As the latest round of NPD results in the United States already underlined, Sony has a serious headache when it comes to PS5 stock – or the lack thereof. While, ironically, things have started to improve in the past few days, the dream of transitioning PS4 players at “unprecedented pace” now looks long dead. With the trillion-dollar Microsoft also digging a few billion out of the back of its sofa to buy up publishers like Bethesda and Activision-Blizzard, the road ahead looks rough for PlayStation and its position of dominance.
And after starting the generation strong, the stock issue is now really catching up to the PS5. Speaking as part of a corporate chest beating meeting, Microsoft bigwig Satya Nadella explained that his company’s newest console has “taken share globally for two quarters in a row and [was] the market leader this quarter among next-gen consoles in the…