{"id":7383,"date":"2021-02-23T16:31:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T16:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.safebettingsites.com\/?p=7383"},"modified":"2022-03-31T09:29:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T09:29:09","slug":"xbox-closes-gap-but-playstation-still-more-popular-57-54-of-market-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.safebettingsites.com\/2021\/02\/23\/xbox-closes-gap-but-playstation-still-more-popular-5754-of-market-share\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Closes Gap but Playstation Still More Popular – 57.54% of Market Share"},"content":{"rendered":"
2021 marks the 20th year since the console war began between Sony and Microsoft and the competition does not look like slowing any time soon. Microsoft\u2019s Xbox has done well to challenge Sony\u2019s PlayStation\u2019s established claim to the console thrown. However, according to data presented by Safe Betting Sites,<\/a> while Xbox has closed the gap to the Playstation, Sony\u2019s console still holds a 57.54% share of the market.<\/p>\n The rivalry between Sony\u2019s PlayStation and Microsoft\u2019s Xbox started in 2001 when Microsoft released the first version of their Xbox. Sony\u2019s PlayStation as we know it today was first officially released in December of 1994, in Japan. It went on to become the leading games console, unseating pioneers Nintendo and eventually dominating the gaming console market.<\/p>\n The Xbox was the first gaming console to really challenge the PlayStation\u2019s claim to the console throne. Since the release of the first Xbox, to many of the subsequent generations of gaming consoles that both franchises have released since then, the PlayStation and Xbox have been locked in a ferocious battle that does not look like ending anytime soon.<\/p>\nPlayStation Vs Xbox a Rivalry for the Ages<\/h2>\n