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Mr Puggsly on 06 January 2018
Normchacho said:
So...It looks like sales are going to be pretty much flat this year compared to the last two. Doesn't that also mean that BC, the One S, the One X, and nearly constant sales and deals have only managed to keep One sales stable? Is that good?

Stable sales are not a worst case scenario. Especially when its a pretty strong number. With stable sales it could surpass SNES and NES.

Look at it this way, Wii U was a disaster because its best year was 5 million, the launch year. While every year after was 3 - 3.5 million until it dropped like a rock in 2016.

So I do believe steady numbers would be a good position. If they wanna go up, its gonna take to some big software to accomplish that I suppose. At least the X1's price is already in a good place, I mean $199 with games is pretty amazing for its capabilities.



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Rafie on 06 January 2018

Sales wise...yes Xbox One definitely had a solid year. I just wish the exclusives could have reflected those sales. I'm sure this year we'll see Xbox One climb up in the games department. I'm REEEEALLY looking forward to Ori 2. Can't wait for it. Not sold on Sea Of Thieves, but Crackdown 3 has my attention. The previous games were fun, so it's a safe assumption this upcoming game should bring about the same results.

I will be purchasing my X1X this year. I'm stoked for it.



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Mr Puggsly on 06 January 2018
DialgaMarine said:
I think people are knocking it’s numbers because 1) the X launched, and you would think new super powered hardware would give it a much bigger boost, and 2) a lot of the hardcore Xbox fans have been claiming power is the main driving force behind console sales, claiming it’s the main reason why PS4 has done so well. Yet, here we are with both the base PS4 and significantly weaker Nintendo Switch dominating the sales charts. I guess it’s more of an “I told you so” scenario, since said hardcore Xbox fans were claiming things would automatically turn around once X was out.

Well the common belief was X1 sales were declining due to it being down a few 100K in 2016. In my opinion though, sales were steady because it was still averaging in the ballpark and north of 8 million.

Anybody who thought X1X would turn things around completely should have just been ignored.



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NawaiNey on 06 January 2018

VGC overtracks XB1 by quite a bit.
When EA accidentally revealed the actual figures last time by stating that PS4+XB1 have sold 79 million units:
https://www.gamebreakingnews.net/2017/05/ps4-and-xbox-one-combined-will-reach-105-million-units-sold-in-2017-according-to-electronic-arts/
At the same time Sony had revealed that PS4 had sold through 53.4 million units: https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2017/01/05/the-ps4-has-now-sold-53-4-million-units-worldwide-with-6-2-million-sales-over-the-2016-holidays/#756123e7b415

Meaning XB1 at the end of 2016 had sold 79-53.4=25.6 million units. At the end of 2016 VGC has XB1 at 27.9 million!
So even if VGC tracked XB1 properly this year it's still over tracked by 2.3 million, but most likely it's over by a good 3-4 million over tracked.



Ganoncrotch on 06 January 2018

Out of interest what games this year were exclusive to the X1?

And I mean exclusive as in, they are only on that platform, games which me as a PS4/Switch/Gaming PC owner cannot play. Games which I miss out on being able to play by not owning the system.



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Mr Puggsly on 06 January 2018
RoboTin said:  

They really need to take time on Halo 6 and release it 2019 to beef it up and make it as good as they can. 

Halo 5 has better visuals than it gets credit for, I think the art direction was more of the problem and the effects were too ambitious for the hardware.

I mean Halo 5's lighting and performance is ahead of basically any other FPS on the console, at least more ambitious than the average 60 fps game. Doom and Battlefield 1 kinda look bland in some areas compared to Halo 5, but all of these games strengths and weaknesses in various places. Halo 5 being the only game that actually maintains 60 fps.

I think they could have made good on Halo 5's lacking campaign by simply making another ODST or Reach esque campaign using that engine. Because the gameplay in Halo 5 feels great, the campaign just left people wanting more. Never happened though, wasted potential.



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UltimateGamer1982 on 07 January 2018

Here’s my personal problem with the X1. To me so far, the console still doesn’t have that one stand out exclusive ppl will remember the console for in the years to follow. Everyone knows ps2 for several, ps1 for FF7, n64 for Mario 64, 360 for halo 3, Dreamcast for soul calibur, OG Xbox had halo and ninja gaiden etc. For the most part the One relies mostly on third parties as opposed to exclusives.

My favorite X1 game is probably still Forza 5 as it was my first X1 game and it looked amazing at launch. But you get my point right? So far I still don’t think X1 has that ONE game yet.



flashfire926 on 07 January 2018
UltimateGamer1982 said:
Here’s my personal problem with the X1. To me so far, the console still doesn’t have that one stand out exclusive ppl will remember the console for in the years to follow. Everyone knows ps2 for several, ps1 for FF7, n64 for Mario 64, 360 for halo 3, Dreamcast for soul calibur, OG Xbox had halo and ninja gaiden etc. For the most part the One relies mostly on third parties as opposed to exclusives.

My favorite X1 game is probably still Forza 5 as it was my first X1 game and it looked amazing at launch. But you get my point right? So far I still don’t think X1 has that ONE game yet.

Well, I would argue that Forza horizon 3 has a case for itself there. Undisputed best racer of the generation (if we count mariokart, its more of a toss-up) However, racing games just aren't as popular as they used to be.



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UltimateGamer1982 on 07 January 2018
flashfire926 said:
UltimateGamer1982 said:
Here’s my personal problem with the X1. To me so far, the console still doesn’t have that one stand out exclusive ppl will remember the console for in the years to follow. Everyone knows ps2 for several, ps1 for FF7, n64 for Mario 64, 360 for halo 3, Dreamcast for soul calibur, OG Xbox had halo and ninja gaiden etc. For the most part the One relies mostly on third parties as opposed to exclusives.

My favorite X1 game is probably still Forza 5 as it was my first X1 game and it looked amazing at launch. But you get my point right? So far I still don’t think X1 has that ONE game yet.

Well, I would argue that Forza horizon 3 has a case for itself there. Undisputed best racer of the generation (if we count mariokart, its more of a toss-up) However, racing games just aren't as popular as they used to be.

Horizon 3 is a great game to be sure but not sure it belongs in the same category as FF7 or super Mario 64. :) 



Oneeee-Chan!!! on 07 January 2018

How many did  XB1 sold  in  NPD  this  year ?

Last edited by Oneeee-Chan!!! - on 07 January 2018