Any non-warring reason for the 30% drop? Is that historically normal?
In the third year of the new console generation when the first two years were supply constrained? No. It's unprecedentedly low.Any non-warring reason for the 30% drop? Is that historically normal?
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Posted in the acquisition thread. You can read it to clarify the confusion.MS is the monopoly right? Just checking, I get confused.
Any non-warring reason for the 30% drop? Is that historically normal?
Caption: Too much winning, i'm tired boss
MS is the monopoly right? Just checking, I get confused.
Nope, I'm afraid I still get confused.Posted in the acquisition thread. You can read it to clarify the confusion.
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My theory is that even if Starfield is a 90 MC "must-play" game, just oozing quality, it still won't move the needle much for Xbox.Thanks for the responses everyone. MS better hope that games like Starfield, Avowed and Fable are absolute classics if they want to gain ground.
Idk about historical but my random guess for that kinda drop is no notable first-party releases.Any non-warring reason for the 30% drop? Is that historically normal?
FTFYIt's natural that Xbox goes down as the PS5 becomes easy to find. And God of War Ragnarok pushed momentum heavily in Sony's direction.
That's why Xbox needs fucking Fable to hit soon, they need some mindshare.
Why are people of the opinion this is bad news for a Microsoft attempting to close the Activision Blizzard deal?
Sounds like this is precisely what I would want regulators seeing.
We can only speculate. Posted this in the NPD thread where they also saw a drop. A drop so big that it caused the entire console tally to drop despite switch and PS5 outperforming their last year totals.Any non-warring reason for the 30% drop? Is that historically normal?
Probably because Playstation is up. With PS5 finally in stock, people are likely not impulse purchasing the xbox like they did last year.
Or just like last gen, Xbox has now already sold to its loyal fanbase and has topped out. Remember, it kept pace with Sony for the first two years last gen getting to 25-30 million really quickly before just completely dropping off limping to 50 million.
Series S was $199. The casual market MS was chasing shouldve made this the best selling console of the year. But i guess even the price conscious gamers/soccer moms/grandparents dont want to buy that console for their kids.
I wouldve thought that people wouldve bought it in droves with Starfield coming out next year and CoD going exclusive. It's really odd that XSX is already starting its downward slope 2 years into this gen.
"Hey regulators, please take away call of duty from playstation to force them to buy an hardware they didn't chose to buy in the first place"Why are people of the opinion this is bad news for a Microsoft attempting to close the Activision Blizzard deal?
Sounds like this is precisely what I would want regulators seeing.
Why are people of the opinion this is bad news for a Microsoft attempting to close the Activision Blizzard deal?
Sounds like this is precisely what I would want regulators seeing.
And that was literally the CMA argument against this type of acquisition."Hey regulators, please take away call of duty from playstation to force them to buy an hardware they didn't chose to buy in the first place"
"Hey regulators, please take away call of duty from playstation to force them to buy an hardware they didn't chose to buy in the first place"
At this point why does Microsoft even want to close the deal? Yeah, lets spend $70 billion to sell games exclusively on a platform with shrinking sales and marketshare. Brilliant strategy.Why are people of the opinion this is bad news for a Microsoft attempting to close the Activision Blizzard deal?
Sounds like this is precisely what I would want regulators seeing.
No console wars, but does this console EVER have any fucking good news?
It's always "wait for next year", game cancelled, sales down 300%, 900p, etc.
They've been in this thing for 20 years now ffs.
If it makes you feel any better switch is still outselling xbox and playstation as well in most areas. Hard to call ms or sony a monoply with that being the case.Nope, I'm afraid I still get confused.
The specs were really good. It still wins its share of face/offs against the PS5 when they lost nearly 100% of all face offs last gen. They have bungled everything else.No console wars, but does this console EVER have any fucking good news?
It's always "wait for next year", game cancelled, sales down 300%, 900p, etc.
They've been in this thing for 20 years now ffs.
MS is the monopoly. Nintendo doesn't count since they apparently aren't part of that market according to regulators. Sony is the victim. I'm just glad they were able to secure FFXVI or else they would be completely crushed this year.If it makes you feel any better switch is still outselling xbox and playstation as well in most areas. Hard to call ms or sony a monoply with that being the case.
MS is the monopoly. Nintendo doesn't count since they apparently aren't part of that market according to regulators. Sony is the victim. I'm just glad they were able to secure FFXVI or else they would be completely crushed this year.
It is a mindshare problem, Xbox has had little presence for the past few months.That's why Xbox needs fucking Starfield to hit soon, they need some mindshare.
MS is the monopoly right? Just checking, I get confused.