Sony has the early sales lead over Microsoft in the PlayStation 4 vs. Xbox One "console war," but it's not over yet. New Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, has pledged that Microsoft plans to "win" this console generation, making clear that the company needs to do more to come out on top.
"Definitely in to win," Spencer told a fan on Twitter. "We need to do more, that's 100% of my focus." As Head of Xbox, Spencer--who has already worked at Microsoft for over a quarter century--oversees Xbox and Xbox Live, as well as creative teams at Microsoft Studios.
So far, the Xbox One has been unable to match the sales of the PS4, which has sold-through more than 7 million systems to date. For its part, Microsoft announced just last week that it had shipped (not sold) more than 5 million Xbox Ones. It's unknown how many of those were sold. Microsoft's next earnings report is scheduled for later this week.
Spencer maintains that appealing to the core gamer is critical to the Xbox One's success, and he's previously teased that Microsoft has big plans for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in June. He added to that recently, saying on Twitter that Microsoft is "bringing more than hype, bringing games" to E3.
E3 2014 runs June 10-12, though Microsoft and Sony typically hold their main briefings on the Monday of that week, so June 9 for this year. GameSpot will be at the Los Angeles show bringing you all the news as it happens.
| Eddie Makuch is a news editor at GameSpot, and you can follow him on Twitter @EddieMakuch |
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