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Kyuu on 19 March 2024
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chakkra said:
Kyuu said:

Me moments ago:

"PC is destroying Xbox and hurting Playstation hardware sales. So much that even if Xbox hypothetically exists console hardware, Playstation could very well still decline."

Why did you skip this? lol.

PC keeps growing and is clearly eating into the console market. Series XS has been trending below Xbox One before any talks about going multiplatform. And Playstation hardware, as I said countless times before, is being affected also. But growth in first party and the weaker direct competition are offsetting the damage.

In short, PC is hurting both consoles, but Xbox is more affected for rather obvious reasons.

That obvious reason being the fact that by putting their games on PC MS is stripping away the need for PC gamers to get an Xbox, but for some reason you think that principle don't apply when we talk about MS putting their games on other platforms.

Look, I guess we're just gonna have to wait to see how big the decline will be in the next few months; if the decline remains around the same percentage as it has been in the last year, then I will concede that this first batch didnt hurt that much, but if the drop is anywhere near as bad as it was in Europe, then you cannot come here with a fresh face and tell me "oh, this was supposed to happen".

Countless new and future gamers aren't yet bound to any platform, and will just go with the platform that is hyped up or superior from on objective standpoint, provided they can afford it. And this leaves Xbox in a bad position because PC and Playstation are much better alternatives. But yes, Microsoft supporting PS and Nintendo also feeds into this and will surely contribute to the decline. I just think the major cause of the decline is PC day and date. Late ports to Nintendo and Playstation platforms is a distant second, but it does add up.

Last edited by Kyuu - on 19 March 2024