UK sales Split

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hiccupthehuman said:

2021 hasn't changed that much.

RE8 was 80/20 PS/XB physical only.
But when including digital, the split was 65/35 PS/XB. That is not an insignificant difference. And it shows that the digital sales on XB are higher than physical, and at least 40-45% if they brought the 20% share to 35%.

"Even on the lower end of 60%, that could still mean a 70% WW ratio."
Well, the ratio of PS to XB worldwide is 70%/30%, so Xbox is performing according to expectations.

Where's the 65/35 stat from?

That is true, 120:50 is 70:30. That's an immense monopoly to have on the sales of a medium. Pretty much makes it impossible for MS to get big third party exclusives and very easy for Sony to.

It's not impossible. Microsoft just chooses not to for the most part, because there is no need. I don't think a handful of games is going to make or break any of the platform holders. Sony doesn't have a monopoly on sales. 70:30 isn't even close to being a monopoly. If these big 3rd party games are still coming to Xbox then the publishers must be happy with the sales. If Sony wants to waste their money then let them, but it has been shown the highest spender doesn't always get the highest profit.

If you want to talk what is basically a monopoly, then look at Japan with Nintendo.