MS Q4 report: Xbox hardware down 48% YOY

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The_Liquid_Laser said:

curl-6 said:

Talking about the Xbox in isolation, yes. The problem is, that would put them at serious risk of getting Dreamcasted, as people would be like "nah, I'll just wait a year for a more powerful PS5."

The XBox360 released a year before the PS3 and that worked out pretty well for them.  The main problem with Dreamcast was not the release date.  It was that Sega was out of money and couldn't afford to stay in the console business.  Microsoft is not going to have that problem.  Releasing this year would have been a good idea.

As others have said, it's not quite analogous to PS3 vs 360; a lot of 360's gains came from Sony's disastrous missteps with the PS3, MS cannot rely on Sony being that foolish again with PS5. If Scarlet came out this year, then Sony followed with a significantly more capable PS5 next year, Xbox would most likely get steamrolled. For Scarlet to have a fighting chance they need to be both price and power competitive, that's not gonna happen if they go a year early.