As of 2021, Xbox only had a console market share of 16%, leaving Nintendo and Sony with the bulk of the pie. This is one of several revelations to come from the ongoing FTC vs. Microsoft court hearings, spawning from the FTC attempting to block Microsoft from acquiring gaming company Activision.
In its proposing findings of fact, Microsoft also revealed Xbox trailed in the share of existing consoles in use with only 21%.
In related news, Beth Wilkinson, Microsoft’s lead attorney, said the case was going to determine whether Microsoft’s Activision acquisition happens or sends the companies into a multiyear “administrative nightmare” that sinks the transaction altogether.