I was over on another thread and was starting to get sidetracked off topic but maybe itâs cool to discuss here.
So itâs a really common opinion in the gaming media and among gamers that the PS5 is outselling Xbox Series consoles by the millions. I just donât see how this could possibly be true. Both consoles are sold out and logically it should be closer to a tie. Sure there are older reports about PS5 having an early lead due to beginning the manufacturing process sooner but thatâs hardly anything more than a 10% advantage in sales for the PS5. The one caveat could be is that Xbox is using some of their chips for Xcloud.
Anyway I just wanted to put this odd sounding narrative that Sony is selling millions more consoles than Xbox to bed. They are both sold out. What would prevent Microsoft from making just as many Xboxâs as Sony makes PlayStations? If the only answer is Xcloud, the why not change the narrative to PlayStation outsells Xbox* âŚ. * but because Microsoft uses some chips for Xcloud both companies are tied.
Anyway needed to rant because I find the current narrative confusing and maybe even a little bit deceitful. Both consoles are sold out and will continue to be sold out until 2022. There is no way Xbox will intentionally make fewer Xboxâs, it just doesnât make logical sense.
its def selling millions more because Sony has produced more PS5s than Microsoft produced Series X/S. Sony will most likely lead this gen again, but Microsoft aim will be to hit a certain number of gamepass subcribers maybe something like 65million subscribers by end of gen
A few things here. First, it doesnât matter since Xbox is console+PC+cloud and not comparable to the one trick Sony. Second, they sell out as fast as they can produce (at least the Series X) and kinda hard to sell more than you have.
I still think PS5 will sell more consoles, but it would be a huge fail for Sony if they didnât since thatâs their conservative old-school thing. They have to.
If Sony ordered 10 million PS5s but only 50% were delivered due to a chip shortage, they would have 5 million PS5s. If MS ordered 8 million Xbox but only 50% were delivered, they would have 4 million Xbox.
MS forecasted and ordered more consoles than Xbox One, they got fewer due to the manufacturing issues. Sony forecasted and ordered many more, still impacted by manufacturing but has more consoles to sell.
Nope that explanation doesnât work. Xbox knew theyâd need extra chips for Xcloud. If anything they forecasted a higher more aggressive number than Sony.
Iâm saying Xbox console sales are tied with PS5 and will remain tied until this console shortage ends. I think at this point if Microsoft chooses to forgo a guaranteed Series console sale to instead use that chip for Xcloud then they also view each Xcloud blade manufactured as equal to a console sale. The two companies are tied literally.
Yeah but millions more?! Iâd say 10% more at best.
Theyâre not tied. Sony was at 7.8m as of March 31st and are reportedly up to 9m as of May 31st. Microsoft doesnât disclose console sales numbers even though they should but last reported number was approximately around 6m but im not sure of the cutoff date.
If Microsoft was somehow tied with Sony, then im pretty sure that they would publicly release a statement saying so because that would be extremely impressive and would be bragged about regardless of who likes it or not.
To manufacture an Xbox right now is to produce a guaranteed instant sale. Donât trust unconfirmed reported numbers without some critical thinking. Here is where I think the narrative started; early Twitter said take the reported PS5 sales and subtract 1 million and you will have the Xbox numbers. People have been using that as their formula to guess the numbers ever since.
Look it really is as simple as this. Both consoles are sold out. Of course they are tied. Why would Xbox not make as many consoles as PlayStation? ⌠it makes no sense.
Doubt it, as Phil is on record saying even if they sell more they are never going to disclose console numbers as that is not going to be a metric they will ever follow.
Console sales make a lot of sense for traditional media, but a services focused company has to tear themselves away from it. It has to be a very different kind of thinking.
Since they arenât going to release the numbers anymore a lot of people will of course use that as a vehicle to sell whatever narrative they want to sell, especially folks still invested in console warz, but it should be of no concern to anyone who isnât still caught up in that nonsense.
