A week ago we learned that in competition between PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | WITH, Microsoft declared the loser. It’s a pretty strong statement, and it also comes amid a legal confrontation between Microsoft and the US FTC, which intends to veto the Activision-Blizzard King acquisition until its final statement, which we can almost assume will be the which will determine whether the operation will complete or not.

Microsoft’s position in the gaming market has had its ups and downs. The main shadow is of course sor the inability to stand up to the almighty Sony that generation after generation has been able to make PlayStation the benchmark in the sector. In this regard, it is true that we saw a great convergence in the generation of PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. But Microsoft’s flawed approach to Xbox One was a drag for the company. The brake, as Phil Spencer himself recognized, was produced in a key generation, which is why it still weighs heavily today and could continue to do so in the future.

the lights are on constantly expanding catalog, which bought Zenimax, undoubtedly grew quantitatively and qualitatively, and we must not forget that it also owns the best-selling game in history, Minecraft. And of course the huge success of Xbox Game Pass, the company’s game subscription service. And yes, it’s true that Sony has decided against it several times, most recently a few days ago, but it’s also true that its reception among gamers has been extremely positive and that Sony itself is finally in its stride.

Microsoft doesn’t typically release Xbox Series X sales figures S, but as we can see in the Wccfts, they seem to have done so only recently. According to the mentioned publication Microsoft has sold 21 million Xbox Series X|S consoles. The data was shown by the company itself at an event held this week in Brazil, so we can understand that we are talking about fairly fresh data.

For his part, hePlayStation 5 sales figures at the end of the first quarter of this year were more than 38.4 millionwhich is a figure that doesn’t include sales for April, May and June, and while we can’t directly extrapolate the figures, it says that during the first quarter of 2023 the company sold 6.1 million PlayStation 5 units, confirming that once the shortage of units is over , the PS5 is generating more interest among gamers than the Xbox Series.