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Did Xbox ever actually win a "console war" globally? I know that they're popular in North America, but globally I don't think they've ever actually beat PlayStation or Nintendo. The original Xbox was a niche piece of hardware (essentially a very powerful game console, significantly more powerful than the PS2, and GameCube), and that generation belonged to the PS2. The Xbox 360 was the closest they came to winning globally with a massive lead on the PlayStation 3 in the beginning, but PlayStation clawed back and the PS3 outsold the 360 globally by the end of it's life cycle, thanks to exclusives and figuring out the cell processor. The Nintendo Wii was actually the most popular home console of that generation. Then Xbox killed all the momentum from the 360 with the Xbox One, more expensive and significantly less powerful than the PS4, with useless media features and bundled with Kinect™. The Xbox brand never really recovered from that. And now vs the PS5, Xbox has fallen so behind with the Series S/X that Forza and Halo are now on PlayStation... Imagine telling someone that 15 years ago, that Forza and Halo would be on PlayStation.