Xbox Doesn't Need To Win The Console Wars, It's Already Dominating PS5

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The current state of the PlayStation store suggests that Xbox doesn't need to worry about winning the console wars. On February 15, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, Xbox President Sarah Bond, and Head of Microsoft Studios Matt Booty announced some of its Xbox exclusive titles would be coming to PlayStation and Nintendo Switch during an Xbox podcast, something that was welcomed by players on the other platforms, with titles such as being hugely successful on PlayStation, but was initially controversial with Xbox players.

As spotted by TweakTown, this move is clearly paying off, as Microsoft currently has more titles than Sony on the top 25 best-sellers list on the PlayStation Store. Due to the series having a resurgence thanks to the success of Amazon Prime's live-action adaptation, and are both on there, alongside, which is always popular on PlayStation, ,, and recent additions and. Meanwhile, Sony has,,,, and. This makes the final score 7 for Microsoft against Sony's 5, with the rest being made up of ever-popular third-party titles like EA's sports games and.

At the time of announcing the company's multi-platform strategy, Spencer pointed out that Microsoft was already "" before it opted to release,, and on other platforms. This has largely been through its acquisitions of major studios over the years.

Last year, Microsoft acquired Activision-Blizzard-King after a long legal battle to determine whether there would be a major monopoly due to the sheer size and popularity of its games catalog. Ultimately, this gave Microsoft control over the likes of,,,,, and other successful franchises. Before this, Microsoft acquired Zenimax, the owners of Bethesda, who have produced popular RPG titles such as the recent titles and, with this deal being one of the major reasons the studio's latest title, , was released as an Xbox exclusive last year.

The major point of controversy with the Activision-Blizzard-King deal came down to whether titles such as would become Xbox