AdjudicatorHead
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Which is neither here nor there in relation the point I was making - refuting the claim of the poster I was replying to that hardware sales aren’t that important and making incorrect conclusions from the numbers.The same goes for Xbox mate. It's a two way street. Sony was always going to be strong out of the gate early this gen and they continue to be in front of Xbox, Switch is just dominating though. As for mid-late this gen it will be far more interesting in terms of the Sony vs Xbox sales and profits. Currently Xbox generate a higher percentage of profit and Sony sell more hardware. Things will change this gen progresses.
But in relation to your point, it’s not “the same” either, as Sony started from a much stronger position and their non hardware revenues and profits in their most recent earnings were much stronger than Microsoft decline of 4% in revenue, indicating that a large gap in spend on each platform still exists, despite hardware sales being very similar due to supply bottlenecks limited units available and narrowing the gap in overall revenue between the divisions at present. If ample supply was available right now, indicators point that PS5 would be outselling Xbox Series X, however, that’s not to say that Series X would be selling poorly, it’s would still be posting very strong numbers - considerably stronger than last gen.
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