially launch in many countries until September 2014, so this isn't a proper 1:1 comparison here. Nonetheless, the XSX|S is on track to build a sizeable lead up to the point of the Xbox One's early price cut in June 2014 and the launch boost of September 2014. Momentum is good enough for the XSX|S to stay ahead even beyond these notable Xbox One bumps, and like you may remember from Switch vs. 3DS comparisons, the sales curves will show up as markably different once the console of the previous gen runs out of its bumps to the baseline. So while the current 60-80% advantage in the weekly baseline is overblown, an actual advantage in the area of ~30% should certainly be sustainable. |
If Xbox Series can sustainably sell 30% above Xbone, that'd be something at least. I want Xbox to be more competitive this gen cos in my experience less competition means gaming suffers. PS4 steamrolling Xbone and Wii U led to a pretty dull several years. The 7th and 4th gens were the best in my opinion because they were the most competitive.
