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Forums - Sales Discussion - Race to 100M: PlayStation 5 versus Xbox Platform

 

Who Wins?

PlayStation 5 42 70.00%
 
Xbox Platform 6 10.00%
 
Neither Will Reach 100M 12 20.00%
 
Total:60
Norion on 01 January 2023
PotentHerbs said:
IcaroRibeiro said:

Are you counting Xbox GP subscribers as two users?

Mar1217 said:

So the count isn't about the consoles but more so the whoever reaches the 100M subscriber milestone on respective platform ?

This is confusing, in that case neither because there's obviously overlapping to take into account.

If we are solely speaking of console sales then the PS5 will take the cake obviously. The Xbox is still too much of a non-factor in the international markets compared to Sony even with the massive push for the success of the Series S

Its a comparison of GamePass subscribers (IE. Microsoft reported 25M at the start of 2022) + Xbox Series X/S hardware sales, which represents the Xbox platform, versus PlayStation 5 hardware sales. 

Oh if you're counting total number of GP subscribers + Xbox Series hardware sales instead of the hardware plus GP subs on other platforms then there's no way PS5 gets there first since GP would only need to reach 40-50m subs in the next 4-5 years for the Xbox platform to get there first which should be a guarantee.



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Oneeee-Chan!!! on 02 January 2023

You might as well have asked how many XS would have been sold when the PS5 reached 100 million units!

rapsuperstar31 on 02 January 2023

Playstation 5 will hit 100 million units first, and Xbox will fall short of that but be close. Talking specifically gamepass on everything including pc, steam, upcoming streaming sticks Xbox will hit 100 million subscribers before playstation + Essential/Extra,Premium hits it, but neither will hit it this generation of consoles.



The_Liquid_Laser on 02 January 2023

Neither platform is going to get to 100m+.



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Pinkie_pie on 02 January 2023
The_Liquid_Laser said:

Neither platform is going to get to 100m+.

So 56m or less combined by year end 2023?



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BINARYGOD on 10 January 2023

maybe this is what you meant, and I would need to redo my poll selection - but you said Xbox series 1 consoles + Xbox GP subs, but shouldn't it be ultimateGP+PC-only-GP(+mobile only if it is added at some point) added to console sales for Xbox to show the true number of Xbox customers?

I guess we can never get a good enough answer on the breakdown of GP sub types given you can only really ask MS or a 3rd party they secretly tell to give you data (unlike console sales where any retailer is a source).



PotentHerbs on 12 July 2023

Thought I'd bump this thread in light of new developments:

With 21M Xbox Series X/S units sold, 25M GamePass subscribers from early 2022, it puts the Xbox platform currently around 46M and potentially in the ballpark of 50M - 55M. That's before the inevitable drop of Activision Blizzard on GamePass + Starfield's impact on console sales & subscriptions, which could significantly boost both of those figures.

The PlayStation 5 on the other hand had a monstrous Q1. It has officially shipped over 38M lifetime and Sony is projecting over 25M+ PS5's for FY23. That would put the PlayStation 5 at 63M+ units by March 2024 if Sony meets their projections.