ironmanDX said:
curl-6 said:
While it is cool to see Xbox performing competitively again, I think some folks are getting ahead of themselves.
Xbox has the upper hand in the short term, but this doesn't mean the tide is turning long term and Playstation is still going to win this generation.
While their first party arsenal has improved by leaps and bounds, I still expect MS to keep putting most Bestheda and Activision games on PS just cos they'd be leaving too much money on the table by not doing so. We're not gonna see, say, Call of Duty become Xbox exclusive.
Meanwhile, Sony has a very strong first party battery themselves, and greater global brand power. Once they're no longer held back by shortages, the sales gap will start to widen again. It will be closer than last gen, but at the end of the day, PS5 will still outsell Series S/X.
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Yup. It's bleak at the moment due to stock availability and nothing else. Sure, some sales are probably being lost due to that but not a generational sales defining amount. Not to mention the Series S is purposefully built to act as a complimentary device and will not stop people using it simply as a secondary gamepass console... As intended.
PS5 will still be around 20-30 million above XSX primarily due to Europe and Japan.
I disagree with first party titles though, most of them will be exclusive. Starfield is hinting at that but that is a new IP so it's yet to be revealed either way, just betting on different outcomes at this point in time.
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Yeah I don't doubt we will see some exclusives like Starfield, but stuff like COD, Elder Scrolls, most currently multiplat franchises I expect to stay that way as you'd be missing out on millions and millions of potential sales by skipping PS.
Last edited by curl-6 - on 12 April 2022
