What you need to know
- Microsoft and Sony have long been intense rivals in the high-end console gaming market, with Sony typically out in the forefront by almost every metric.
- Despite Xbox's console market share woes, Microsoft has found a ton of success by expanding across to PC and doubling down on services.
- Now that Microsoft has acquired Activision-Blizzard (the makers of Call of Duty), Microsoft may be on course to leapfrog Sony's gaming revenues for the first time in history.
- Tencent remains the top dog by a mile, owing to investments in companies like Epic Games, domination in China, mobile titles, and ownership of League of Legends' Riot.
