BeElite said:
gergroy said:
I don't know, I think microsoft can still pull it out (no pun here folks!). It's still pretty early, perceptions can shift. Especially if they are still shooting for a 10 year life cycle.
Biggest problem the xbox one had/has was their leadership team. Mattrick was a joke, he deserves to be at zynga, not head of xbox. He was nothing but a train wreck as the head of xbox and his leadership during a console transition can be considered nothing less than a nightmare.
However, Microsoft has done a lot to rectify the issues Mattrick left them. In time, with some big hitters like Halo, they can at least pull even in NA and UK. Europe may be a lost cause. However, they could still make some gains in emerging markets like China, South America, etc. It's not a completely lost cause for Microsoft, I still think they can get close to what the 360 sold, 70 million or so... |
How though ? Mattrick may be gone but X1 is still a much a cluster fuck of failure he was a part of. Counting on heavy hitter to turn it around is unrelaistic, PS4 will have its own heavy hitters that will nullyfy any bump X1 gets. Given how badly PS4 is out sellng the X1 now, for it to hit 70m there would have to be massise market growth where PS4 passes 200m in sales.
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Also, PS4 has guaranteed longevity thanks to Sony's 1st party studios and better support from 3rd parties. The same cannot be said for the X1 and we saw what happened when the 360 only rotated between Halo, Gears, Forza, and Fable. Whatever flagship titles the X1 will have, Sony can easily counter them with their own and at greater quantities, too.
