Sony Sold More Than Twice as Many PS4s as Microsoft With Xbox One

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Up until now, Microsoft hasn't been all that forthcoming with the specifics of how its previous generation of consoles — the Xbox One and Xbox One X — performed compared to its direct competitor, the Sony PlayStation 4. It's been common knowledge that the PS4 «won» that particular console generation, of course, but the scale and scope of this «victory» could've been argued up until now.

This, however, has now changed because Microsoft used some reasonably specific figures as part of its argumentation the defend the Activision Blizzard acquisition. The software giant is currently being contested across the world on whether its acquisition of the game publisher constitutes anti-competitive behavior, and the document Microsoft submitted to the Brazilian competition authority, CADE, sheds some light on the situation.

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While Microsoft has historically been against releasing console sales information, its submission to CADE is using these numbers to argue that the acquisition of Activision Blizzard ought to proceed. Specifically, the document establishes that Sony has moved over twice as many PS4 console units as Microsoft did with the Xbox One. It's worth pointing out that this is the same document where Microsoft claims Sony is paying developers to ignore Xbox Game Pass, all of which combines to paint a more competitive picture than Sony would probably prefer.

Naturally, it's hardly a surprise to see Microsoft pushing back against Sony's concerns over the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, but it's still surprising to see the two companies arguing so vehemently against one another's claims of success. Whereas corporations usually