padib said:
Machiavellian said:
That is because the person who made that post also is way to concerned about the console war. For MS there is no console war anymore, there is only gaming and the Xbox is just one tool they have to push their vision of gaming. Not saying their vision is the best because there is competition on that front. Think about it this way. It was MS who first decided to bring their First party games day one on the PC and Console. We only now have seen Sony embrace bringing their games to PC probably because they realize that they are missing out on money but even they are not doing day one release. A lot of people stated that this move to bring their console games to PC means that their is no need to purchase a Xbox and they are right. MS made that decision because it supports GP on PC and they already decided in their road map that what is best for GP is a decision they need to make now. GP on whole has a great up side for MS then just pumping out console hardware in a very competitive market with Sony and Nintendo. Sony is always about protecting their hardware eco system just like Nintendo but MS on the other hand just do not care. MS do not care if you get a Xbox, play their games on a Dongle, Brower on your phone, TV, PC you name it, as long as you ware willing to sub to GP, they will make money because GP is the gateway drug to their other services and you can believe they will come a day where they will bundle them together. |
I mostly agree with everything you said. However, I still think that the best is yet to come for Xbox this gen and they will break out and have a decent chance at outselling the Playstation this gen. But you are still right despite the feat, for MS it does not completely matter since they want to sell subscriptions agnostic of platform.
Anyhow my prediction was here for transparency: 
https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/244790/xbox-will-catch-up-to-playstation-this-generation/ |
It would be extremely hard for MS to outsell Sony even if they hit all cylinders with each and every one of their first party games. The reason is that Sony has not made any mistakes and coming into the PS5 gen I would say they have continued to put their foot on the peddle with high quality output. Then you throw in already being the market leader with huge 3rd party support and a fantastic hardware option including controller and its pretty much Sony to lose more than MS to win. Sony would need to make some really major blunders for the Series X to sell better but that does not mean that the Series will not sell good. I also believe MS is making all the right moves and thus they will stay competitive which if I am going to be honest, I like MS in the underdog role better than the market leader. They seem to try way harder when trying to come from behind instead of being the top dog. They still close enough to make Sony push as well which as a consumer is great all around, at least for me.
