Well, we are at the crossroads now that a clear and complete image is finally upon most of us. That image, to nobody's surprise that thought logically about things, is PS5. I have said multiple times that this so-called "war" was over the moment all those developers took part in Playstation 5's launch video. Both 3rd party developers and first-party developers all in one voice screaming "Welcome to Playstation 5". But a lot of Xbox fanboys didn't like that conclusion. And while I was not a fanboy of either and still today find myself trying to find a reason to even continue gaming period, I knew unbiasedly that Playstation only needed to do what they have already been doing, rinse and repeat their successful push of first-party exclusive and all would be over.
So fast forward today and after all the back and forth over graphics and framerates. After all the false talks about RDNA 2 and machine learning. After all the false hype about power or loading speeds. What we have are two systems that have roughly the same ability and power with the same architect for their internals ...just with small differences and focus of priorities. And because neither system is truly better enough to matter in 3rd party games...it comes down to Mindshare. And that mindshare has always been with Sony. Sony has the minds and hearts of not only the gamers but the developers because they sell more of their software and have a much more friendlier design to program for. Over and over again, month after month..there is only one console that dominates the world's mind... The PS5. To date, Sony has sold 14 million Consoles compared to Xbox Series X/s 6.7 million. Sony is also the ONLY console making profit. And on top of all of this...has the most subscription payers than Xbox who actually give away all Exclusive to the members of their subscription services.
Now, I want you to stop and truly think about this for a moment. Here is a company, Microsoft, that is giving away exclusive titles for free to all game pass members and even makes it so that they give away their own consoles if the gamer agrees to pay for Gamepass for 2 or 3 years (something like that) and yet this same company ...after spending Billions on buying out Bethesda can't even beat Sony in sales or memberships. But yet fanboys of Xbox continue to act like they have something more than what truly is there. They continue to hold out hopes for a secret button that Microsoft will hit one day that will magically make their system better and their games all of sudden great. They refuse to look at the handwriting on the wall. They are down 7 million consoles before the Christmas holiday in the first full year of their release of the consoles. Sony hasn't even started their momentum push yet and the war is already over. Yes, look people and look hard ...this is the most embarrassing defeat and result in the history of gaming. Never before has a company given away all their Exclusives assets and even some third party games like MLB the Show...and yet still lose to their competition by not 1 million or even 3 or 4 million but 7 million units. Microsoft's image is a joke for consoles and they should truly be ashamed of this. If you can't win in your own house, worldwide, nor even after giving away the consoles and games ...then what is your purpose of being a gaming company?
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