9.6k likes for a disingenuous false equivalence. There isn’t a more ignorant or deceptive group of gamers on social media. Debut-month Circana US sales: • Wolverine: #1 (and already #11 in full-year sales) • Dragon Age: The Veilguard: #6 (never charted in full-year sales) Debut-month PSN downloads (US/Europe): • Wolverine: #1 / #2 • Veilguard: #9 / #11 Granted, Veilguard only had a few days of sales in its debut Circana month. The following month it ranked #11 on Circana’s US chart (and didn't chart in full-year sales), while ranking #7 in US PSN downloads and #12 in Europe. EA confirmed Veilguard reached 1.5 million players (not sales) in its first two months, a figure that includes EA Play Pro subscribers and potentially used-game players. By contrast, Wolverine not only charted far higher (despite it being a stacked month), but also posted the highest US debut revenue of any PlayStation release since Helldivers 2, the latter being the fastest-selling PlayStation game ever. Helldivers 2 launched simultaneously on PC; Wolverine is a PS5 exclusive. Both Circana's US PlayStation sales data and the PSN download charts are based on actuals, not estimates. Alinea estimated Wolverine sold 1.9 million copies in just three days, a figure that may even be conservative if its reported US revenue trend held globally. Wolverine also spent nearly three months at #1 and #2 (usually just behind GTA 6) on PSN’s best-selling pre-order charts, staying ahead of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 almost the entire time leading up to release. Conversely, Veilguard only briefly reached comparable positions. Ultimately, a PS5 exclusive that sold multiple millions in a couple of weeks on a single platform, is simply not in the same commercial league as a multiplatform game that only reached 1.5 million players (NOT sales) over two months.

Xbox's post-2016 strategy disincentivised its console platform. It just took a new generation to expose the detriment. Day and date PC & Game Pass PC give consumers more reasons to abandon Xbox for PC, where Xbox can lose a 30% cut, stagnating revenue even as total players grow.