Seems that way. I truly don’t think the majority of XBOX gamers actually buy games. Most recent example was RE8 and now the game that originated on the XBOX most likely sells considerably better on the PS4? I know Gamepass has been in existence for awhile, but I’m really wondering what’s going on.
From my personal experience, there's something of a skism happening, which will become more apparent over the course of this generation.
Those XB fans that have suffered through the back end of 360 and XB1, like my friend, unless they're gung-ho on MS exclusives, just don't care enough about gaming anymore. He's had it beat out of him. His XBSX exists as a gamepass/bc box, as he happens to still want a TV gaming setup, whereas he could potentially just use GP on his mobile, which is what he's usually tapping on for some phone game when he's not on his XB.
No new games interest him. At best he'll probably watch a YT playthrough of RE8 now, and hope it drops onto GP for *free later down the line.
Yet his eyes will fill with fire at Sony's new £70 day 1 release price, even though he buys nothing (other than console and GP subscription, rarely does he purchase anything from the ms store), let alone on day 1. Or he will harp on about any precieved downfall of Sony's (true or not). I don't really understand his mindset a lot of the time.