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Cerebralbore101 on 02 May 2021
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Conina said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

1. Even if we were to incorrectly assume that they only meant within their own ecosystem they would still have a deeply flawed dataset. Their ecosystem includes PC. Microsoft does not have a way to track all sales of games on Steam, GoG, EGS, or any of other multitude of stores on PC. Microsoft can only track purchases made through the Windows Store, or purchases of games they themselves have developed. Example: If I buy Halo MCC on PC via steam, MS knows I spent that money, because it's their game. If I buy a 3rd party game through the windows store MS once again knows I spent that money, because it's their store. But if I buy a non-MS game on Steam, GoG, EGS, or any other PC storefront MS has no way of knowing I bought that game. 

Are you still trying to prove their data is wrong by coming up with your own strange definition, what their ecosystem is?

Microsoft's gaming ecosystem is NOT all Xbox consoles + the whole PC platform... Microsoft's gaming ecosystem is all Xbox consoles + a part of the PC platform (the Windows store). They never claimed to track all sales of the other PC stores.

Or shall we also define Sony's gaming ecosystem is all PlayStation consoles + the whole PC platform, because PSnow is available on PCs?

If Sony owned Windows, then yes we would define Sony's gaming ecosystem as all Playstation consoles + the whole PC platform. Especially if the vast majority of Sony titles were available for purchase on PC. 

Last edited by Cerebralbore101 - on 02 May 2021