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A bit more than that since Xbox runs Windows too.
by 5e92cb50239222b 3y ago
A bit more than that since Xbox runs Windows too.
- WhereIsTheTruth 3y agoJuly console sales: PS5: 1.2m Switch: 950k Xbox: 370k Xbox accounts for just 17% of total console sales in July Both Switch and PS5 are FreeBSD based If we count the whole period of the current gen of each vendors, it only accounts for 13%, it's not big https://www.vgchartz.com/ https://www.vgchartz.com/
- rstat1 3y agoActually its only the PS5 that's FreeBSD based. Switch runs a completely proprietary Nintendo OS that borrows a lot from Android.
- GranPC 3y agoIt borrows very little from Android - I think it mostly draws some parts from stagefright.
- rstat1 3y agoAlso borrows the whole of its compositor "nvnflinger" from Android's "SurfaceFlinger". I'd call that a pretty significant piece.
- WhereIsTheTruth 3y agoA mix of the two "partially Unix-like via certain components which are based on FreeBSD and Android" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch_system_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch_system_softwar...
- rstat1 3y agofrom the same article "it is based on a proprietary microkernel" "....Despite popular misconceptions to the contrary, Horizon (the Switch's OS) is not largely derived from FreeBSD code, nor from Android..."
- squeaky-clean 3y agoAnd what about actual game sales and revenue through things like GamePass. It doesn't help your game if a million people bought a Nintendo Switch if 80% of them only buy Pokémon, Mario Kart and Zelda.
- pjmlp 3y agoA special flavour of Windows.