Nintendo expected to overtake Microsoft in 2018

Nintendo is expected to have a larger share of the console market than Microsoft this year as the Switch continues to perform well.

Analysis from IHS Markit reveals that over $10 billion was spent globally on Xbox hardware, software and services in 2017, while spending on Nintendo products was around $8 billion. This is approximately double what the Japanese firm achieved in 2016, while Microsoft actually saw a slight year-on-year dip.

[Moonman]

Well that was fast! ;p

[G20WLY]

Lmao dat thumbnail! 😆

[uptownsoul]

Things can get very interesting in 2018

[naruga]

though they should have showed Master Chief as MS Mascot

[Fist4achin]

That is badass! I love it!

[ABizzel1]

Not going to happen. Late 2019 at the earliest.

Realistically speaking by this point XBO should be at a minimum of 35m units sold.

The Switch is selling extremely well and should be over 15m sold.

That's a 20m gap, which means Switch has to sell 20m units in the next 9 months while the XBO sell 0, which isn't going to happen.

That being said there is a strong chance the Switch could sell 20m units, but the XBO will go on to sell a minimum of 6m units (more than likely closer to its average 8m, with a $199 permanent price drop). Which means the Switch will still be 6m behind, and a best case scenario surpass XBO Summer 2019.

[UltraNova]

I guess the mighty X wasn't that...mighty afterall.

[darthv72]

This is about $$ made in general for the year, not units sold. Just so people understand.

[Moonman]

Well we all know that day is coming far sooner than later too. Microsoft won't even confirm how many they have actually sold. The internet has only been guessing. lol

[showtimefolks]

Moon

Don't say that they always talk about numbers when they win a month or 2 in a year

Rest of the year only xblive user numbers and hours played because as you know if Xbox isn't doing better than competition than sales don't matter

[Segata]

in 10 months Switch sold about half as many XBO's have been sold. The Switch can easily overtake XBO sold as it's now projected to sell over 20 million this upcoming fiscal year. By end of this month, I wouldn't doubt if Switch already nears 20 million. It's the fastest selling system ever in it's the first year so far.

[darthv72]

@above... true, units sold is a hot topic but why not let that be discussed in articles that focus on that?

This one is about $$ in general and all companies get profits from hardware / software / services. MS may not sell the most units but they still make $$ and Nintendo is looking to make more $$ by doing the same things as MS. Nintendo should be adding in their online service this year, and that revenue adds to the overall $$ for the year.

[uptownsoul]

@darthv72 - "This is about $$ made in general for the year, not units sold. Just so people understand."

You are 100% correct (and for that I, for one, will give you a thumbs up)...

Having said that, the $$ made in general (console sales, game content & services combined) is more important than units sold.

[RosweeSon]

Which generally equates to units sold as to make the money you have to shift the units... or just continue to sell Xbox live which Microsoft are looks like the people are getting bored of yearly subscriptions for yearly churned games 😱🙌🏻
28591;🏻✌🏻Ԍ 99;🕹

[darthv72]

@Ros... "Which generally equates to units sold as to make the money you have to shift the units."

That isnt true. Units sold only amount to a small percentage of revenue because of the hardware costs involved. Even sold at a profit it is less revenue percentage than what a piece of software or membership amounts to. It's been like that for generations where more $$ is made from software than hardware. The only platform that was initially sold for profit was the 3DO and look how that turned out. The 3DO company made $$ off of software sales and licensing while the companies that made 3DO units (panasonic, goldstar, etc) sold systems at crazy high prices to recoup their investment costs.

Basically, MS, Sony and Nintendo make the bulk of their $$ from the sales of software, licensing and services while hardware bring up the rest.

[indysurfn]

Average the Xbox on S $250, and the Xbox one X $500 cost out, and it looks like the analyst has the console sold of each. So they should have enough information to figure out that there will be enough consoles of the SWITCH to surpass the xbox one family they are not mathematically stupid.

[lxeasy]

no surprise there

[Kribwalker]

Big congrats to Nintendo. They put out quality hardware with the best console exclusive games, as shown with Mario and Zelda last year and continuing through this year.

They are talking about annual money spent on platforms and services with $20 billion being spent on PS4/Vita/PS3 consoles and software/services last year Vs 10 billion spent across XboxOne/Xbox 360 last year and and 9 billion spent across the Switch/3DS/Wiiu last year. Not consoles sold.

It’s good to see the industry is booming so that games will be here for a long time, with almost $40 billion being spend in the console space alone last year. A healthy industry is a good industry

[Lime123]

Yep, soon Xbox One will be in last place. Poor Xbox fans....

[UCForce]

But not for MS to be honest. As long as MS keep ignoring the competition, this going hurt them in long term. Sony and Nintendo are doing extremely well with their console and exclusive.

[UCForce]

Well, like I said before. Microsoft going to get pinned by two competitors if they keep ignoring the competition. Two companies do extremely well.

[DarkVoyager]

I knew it wouldn’t be long. PS4 and Switch both have amazing exclusives. On top of that one is portable. Xbox needs new IP and compelling exclusives to really compete

[SuperSonic91]

Here Comes A New Challenger!

MS really needs to get its act together .... fast!

[Nebaku]

Worded as if Microsoft as a company has ever given two shits about their game division. From the get-go its existed soley as a marketing endeavor to make a good buck without much effort. The second it doesn't turn a profit for them, Microsoft will drop the division immediately.

[rainslacker]

MS isn't ignoring the competition, they just don't seem to be able to find a way to overcome it.

[UCForce]

You can say that, but it’s still ignorant from MS. They don’t even mention how their competitors got upper hand.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

That's what happens when you have lack of AAA exclusives. Once again MS is doing this to themselves.

[Yohshida]

how did sony do so well 2013-2014? Oh looks like AAA exclusives arent that important after all

[Eonjay]

You guys aren't gonna stop until you complete destroy Xbox. Microsoft needs a better class of fans.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

MS shot themselves in the foot with their bad policy.

[Yohshida]

Ah ok got it, AAA exclusives only matter when Sony has more. Otherwise its about power, ok.

[darthv72]

Sony did so well because of the bitter taste of bad policies from MS's initial reveal. It didnt matter if they were reversed before launch... those who made up their minds werent going to change.

XBO did have more AAA games during the first couple of years than PS4 but it was not enough to get people to get on board. Regardless of all the right moves MS has made over the years you will still have those who just dont care.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Buddy at some point you need to start asking Microsoft what they're doing because as much as I might like Capcom or Konami based on what they've done well , I can't sit idly by while they make just a ridiculous series of mistakes is not saying you hate the company but it is simply saying that you like the publisher enough to want them to change and do better.

So of course I like Resident Evil it's actually ironically why I'm going to talk so much crap about Resident Evil 5 and 6 because it's not the direction I want the series to go of course I'm going to question with the publisher does because I want them to do better that doesn't mean I hate Capcom that doesn't mean I want them to fail and trying to bring up another publisher is not going to solve another Publishers problems.

I'm sorry but you guys are only doing this because you guys bought a piece of hardware as an investment with a belief it was going to get a bunch of Triple A new intellectual property, you made a mistake you backed the wrong horse and now you're trying to find any possible way to defend these actions to not admit some sort of buyer's remorse.

I think it's easier for gamers to admit it publisher made a mistake when they also didn't have to spend a couple hundred dollars with a damn system in the first place with the belief of only getting that Select Title.
I mean look at how the communities talking about Electronic Arts regarding Mass Effect? There are many hardcore Mass Effect fans that preys Mass Effect 2 and 3 that clearly do not like Andromeda because what is happened it doesn't actually mean they hate Mass Effect it simply means they like the series enough to want it to do better.

There's numerous examples of communities that come together and agree that a publisher as come across some hard times but you'll find when that publisher is tied to Hardware that people are reluctant to admit the mistakes even with as obvious as they are.

So trust me we all know those people that are going to swear the order 1886 was Game of the Year or that Star Fox Zero was the perfect game or that lucky Tales is the best top tier AAA content.

Believe me buddy if we were out here talking about a third party publisher you would not be singing praises over failures.

So when we're looking at Electronic Arts in trying to figure out what they could do to fix themselves I don't know what trying to bring up Activision is going to do 😂😂😂

You just don't want to admit the failure because you paid a lot of money for a system that clearly is not keeping up its end of the bargain in terms of exclusive content.

[DigitalRaptor]

Cheaper console, more powerful, more games (AAA or not), nostalgia, better marketing and well... I think you already know this, but Microsoft shot themselves in the foot worse than any other gaming company in history. They attempted some really radical and unwarranted things that gamers pushed back on. It was unprecedented, and they've recovered remarkably, but Nintendo simply was on fire from the moment they pulled back the curtain on the NX.

[Chris12]

Edmix, what an absolute crock of a post, patronising other gamers for their choices just because their purchasing decisions and requirements are different to yours. We all get YOU don't like Xbox, fortunately there are an awful lot of people who do.

[fenome]

The Last of Us released in 2013. Enough said. Lol

[Yohshida]

_-EDMIX-_

What have they done wrong?
They dont announce games 20 years out anymore, we know nothing beyond the second half of 2018 not because they have no game but because they decided not to announce any, yet. Dont worry they will come. They fixed the console, gave us every feature possible and some great services. Now they focus 100% on games.

What has Sony done for me lately, im a MP guy 95% of the time. Will sony ever release a decent MP game? Im just not into one and done SP story focused game like you calim everyone ever is. Sorry I prefer Gameplay over graphics and Story. Scripted nonsense isnt something I adore.

[UCForce]

Well, MS just don’t know what the heck they were doing with their Xbox brand especially their competitors got the upper hands.

[notachance]

MS focused too much on NA and UK

I'm in asia and we get the raw deal, even excluding the very obvious lack of games:
- XB1 is way more expensive compared to PS and Switch, because there is little to no demands for it distributor supplied very few if not at all any XB products. In my country PS and Switch has about the same price as it is on US, it's not the case for XB1
- You can throw all those good experience you have with XBL, because here the server is laggy, almost no friends play there, and those good deals occasionally happening in the west is simply non-existent.
- No dedicated local support in my country while PS and Nintendo have one, lol seriously we have to call/go to another country if something happened
- NO GAMES LOL. Seriously MS is way too focused on multiplayer, it's a damn double-edged sword in regions where XBL is a barren wasteland. We don't care if Halo 5 is the 'best shooter' or whatever, no one to play with = no buy. It's SP games like Zelda, Mario, TLoU, HZD that pushed people to buy consoles in growing regions mate.

MS won't be winning anything anytime soon as long as they kept playing favourites, those 2:1 difference happened not just because some lame slight power gap or whatever you US dudes think is the reason while being blind to how MS treats other part of the world.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

There were exclusives but your fanboy self knew that already. I also love how losers like you still try to act like exclusives don't matter when the last few years especially last year and this year showed that they do matter

[doos_vd_kak]

There are many reasons why Sony did well 2013 - 2014.

The right question you should be asking is why are we now seeing the Ps4 and Switch continue to go from strength to strength, as opposed to xbox, which is falling behind in comparison?

The answer is AAA exclusives. Quality one's.

[Razzer]

2013-2014 Retail First Party
Killzone: Shadow Fall
Knack
Driveclub
Infamous Second Son
Infamous First Light
LittleBigPlanet 3
MLB 14: The Show
TLOU Remastered

Yes, they were important.

[WelkinCole]

1. Sony had many great games from 2013-2014 both on PS3 and PS4
2. PS4 was cheaper
3. The majority of people don't have short memories like you folks regarding the xbox and PS Brand. With the PS Brand people are confident that they will
a. Release exceptional varied games experiences throughout the PS console lifecycle
b. Supported globally

But has made it worse is you folks blind fanboy loyalty that you don't call out MS BS and point out their weakness instead cover them all the time.

[Yohshida]

Oh sorry I was wrong.

Sony is god, sony is life. Please sony take me into your inner soul and make me one of your warriorz! MS is EVIL!

[Razzer]

Your a bit butthurt when you are wrong, you know that?

[KickSpinFilter]

Many reasons at launch...
1. MS cost of $100 more (major reason at start)
2. PS4 having Major Deals with 3rd party AAA games that MS did not. (major reason at start)
3. Sony at the end of PS3 had major exclusives coming out while on 360 it was... well a tumble weed.
4. Sony showing the long game of what was coming out in exclusives.
5. Many folks still pissed about the 306 RRoD
6. DRM Always Online
7. Kinect in place and MS saying it won't work with out it.
8. XB1 Performance issues while PS4 did not on most Multi-plat games.

Now 5 years later...
1. The groundwork Sony started in 2013 after exclusive developers got final specs start to come to fruition given games take about 3 years to make. MS who started XB1 at the same time does not have this "flood" of exclusive games coming out when you should 5 years in. Exclusives matter. (major reason 5 years in)
2. Where your friends are. Install base (major reason 5 years in)
3. Sure XB1X is out but that doesn't mean performance issues start to happen all of a sudden on PS4 Pro and PS4. Let's also be honest 3rd party developers are building games to the biggest install base guess where that is.
4. XB1X still $100 more than it's competitor.
5. Native 4K and Checker board rendering are of diminishing returns: It's like comparing Sand at two different beaches at 6 feet away. The Org XB1 and PS4 was like comparing boulders and rocks at the beach.

[Tatanga]

Incomprehensible to me why MS don't use their old licences like perfect dark, mx/midtown madness, pgr, banjo, freelancer, mechwarrior etc.

[darthv72]

It's almost like they are the head of a major sports team and wanting their team to do bad so they can make some big deal for the coming season.

they have so many IP's just sitting on the bench... it just doesnt make sense.

[Christopher]

It's a lot of factors.

1. Extremely poor and more expensive start to the generation with really bad comments from main show events that made people question and thereby spread word of what they were trying to do.

2. Failing to keep up with exclusive titles.

3. Having to cancel games they had.

4. Late delivery on technology (cloud-based computing, AR), cutting old stuff (kinect), and coming in late in the generation with hardware that puts them back in a technology lead and advantage.

If MS started this generation with better hardware, no forced Kinect, same price as Sony, it likely would have been a closer call. But, the question from there is if without this push for them to re-prove themselves to the community, would we have gotten many of the things they are offering? We'll never know, but gotta love the competition.

[gamejediben]

Mama Mia!

Xbone is about to-a get Pwn3d!

Remember, its-a not rape. It's-a surprise buttsex!

[PowerOfTheCloud]

Lol ok!

[Einhander1971]

Sony and Nintendo that's all I need:)

[Uken12]

Pretty Much. The best 1st Parties. Perfect combo.

[doos_vd_kak]

Switch ftw

[_-EDMIX-_]

Well, I wouldn't say all that.

The Switch is clearly going to outsell XONE, its happening, but I don't see them taking over the market share that MS current has in the HOME CONSOLE market. Nintendo can call it what ever they want, fact is, its a portable, weaker and still has the same limitations as any portable. A year in, we are actually not see much in the way of AAA 3rd party games actually coming over to Switch, ie MS and Sony's actual markets, so MS doesn't really have jack to worry about.

Those that like Gears, Halo, Fifa, Call Of Duty, AC, Battlefield what have you will still have XONE as an option to get those titles, thus MS still has a firm place in the market. They are just different markets and different install bases. Nothing is being taken from MS from Nintendo that would cause a shift in market ie nothing MS ONCE HAD is being taken over by Nintendo.

When they have a dedicated HOME CONSOLE, that is actually getting COD, BF, AC, Fifa, running better settings then on a XB and selling BETTER then MS, THEN I think MS should start to worry as that is a real market shift, not this.

The market is actually defined by the install base of games, not simply some numbers of hardware, it would be like trying to see cell phones will over take XONE or something lol different markets, can't be compared, no one is over taking anyone's business in terms of software, thus no market take over.

Put this into perspective please, PS4 has sold more then Switch, Wii U and XONE COMBINED and its still not going to magically make MS disappear from gaming or anything like that. MS has a respectable share of the market, granted, I don't care for the company, but I see no reason to ignore 30 million gamers who want to play AC, COD, Halo etc and buy a XB to do so. They'll have their market share for a long, long time in home console. In order to take market share from MS, Nintendo would have to offer the same titles and have the same users buy Switch instead of XONE for the same content, ie a pizza place taking customers from another pizza place, THAT is a market take over, it is getting the like minded consumer who is part of a install base to go to another to get the same or better, Switch doesn't not even have enough of the same content to threaten MS's place in the home console market.

Different markets.

[GamingSinceForever]

Michael Pachter is that you?

[_-EDMIX-_]

Lol

[Eonjay]

This is reporting specifically on actually money generated by each platform. That Switch will pass Xbox's money share is basically saying that people are more willing to invest in the Switch than the Xbox. We have an objective way of comparing the shares of all of those invested in the videogame market. This is not subjective. This is not the examination of certain titles and calling it a separate market. This is the sum of all content that each platform offers and recognizing that it is all a part of the video game industry. When Disney counts their money for movie sales, there is a grand total that can be compared to Sony pictures, Universal, and Warner brothers for movies at large.

[_-EDMIX-_]

"This is the sum of all content that each platform offers and recognizing that it is all a part of the video game industry"

I know, my post is merely an example

[Nebaku]

You probably wouldn't say it because you didn't read the article and instead substituted what you want to be reality in its place.

Also make up your mind. In every article you constantly claim it's a different market for the switch, but then somehow claim that its limitations compared to other systems hamper it. Buddy, the 3ds was drastically outdated from the second it launched, that didn't stop it from being a massive success.

[michellelynn0976]

It is a hybrid.

[Istolla]

You're trying too hard. Nintendo, Microsoft, and don't are all competing in the video game industry.

You can call it whatever you want, but the Switch is a hybrid console. You can play it as a home console or take it in the go with you.

[Istolla]

Sony, not don't. Stupid auto correct.

[hiawa23]

It is a portable so not surprised

[michellelynn0976]

Hybrid. Not a portable only.

[LP-Eleven]

Careful, such dangerous words make some people lose their minds. :P

But yes, as a home console, in addition to a portable device, it is helping the Switch along the way!

[showtimefolks]

Xbox brand is at its weakest point in its history and what's sad is this is the 3rd Xbox branded console. By now they should be top contenders for market share with the amount of resources available to them

By the time 2020 rolls around ps4 will be at distant 1st place. Switch will be Cleary #2 and Xbox one will be a distant 3rd

[Zeref]

As long as the business is healthy there is no reason to be worried about being 3rd.

As fans. We cant play Halo on switch or ps4. So there's plenty of reason to own an Xbox.

[showtimefolks]

Halo isn't what it was once and same logic applies to mario,zelda uncharted etc

[hiawa23]

I agree 100%. Playstation and Xbox is all I need..

[gamejediben]

Halo was cool...

16 years ago.

[Zeref]

I used halo as an example. There is Forza Horizon(considered best racing game this gen) , Forza Motorsport(considered best sim racing game) , Gears of war, Sea of Thieves, PUBG, State of Decay, Crackdown 3, Xbox game Pass , ea access.

Like I said, plenty of reason to own an Xbox. I'm not saying there aren't any reasons to own a switch or ps4. Just that there are reasons to own an Xbox as well.

I personally have a Switch, PC and Xbox.

[showtimefolks]

I agree it's about personal preference

[darthv72]

you basically answered your own comment. This is the 3rd system in the Xbox platform. If you followed consoles throughout the generations there has been one constant when it comes to the success of a platform. A companies 3rd system generally under performs in comparison to their 2nd (and in some cases their 1st) but if they are able to make it through to a 4th (or more) then things turn around.

It has happened with Atari and the 7800 in comparison to the 5200 and 2600. It happened with Sega and Saturn in comparison to the Genesis and the Master System (CD and 32X are extension of Genesis). It's happened to the PS3 and how it compared to Ps2 and PS1. If we were to take into consideration the RRoD for 360... the XBO is doing on par if not better than that due to there not being a major issue for it like previously. It is already surpassed the og xbox so it is within the realm of the 3rd console growing pains.

It's just when you compare it to other companies that the picture isnt so good for them. Sony has made a great recovery with the PS4 and it should likely go on to be the 3rd best selling PS platform unless it keeps on going and surpasses the og PS1 making it 2nd best selling PS platform for Sony. As it is for the XBO... it's already their 2nd best seller and could even be seen as their best seller of individual units instead of the 360 where there was a percentage of units sold as defective replacements. But that is just a matter of perspective.

[XtaZ]

Xbox One CAN'T end up in third place. Wii U ended up in third place this gen and died there at 15 million consoles sold. Switch is a 9th gen console and is therefore currently in 1st place of the next gen.

[darthv72]

I agree even though most everyone else wont. Switch is 9th gen and even something like the Pro and X are 9th gen level but bound to the 8th gen because of how they were marketed. If given the chance, I feel both Pro and X could really surpass what we are seeing but they are being held back by policies from both Sony and MS.

So it will have to be PS5 and XB2 for 9th gen and they wont be here for another 2-3 years which means Switch has the 9th gen all to itself.

[ShockUltraslash]

Microsoft needs to stop cancelling exclusives like Scalebound.

[TheRealHeisenberg]

Would you keep putting money into a project that was not meeting expectations? I don't presume to know the true story behind the cancellation but my best guess would be that MS did not want to cancel it.

[Avengerz43]

They better get better 3rd party support and not ports of games that released years ago on MS and Sony.

[Akarogg]

And Nintendo fan boys need to actually buy them

[Lionalliance]

You mean Sony and Nintendo :P

[Godmars290]

Shouldn't that be Master Chief?

Or are you saying Gates was never more than a mascot?

[PhoenixUp]

Not to mention that Sony didn’t own Crash by the time Microsoft released Xbox

[Cyborgg]

It will happen!!! Microsoft can compete with Atari though

[jznrpg]

Good, they make better games than MS and aren’t in it for reasons outside of video games

[PhoenixUp]

Started from the bottom now they here

[DivineAssault]

Idk about it happening this year.. Thats a stretch.. next year is more likely.. Unless nintendo unveils a boat load of exclusives nobody sees coming this year

[Zeref]

Not sure about that. I think game pass will be a huge system seller.

[UCForce]

It has to be more than game pass. The Switch sold faster than Xbox One because exclusive games. Sooner or later, MS will get pinned by two competitors unless MS need to overcome their struggles.

[TheColbertinator]

Microsoft needs to build badass games and dev studios again. Sea of Thieves looks quirky but we need megatons like Halo and Fable to carve new paths.

Switch is doing fantastic however.

[DigitalRaptor]

I think they'll announce a new Halo at E3, but Fable is probably not going to arrive until next-gen.

They're probably going to reinvent it just like God of War has been. It needs it at this point.

[xtheblackparade]

Ah that's bad man. We need as many competitors as we can to keep the big ones in check.

[Orionsangel]

By E3 Microsoft will have bought EA and Square.

On side note. RDR remastered will be announced for PS4, Xbox One and yes finally on Steam.

[Nerdsworth]

“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
― Alexander Pope

[Elda]

Bye bye XB.

[Tobse]

Ye lets hope we get a console less. Billions of Dollars leaving the industry is good for gamers /s

[UCForce]

And MS still can’t overcome the struggle of their brand.

[Tobse]

What struggle?

[UCForce]

If i told you, you wouldn’t believe me.you would call me hypocrites or delusional. But I will you anyway, MS can’t keep up with their competitors. Sooner or later, MS will get pinned by these two.

[Tobse]

They do pretty well, dont worry

[mandingo]

who cares lol. You dont like xbox? dont buy it.

[G20WLY]

They didn't..

[mandingo]

precisely

[Apex13]

😂😂😂
28514;😂 in only a year. Whoop whoop. I sold my Xbox one as it's had a poor lineup and most things they have Sony PS4 had and more. MS lost me last year and switch came into my life with a new love for Nintendo after wiiU

[RosweeSon]

You lasted a whole year fair play got bored of my S after 4 months haha

[Prem8tuaProcrastin8a]

Bull....shit.

[RosweeSon]

So basically Microsoft carry on doing what they doing? Not a lot and they’ll drop to third faster than you can say cruise control. Switch isn’t slowing down and with Direct tomorrow e3 barely months away Microsoft best have a beast of a show lined up.

[Relientk77]

Sony and Nintendo killing it

Microsoft not doing much, especially last year

[MetroidFREAK21]

That would be crazy... if the Switch can keep the sales momentum going, I can see this happening

[PS3_Noob]

Sony and Nintendo have exclusives. Meanwhile Microsoft is probably making another new controller and porting some old xbox game to the X.

[TheOttomatic91]

Guess Teraflops wasn’t that big of a deal after all

[chris235]

cool: a non market contender vs a non market contender. this is a thing why? nintendo does not compete in the vodeogame market -they are clearly ignoring any industry standards- and also microsofts main business is not games with the xoxbox. so what is this fantasy statistic‘s point other than distorting reality? *g*

[Markusb33]

I think in another year or so nintendo will outsell the xb install base

[gamer7804]

gotta love that headline, overtake Microsoft lol. Maybe $ wise in hardware sales yah, glad Nintendo is making a financial comeback, personally I just wish they had made a more powerful console verison.

[corroios]

Well Spencer will reveal at e3 the Super Beast a 12 teraflop machine where you can also play all games from the 48 spectrum at 4k and free of charge.

Will reveal a new app The Xinstagram only social network only for Microsoft gamers.

[Tzuno]

It's about games, MS sucks right now in this department.

[Kratos_Kart2007]

***Sips Tea***

[Poulsen]

Let´s see how the situation looks at the end of the year, before making any conclusions

[Felsager]

See why your lack of AAA exclusives makes you hit dead last? Microsoft you did this to yourself when your only interest is the Window system spreading, games as a service and the support of micro transactions.

Your lack of exclusive games closed your market shares. You alone closed lots of development houses and discarded single player experience. Your greed and your corrupted hardball mechanics of throwing dirt to competing producs are your worst enemy. TWO JAPANESE products are taking US soil market by storm. Do you know why?
Simple, they deliver unlike you.

Learn from it, take the loss and understand what you did wrong, Microsoft. Try to understand that players wants exclusive games and players wants single player campaign. Try to understand that players are not cash cows and that players wants a fair honest product without the laziness of bugged releases.

Costumer satisfaction means market share in this "like generation". Your Xbox is the less liked product for a reason, you forgot to put exclusive games in it.

[blawren4]

What was that about power?

[xsta1ker]

yes this is good news for Nintendo but this is only covering xbox hardware ms also has a big pc market as well
and it's expanding every year.

[WelkinCole]

I did call it last year. Switch was always going to be a bigger threat to MS for the second console spot than to the PS4 first spot.

Its already late into this gen. Many gamers have chosen the PS4. What is left mostly are casuals that care more about game selection and price

Then there is the second console spot with many PS4 gamers that are looking for a second console to buy

Considering that more 3rd party games are already on the PS4. Many more PS4 gamers would rather buy the cheaper Switch that also has top notch exclsuives that can't be found anywhere else. I am such PS4 gamer and I pretty sure I am not in the minority in this regard.

Yet when I explained this last year MS fans keep harping about how the Beast was going to destroy comp lol!

[JokerDem]

Lol all these comments of PS4 fans trying to promote Nintendo who would have thought!

[MeteorPanda]

why not it's taken over atari this generation as well

[Max-Zorin]

The original Xbox was great. The 360 was good. The One is an embarrassment. The entire Xbox management team gotta go. With so much failure to release brand new games, you would think they would start firing people. And how is Phil not fired yet? He is worse than Don Mattrick. Don was a douche bag, but at least he didn't bury studios left and right like Phil Triple H Spencer

[DialgaMarine]

Exclusives don’t matter, and single player games are irrelevant. /s