The DeanBeat: For Microsoft, it’s time to worry about the console war

The evidence is piling up. Sony’s grip on the console business with the PlayStation 4 is starting to look unbreakable. Microsoft has to start worrying about whether it must accept and acknowledge its fate of being permanently stuck at No. 2 in this generation. And Nintendo can’t move to its new NX game console soon enough.

Sure, anything can happen. December is still a critical month for video game sales, and the console war won’t be over for a few years. But in November, Sony came out on top in terms of game console sales in the U.S., according to a report yesterday by market researcher NPD. The momentum is clear, as Microsoft has not outsold Sony even when it had the odds in its favor.