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PS5 Has Now Officially Outsold Every Xbox Console Ever Released

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Thought they meant combined which sounded absurd. Otherwise though, how is this a big deal - PS has outsold Xbox every single generation so of course the PS5 would sell more than any Xbox unless the market completely crashed.
 
The only reason X360 performed so good was because Sony fucked up big time in the first half of the generation. Never happened again since then though.
 
Thought they meant combined which sounded absurd. Otherwise though, how is this a big deal - PS has outsold Xbox every single generation so of course the PS5 would sell more than any Xbox unless the market completely crashed.
That's what I thought, too, and seems like how they intended us to first understand it. BS clickbait.
 
The only reason X360 performed so good was because Sony fucked up big time in the first half of the generation. Never happened again since then though.
The full year head start helped too.

It is funny how Microsoft fans laughed at PS3 costing $499/$599 for decades, yet now Xbox is $599/$649/$799 and there are indications the next one will be $1200.
 
I mean, what else are people going to buy? Boring-ass console market these days.

Like, sales figures are neat and all that but I'm not going to sit here and pretend like the ps5 isn't an absolute joke of a console compared to the OG Xbox or the 360. More players in the market means that modern consoles are obviously going to move more units.
 
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Thought they meant combined which sounded absurd. Otherwise though, how is this a big deal - PS has outsold Xbox every single generation so of course the PS5 would sell more than any Xbox unless the market completely crashed.

Because some people said consoles are dying.
 
Super misleading headline. It implies PS5 has sold more than every Xbox combined which is wrong

PS5 has sold barely more than Xbox 360
 
idc xbox 360 still best console ever
360 undisputed multiplayer cultural GOAT in America. XBone has to be a top 3 tech fumble when you think of the opportunity cost. The position they were in. All they had to be was normal and do less. They went way far out of their way to fuck up. Usually it's when people don't do enough.
 
I preferred the 360 over the ps3. Fun fact: I bought a ps3 and then pawned it after playing mgs5 and letting it sit.

I ended up finding a 360 in a dumpster at my work and it became my most played console in my adult years (PC doesn't count)
 
Just because Xbox is dead in the water but PS5 is still tracking flat vs PS4. They obviously aren't dead but seem to plateaued for now.

Are we sure they are plateauing if more people are gaming on PS4 and PS5, than they were on PS3 and PS4?
 
Are we sure they are plateauing if more people are gaming on PS4 and PS5, than they were on PS3 and PS4?
Well maybe it is just getting stretched out and becoming more PC like with a bunch of players on older hardware. If Fortnite and the like are still on PS4 when the PS6 launches will a decent number of people just stick with PS4? Could we get double cross gen?
 
Thought they meant combined which sounded absurd. Otherwise though, how is this a big deal - PS has outsold Xbox every single generation so of course the PS5 would sell more than any Xbox unless the market completely crashed.

Yeah. News must be really bad for these sites.

Is there a playstation home console that hasn't outsold the 360?
 
Whilst Switch & DS has outsold every Sony console ever released, despite the extra 10m PS2 receipts Sony 'found' last year.
 
Whilst Switch & DS has outsold every Sony console ever released, despite the extra 10m PS2 receipts Sony 'found' last year.
Well, firstly, Ps2 was above DS even before Sony announced the final Ps2 numbers (154M Vs. +155M).

Secondly, the Ps2 sales numbers were merged with the PS3 sales numbers back in 2012/2013, so all that was recorded at that point was the last Ps2 exclusive number as that was the best we had. All Sony did now was to finally provide us with the actual split. Those Ps2's have always been there, which is why the record has always said "More than 155M" and not just "155M".
 
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Whilst Switch & DS has outsold every Sony console ever released, despite the extra 10m PS2 receipts Sony 'found' last year.
PS2 has the majority of its sales in an era where purchasing online was still a rather new thing. It's sales are far more impressive due to this. You pretty much had to go to the store to get one.
 
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