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In what sense has Microsoft "eventually won"? Sony actually makes money on games, Microsoft more-or-less breaks even. The PS4, so far, is outselling the XBox On
by Tloewald 12y ago
In what sense has Microsoft "eventually won"? Sony actually makes money on games, Microsoft more-or-less breaks even. The PS4, so far, is outselling the XBox One, even in the US -- despite Microsoft breaking down and offering a kinect-less cheaper version.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4-tops-june-2014-npd-sales-chart-despite-xbox-on/1100-6421187/ http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4-tops-june-2014-npd-sale...
- astrodust 12y agoLast I checked it's no longer the 2000s. Microsoft did achieve dominance in the US market with the 360 in the late 2000s.
- mreiland 12y agocitation please.
- astrodust 12y agoNot hard to find: http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/NPD_Seventh_generation http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/NPD_Seventh_generation In the US market, the 360 trounced the PS3. A large part of this had to do with the launch cost being more than $100 lower.
- Tloewald 12y agoDoesn't look "dominance" to me aside from the initial launch (where the PS3 was supply-constrained iirc): http://www.geekwire.com/2013/xbox-360-wii-ps3-won-console-generation/ http://www.geekwire.com/2013/xbox-360-wii-ps3-won-console-ge... Really, the winner was Nintendo, which sold a buttload of very cheaply made consoles for close to the same price as far loss-leading higher-powered competitors. Of these companies, only Microsoft was spending profits from other sectors to build its position in the console market.