PS2 was a very unique case indeed. Sold for $99 in the end, mostly used as a cheap DVD player (while hardware sales were still good, software sales plummeted to almost zero at the same time). I still think it could happen for Switch, the legs are real.
Unless Series X starts getting games that are absent for Series S owners, I can't see how that particular line you're drawing is any different from the line the disk/digital versions of PS5 have.
To this day I can't get over the arrogance of the Chicago Bulls acting like they won all those championships when every other team was supply constrained on Michael Jordans. Super sneaky.If a healthy person beats someone with a broken ankle in a foot race, is that really a win?
if a sony console warrior cries in a forest, does anyone care?If a healthy person beats someone with a broken ankle in a foot race, is that really a win?
Coming from a retired professional athlete I can assure you when I took the mound and when I struck out any hitter the feeling was just as good if they were perfectly healthy or they were injured in some wayIf a healthy person beats someone with a broken ankle in a foot race, is that really a win?
Msoft stopped giving out numbers several years ago, part-way into the PS4/ Xbox One generation. It's nothing new, and makes perfect sense they would continue not giving them out. Because they really don't matter, and the number of systems you sell doesn't really illustrate how much money your platform business is making, given software, accessories, and subscriptions.
All my friends who played on 360 had at least 4 or 5 xbox 360 because of RROD. When the 360 had RROD they would repair, sell it and buy a new one.
Can you prove MS have higher production than sony? You're the one who made the claim.
They were released at the same exact time and share an identical software library, they are for sure, 100%, absolutely considered the same generation/ family of systems.
Let's be clear too that I think the HD console market as a whole will expand this generation. Both are selling at record setting pace despite heavy supply constraints. And that's with barely a current exclusive out there. I don't see how there will be some major drop off in demand with a start like that. Plus I believe this generation will be a year longer. And I could also see developing countries buying more consoles.Agreed, worldwide won't be hard to pull off
Xbox up until now has been functionally non-existent in Japan, and Sony's had an iron grip on Europe. With the stock shortages, Msoft has the chance to gain some share outside the US, for sure. Personally, I think XSX is a great console, and I'm very happy to see it doing so well. I had an Xbox One and thought the way Msoft turned things around starting in 2015 was awesome.
MS dedicated a portion of hardware manufacturing ( including processor and graphics chips ) toward the server blades needed to host streaming next gen games. Sony used all if its manufacturing capacity to make PS5 consoles ( even stopping PS4 manufacturing for a while)
For sure, PS5 will not lose 1st place in Europe to Xbox, but Xbox will make inroads. Console gaming is growing, same as with PC gaming. Industry keeps getting bigger!
Where were the "if a healthy athlete beats an athlete with a broken ankle" metaphors back then?
It wont outsell the 360 worldwide, not even close.
Possibly a good theory but our resident banned user who came back from the dead to be shamed for losing a bet is playing both sides. In the other thread of the earning report he is saying, that quarter, Xbox hardware sales were down 11% YoY and 5.3% to the previous quarter because supply was worse. Here he is saying MS solved their supply issues. If MS were fitting server blades last year xbox supply would be up and sales would be up. Here he is claiming both that supply situation is bad so lower sales AND MS are great at production now because they solved it.
Sneaky Microsoft hiding numbers!! It's not fair! waaah!!
Well good for Microsoft I guess that Sony dropped the ball. Sony should have made a Series S type of PS5 that was easier to manufacture to get more consoles into people's hands. They didn't have the foresight that Microsoft had though. And it's to Microsoft's advantage. They've made a huge comeback vs last gen. It's great to see!
The race after MS buys western publishing.If a healthy person beats someone with a broken ankle in a foot race, is that really a win?
Nothing to do with being sneaky but clearly it makes it difficult to know production when they don't provide shipped numbers and your ass asking for a source when you are the one making claims about better supply chain for lower numbers. You're just being as obtuse as ever trying to ask for a source when it doesn't take a genius to know who has higher production output.
Was the whole game plan of the S and X to have the edge in power and the edge in pricing
You salty I called you out on your made up shit. Deal with it. And you still can't comprehend my post. SMH. Take the L.
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I suppose we can keep playing this game of whether MS made the right move with the Series S until this gen ends. Right now it was clearly the right move. I don't think we have a breakdown between Series S and X sales (someone correct me if I'm wrong), but the Series S is the console that has been readily available all along. The SXS, like the PS5, has had sporadic availability.
They aren't they fell behind the PS4 a while back.
How is it the fastest selling if it's behind the PS4 launch aligned now?
