Sony has already won this Console War, so… now what?

It’s not often that the winner of a match can be declared before its first half is even over, yet here we are: just three years into the latest clash between PlayStation and Xbox — both not having yet reached what would normally be the midpoint of their 7- or 8-year run — Sony seems to have secured another victory over Microsoft: the 9th-gen Console Wars are, for all intends and purposes, already over. The evidence is overwhelming: the PS5 <a href="https://www.vgchartz.com/charts/platform_totals/Hardware.php/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">is outselling the Xbox Series S|X two to one</a> globally, <a href="https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ps5-sales-jumped-42-in-the-uk-during-august-uk-monthly-charts" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">the former’s sales numbers are way up</a> while the latter’s have been down for some time, the PlayStation snowballing effect is already felt in third-party software sales, Microsoft will not be offering a more powerful mid-generation Xbox and <a href="https://www.thepoint.online/next-microsoft-xbox-planned-for-2028-ftc/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">is already making plans for next-gen</a> instead. Going into their fourth year, the PS5 and the Xbox Series S|X could not look more different: Sony’s system has gained considerable momentum and its customer base will soon start closing in on the 50-million mark, while Microsoft’s systems have yet to reach 25 million units combined and are looking for a soft restart helped by new software. <a href="https://medium.com/turn-on-press-play/sony-has-already-won-this-console-war-so-now-what-15fdc96a9347">Click Here</a>