Disastrous Xbox sales - Is the console war already over? - Toms Guide

[Dabaus]

Absolutely mad

This is like that part in DBZ where a character gets beaten up pretty badly and then goes full power level only to be defeated by the opponent.

 

[flaccidsnake]

Absolutely mad

At that price it's tempting to buy and just wait for the jailbreak. These are shitty current-gen consoles but very interesting PCs.

 

[Infinity]

Console war isn't over until someone exits.

 

[BroodCorp]

Not dead yet. Knowing how hard MS has been playing this game, there is a lot of time for Xbox still. It's strategic for them. Gotta pound them even harder to chase them out. I see no indication that Sony will do that in the near future. I will be here when the signs do appear and reaffirm them if they do. Business as usual currently.

Here’s a good breakdown of how MS strategizes. 8:27 in the video.

 

[Say1nMan]

The sales were already bad but after Activision, with all the marketing trying to associate their IPs with Xbox, the sales crashed even more. Customers are rejecting that toxic brand so hard. It's over.

But more importantly people knowing that with the acquisition of ABK that COD will go day n date to Game Pass that it should surely have resulted in gamers rushing out to buy Xboxes but big ol nope was what happened. Simply put no one cares about the Xbox brand anymore. Acquisition ain't doing it, subscription services ain't doing it, console discount sure as hell ain't doing it. 3rd party publishing is where Tim Stuart and Satya are seeing where they can have better success. It's not if but when.

 

[Bryank75]

Not dead yet. Knowing how hard MS has been playing this game, there is a lot of time for Xbox still. It's strategic for them. Gotta pound them even harder to chase them out. I see no indication that Sony will do that in the near future. I will be here when the signs do appear and reaffirm them if they do. Business as usual currently.

You are absolutely right as usual. This is the time to really attack, to target key partners of Xbox and remove them if possible.

To enter customer acquisition mode and leave Xbox no space. It should be an assault on at least 3 fronts.

 

[Zzero]

Xbox should have died a long time ago, but they can keep leeching on MS blood forever until something catastrophic happens to Sony and Nintendo.

I disagree, I think MS pulls the plug after this generation. Though Gamepass as its own entity might survive and give you an "equivalent" streaming experience through smart tvs.

PS, Smart tvs are super shitty for gaming. All I want to do is turn it on and play Xenoblade, I hate having to navigate to the one thing I use and click yes every time. And then it has the nerve to turn on on its own when I stick the Switch in to dock.

 

[anonpuffs]

It's been over since about 2017 when they made a desperation move to create Rentpass (and also the fact that Phil hadn't been fired at that point)

Also now that E3 is officially gone, there is nothing for the Xbots to wait for anymore

 

[Dantxx]

Its getting worse by the day.
If hellblade flops, and there's a good chance in that happening due to lack of full gameplay presentation, like Colin said on sacred symbols "every move on the fight had a cut like they dont want you to see the full picture"
i really dont know what will be