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Microsoft Amy Hood Says Xbox Console Hardware Sales Had Weaker Than Expected Performance
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Varteras
Gold Member
Their gaming division in general improved due largely to the merging of Activision's financials with their own. Their hardware sales are cratering.
Maddoxswe
Member
So they spend a lot of money so revenue increases. Sounds like a numbers game to make it sound better.
The Pleasure
Member
Name is bond. Sara NO SALES Bond.
FunkMiller
Gold Member
As I've said so many times I feel like a broken fucking record at this point:
Consoles don't sell well if they don't have exclusive games on them. A console needs a USP to compete with its competitors. If you only have games that people can play elsewhere... they are going to play elsewhere, especially if they already own the competitor's console or PC. Which most people do.
Xbox's strategy has been a disaster for Xbox for many, many years. They now need to do a Sega and get out of hardware manufacture, to let somebody else who has a clue (Valve) get in on it.
Consoles don't sell well if they don't have exclusive games on them. A console needs a USP to compete with its competitors. If you only have games that people can play elsewhere... they are going to play elsewhere, especially if they already own the competitor's console or PC. Which most people do.
Xbox's strategy has been a disaster for Xbox for many, many years. They now need to do a Sega and get out of hardware manufacture, to let somebody else who has a clue (Valve) get in on it.
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Mister Wolf
Member
Exclusives like Indiana Jones, Avowed, and Stalker 2 this year will help alleviate that.
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SJRB
Gold Member
Maddoxswe
Member
I'm going to play these game without buying an xbox
Ar¢tos
Member
I could swear I heard the exact same thing for Redfall, HiFi Rush and Starfield...
Valve's strategy surely would be similar to Microsoft's in the sense that they would be launching without exclusive content, as their main platform is Steam.
Mister Wolf
Member
I'm sure Starfield has helped. They need a catalog. Anyone thinking one game would turn the tide and dig them out of their hole is an idiot.
Mister Wolf
Member
I'm going to play these game without buying an xbox
Not everyone can afford a gaming PC like me and you. Especially one that matches or exceeds a Series X.
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BlackTron
Member
The biggest difference is that Gamepass console and PC offerings are different. Many games are on both, but many others are either PC or Xbox only, for example BC 360 games. Without that BC stuff there's not really much you can do with an Xbox you can't on PC.
intheinbetween
Member
If only you knew their projections and forecast... it's absolutely compatible increasing revenue but not reaching goals, e.g: meeting a 200% increase on hw sales or a 200% goal on revenue
The ball in Sonys hands unless they make mistakes so ms get their chance to capitalize on that like in 7th gen, they haven't proven that when Sony did no wrong, that didn't happen since the beginning of their business, yes, there's pc, but it used to be a separate division, not with xbox, I still think bringing these pc games to Xbox haven't helped a bit, it's hard and confusing for the consumers to realize the significance of this idea.
March Climber
Member
I originally bought a Series X to catch up on most of 360 gen and also XBO gen libraries due to it having some backwards compatibility. So for someone like me there was a huge benefit.
However, Depending on what path MS takes, I might buy another Xbox Series X in the future, when they’re cheaper, just to mod it into an excellent emulation machine.
Edit: Also to your other point, most console audiences don’t care about moving to PC, they just want good games to play, and to play with their friends who are also on console.
If the console’s first party isn’t providing them good content for either, then them and their friends will simply move to a console that does.
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Pejo
Gold Member
To be fair, I did say "in 2024". Most people concerned with Backwards compatible games would have already purchased their console years ago. I do agree the uprezzed 360 stuff is nice though.
Are you saying that an Xbox Series X is a better emulation machine than a PC? That's quite a take...
Perrott
Member
Uhhhh, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild literally did that for Nintendo. Now they have the second best-selling home console in history.
One game.
March Climber
Member
No worries I’m not trying to start a back and forth. I’m just explaining why I’d personally do it.
No. I didn’t say this at all.
My edit above is also just me explaining the mind of a console buyer to a PC guy.
Killjoy-NL
Member
People really didn’t listen to Phil Spencer when he said it isn't a matter of just releasing good games, that he reads all the discussions online and that Starfield (or any other title) could be a 11/10 game, but that it won't matter?
Because fact of the matter is, it won't matter.
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balls of snow
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XBox need to be clear about their future soon because fuck no im not spending in their ecosystem besides gamepass.
That was a launch game though. The Switch was never in a hole to begin with.
Mister Wolf
Member
Bullshit it was one game. During their reveal event for the console they showed off Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 2, Shin Megami Tensei 5, Skyrim, Octopath Traveler, Xenoblade 2, and many others. Giving release windows within the same launch year for Xenoblade 2, Skyrim, Splatoon 2, and Mario Odyssey.
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UltimaKilo
Gold Member
Sounds l like your content playing on Microsoft Windows. MS is probably happy with that.
March Climber
Member
I feel the same. I think I will end up just buying some BC games when they go on sale, but otherwise stop new IP purchases for now.
No Avowed. No Hellblade. No Indiana Jones.
I just need to see if they are going to port their titles to other platforms first.
Sw0pDiller
Member
Didn't we allready knew his? Or is it the first time we hear MS themselves saying it? Did their spin-machine broke?
Perrott
Member
It doesn't matter because the Xbox brand is led by an entire board of losers who think and say shit like that and act the same way.
That's what makes Starfield not reach it's full potential and become the next Breath of the Wild.
They're the most rich corporation in the entire world, not late 90s Sega. They have no excuses for their failure.
Killjoy-NL
Member
Reality caught up to them, most likely.
Killjoy-NL
Member
Watch the interview again.
He already stated that the Playstation brand is far stronger (or something similar) and that they lost the most important gen last-gen due to the rise of digital libraries.
We clearly see the effects on the market, so what is there to argue at this point?
No game is going to change anything. Thinking otherwise is straight-up denial.
digdug2
Member
Imagine if Starfield was actually an 11/10 game. It might've mattered, at least a little bit. I have an XSX, but it's collecting dust because there really are no games that I want to play on it. I'd rather play my PS5 or Switch.
Perrott
Member
Well, doesn't the large and growing catalogue of Game Pass help alliviate the issue of losing your digital library by jumping from a competitor's console into an Xbox Series though? I'd say it kinda does, but the problem is that there isn't such game (or set of games) that would make players switch ecosystems or just buy an Xbox as a secondary machine just for the first-party content.
March Climber
Member
You’re one of the few here who actually listened to the entirety of what he said.
Thank you.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
No shit!
KungFucius
King Snowflake
Of course it is and everyone who has half a clue knows that. This is not remotely surprising as they are a publicly traded company.
I can't wait for the story about how their gaming costs went down 10% by firing people and putting 1000s in financial hardship.
Markio128
Gold Member
I agree that one game won’t turn the tide for MS, but their biggest issue is that are being reactive instead of proactive. Xbox has been a thing for years now, so not having a compelling lineup is on them, especially with so many studios.
DevilHunterX0
Member
I am sure there is someone here who will to try prove her wrong, with tables and chart.
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