Xbox PEEST

Rating Agencies

PEGI

Europe

USK

Germany

ESRB

Mexico, Canada, United States

Banning of lootboxes in some EU countries

Form of gambling

Information gathering

Provided by xbox customers

Provided by other

Automatically provided information

Privacy

World

More caring about sustaining the planet

Competitors

Reduced hazardous materials

Recycling of plastics used

Minimized energy use

Xbox

Bare minimum

Energy saving mode not attractive to use

Virtual Reality

Xbox has no VR device of its own

Sony Playstation has its own VR device

Nintendo has no VR device at this moment

Online multi-playing

Xbox live

Best connection to network

Best connection to game-servers

Best in uninterrupted play

Playstation Network

Best in finding players/matchmaking

Play anywhere

Xbox

Games compatible on Xbox and Windows 10 devices

Playstation

Games compatible on Sony devices

Xbox Mixer

Next-gen streaming service

"Faster Than Light" technology

less than one second of latency on content

No extra software required

Crossplay

Not all games

Mobile gaming

Xbox

game-streaming service

Playstation

playlink

Micro

Income structure

Skimming

Break-even on Xbox One X console

Selling products and services

Partnerships

Cost structure

Cost-plus model

Expensive parts

Ownership

Daughter company of Microsoft

Private

Meso

Xbox

Price similar to competition

Few great Xbox-only games

No VR

Playstation

Price similar to competition

Many great Playstation-only games

VR

Macro

Rise of household incomes

More games and consoles sold

Generally lower production costs

Xbox Live

53% of all users play an average of 17 hours/week on multi-player games

Stream and download games

Offline multi-player games