Microsoft has apparently weighed in on the PS4 vs Xbox One gross sales debate, telling Brazilian authorities that PS4 offered twice as many items because the Xbox One did. It’s nearly extraordinary for Microsoft to speak about online game {hardware} and software program gross sales, nevertheless it appears to be like like the corporate made a uncommon exception whereas arguing in protection of its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Sure, this tidbit of knowledge comes from the identical court docket paperwork which have given us gems like Microsoft accusing Sony of “blocking” video games from touchdown on Sport Go, and the corporate dismissing Sony’s issues about potential Name of Responsibility exclusivity.
Microsoft’s assertion on PS4 vs Xbox One gross sales
As noticed by GameLuster and later verified by Eurogamer, web page 17/18 (paragraph 46) of the aforementioned court docket paperwork roughly translate to: “Sony has surpassed Microsoft when it comes to console gross sales and put in base, having offered greater than twice as many [as] Xbox [One consoles] within the final era.” The corporate then goes on to say that Sony traditionally has extra of a loyal fan base than Microsoft does, and therefore, the acquisition of Activision Blizzard or any future exclusivity offers are unlikely to sway PlayStation gamers in direction of Xbox consoles. However let’s return to gross sales for a minute…
Sony is now not reporting PS4 shipments which implies the ultimate whole for the console is ~117.2 million as of March 2022. pic.twitter.com/hWHv7NZ6RL
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) August 10, 2022
Relating to the PS4’s lifetime gross sales, Sony has settled for 117.2 million items offered. If we assume that Xbox One offered roughly half of this quantity, that places your entire Xbox One console household (together with the One S and X) at 58.6 million items offered. That’s considerably lower than the PS3’s lifetime gross sales of 87 million and the Xbox 360’s lifetime gross sales of 84 million. Ouch!
In different information, dataminers have discovered references to multiplayer in Spider-Man PC information, and PS Plus Premium customers are upset over a scarcity of classics within the August 2022 lineup.
