Phil Spencer compliments Sony on outselling Microsoft with the PS4

The Xbox One has been outsold by the PlayStation 4 to date, but Xbox head Phil Spencer isn’t about to concede defeat. Speaking with GamesIndustry International just after Microsoft’s E3 media briefing earlier this month, Spencer acknowledged Sony’s lead, but noted there was plenty of time left for Microsoft to erase it. “You look at what Sony has sold, and congratulations to them; they’ve had a great launch,” Spencer said. “Maybe we’re 10 percent of the way into this generation, so we’re early, early days in how this will all play out. I tip my hat to them. I think they’ll likely have a great show, and they should; they’re coming in with a lot of strength. But this is a long-term competitive space, which is good for consumers.” When asked why Xbox One fell behind in the first place, Spencer only stressed how important it was that Microsoft recently rolled out a version of the hardware without Kinect for $399, the same price as a PS4. Despite the removal of a core part of the original Xbox One vision from the base hardware package, he dismissed notions that it would make it more difficult for developers to justify supporting the peripheral.