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Ryuu96 said:

FTC expert gives PS 56% market share, Xbox 44%. He focuses just on the U.S. market. Microsoft doesn't agree with the numbers, but even if taken as true, PlayStation would be the dominant player. And FTC expert says the net effect would be: Sony 50.5%, Xbox 49.5%.

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— Florian Mueller (@FOSSpatents) June 22, 2023

56/44 is pretty close to VGC's numbers at least, I think I got 56.5% vs 43.5% when I did VGC's numbers. Interesting that Microsoft disagrees with them. Either way, the numbers make FTC's attempts to stop the deal look bad, their own ratio shows Xbox down by over 3m units in their strongest market, PS5 is beating them even worse in probably every other market. Xbox needs this deal to go through just to maybe catch up to PS5 in Xbox's strongest market, it certainly won't turn the tide of the console war on a worldwide basis. 

Last edited by shikamaru317 - on 22 June 2023