Xbox One's Problems Were "Predictable and Preventable," says Former president of Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division

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Just going to cut and paste what I wrote in the article comments:

Given if you sell 1 console per day you are increasing volume that's rather a [meaningless] claim. And I think it's more a case of Wii U losing share, because in terms of main competition PS4 is edging closer to 2:1 over Xb one, so Xb one isn't gaining share on a head to head basis. It is selling at a rate in the USA that will allow it to get through the generation. But that's about as good as it gets.

See how he completely disses Nintendo when claiming consoles are stronger than ever "...both companies are selling more units." Both? Are there only 2 consoles this generation? If that's his context for "increased share" then he's actually straight up lying.

If you actually also consider the 3rd console in the market this generation is in for a massive decline relative to the 7th generation. There are lots of reasons for that, but it doesn't change the most probable outcome. And if you consider all 5 consoles the decline is astronomical. The only console likely to come out unscathed, and potentially ahead of last gen, is PS4, everything else will be on a gradient of fail to epic fail. But even with PS4, it's only going to look good because PS3 was the fail generation for Playstation home consoles.