Phil Spencer Says Catching PS4 Sales Isn’t His Priority

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Since the Xbox One and the PS4 launched, Sony has held the upper hand when it comes to sales of units in a very big way. This year, the Xbox One has made some serious inroads when it comes to catching Sony and the Playstation 4 and making this a real contest. The company has come up with ideas like backwards compatibility that Sony hasn’t even offered yet. It was also the first to launch a console with a larger hard drive in order to make it easier for players with large downloadable games libraries.

Despite all of this Phil Spencer says his primary goal isn’t to “catch” Sony. Instead the Xbox One chief’s primary mission is just to make sure his console has a strong standing and is well received. He believes the rest will take care of itself. Talking to the Eurogamer, he laid out how he sees where his product stands now. “All I can do is focus on Xbox, and I love that. I love our fans and the partners we have. We’re growing Xbox year on year, we’re bigger than we were this time in the 360 generation, so generation over generation we’re in a better spot, year over year we’re in a better spot.”

Spencer went onto claim that he really doesn’t even think about how many units Sony has sold. While that might seem an awful lot like someone would say no matter who they were and where they were in the market share, it’s still a healthy approach. You don’t want execs always being reactive with their product to what their competitors are doing. Instead, they should be looking to innovate on their own. Phil Spencer seems to share that belief publicly.

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SagePosted:

_Skittle He's smart for taking this approach, sales aren't everything.


I agree its nice to see them say they arent working on sales :3

SkittlePosted:

He's smart for taking this approach, sales aren't everything.

BioPosted:

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-it- Sony and Xbox been going at it for years, I believe Xbox wins all the time because their servers, PS4 don't got good servers, And by now there should not be a competition.


I can guarantee Xbox will surpass Playstation. I've said from the start this will happen.

People don't remember this is what happened with the Ps3 and 360. Ps3 took the lead for quite a while then after a year or 2ish, 360 was the dominant console up to the new ones coming out.

I'll say about June next year when games are out, Xbox will be the better sales unit. The only thing is, all these CoD fanboys will sell Ones to get Ps4s just for the comp scene when 97% of players aren't even comp players. They're just there to see OpTic.


Unlikely there was an article up awhile ago that said even in the next few years PS4 will still have a massive lead. I mean X1 is at 13M and PS4 is almost at 25M. MS would have to do something pretty outstanding to sell 12M more consoles.



don't forget that Japan is largely playstation and nintendo dominant. That is a big factor right there.


This is a great point, foreign countries is where Sony excels. In the US is where MS does, never understand why its always one or the other both are great systems IMO.

BioPosted:

Competing should never be th priority. Both consoles carry unique features for both ends of the customer. Yes, competition is important, but never letting the general public know that your goal to be better than the other is important too.

ProPosted:

It shouldnt be priority.

Xbox is the better console so i dont see why sales should matter

they need to find a way to improve the console in a different way if you ask me!

1989Posted:

It shouldn't be his priority because xbox is the better console sales don't matter.

DaedricMcDaedricsonPosted:

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-it- Sony and Xbox been going at it for years, I believe Xbox wins all the time because their servers, PS4 don't got good servers, And by now there should not be a competition.


I can guarantee Xbox will surpass Playstation. I've said from the start this will happen.

People don't remember this is what happened with the Ps3 and 360. Ps3 took the lead for quite a while then after a year or 2ish, 360 was the dominant console up to the new ones coming out.

I'll say about June next year when games are out, Xbox will be the better sales unit. The only thing is, all these CoD fanboys will sell Ones to get Ps4s just for the comp scene when 97% of players aren't even comp players. They're just there to see OpTic.


Unlikely there was an article up awhile ago that said even in the next few years PS4 will still have a massive lead. I mean X1 is at 13M and PS4 is almost at 25M. MS would have to do something pretty outstanding to sell 12M more consoles.



don't forget that Japan is largely playstation and nintendo dominant. That is a big factor right there.

PluckyPosted:

X1 doesn't to take up to PS4 at all...

XboxPosted:

He shouldnt worry about catching them.


Just needs to keep putting out good content.

OGPosted:

Quality over sales seems better than sales over quality.


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