SKMBlake said:
Yeah but Microsoft launched a "complementary" console, to go alongside your Switch and/or your PS5, thus not necessary "taking back some market share" |
How so? I don't think the average consumer buys multiple $500 consoles for their living room. XBox and PlayStation sales have ebbed and flowed over the past 3 successive generations. What has Microsoft done differently this gen that indicates the XBox is meant to be owned in tandem with a PS5? If we're talking about the cheaper S Series marketed as an entry level next gen system, isn't that the lower performing seller of the XBox series right now? Once supply and demand levels out for both systems, I see no reason to believe that backend lifetime sales won't be made by consumers actively making a choice between the two. In which case, if a larger number of people choose an XBox Series console this time around than chose an XBox One last gen, it could very well be the case that Microsoft does eat back into Sony's marketshare again.
