Microsoft Will Focus Primarily On Xbox Live Usership, Not Console Shipments

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Aeolus451 said:

OutlawStar said:
I still don't understand people saying the One is doing bad... Doing bad compared to what? The PS4? The Wii? (not the WiiU)... Maybe if you compare those charts yes. But if you compare to the Xbox 360, the One is still ahead by ~2.75m units... So I don't view the One as being a bad seller at all. It is a sales improvement so far compared to their last console, and to me that is more important than out selling everyone. It is just the people out there looking to bash Microsoft that will use other devices number to bring down the One. So with people doing that, they have to find another way to make people THINK they are not doing bad (because they are not at all.)


But I guess that's just my opinion?

Because it did really bad compared to it's competition this gen when a good bit of gamers thought it would beat the PS4 before the gen started. The gap between the PS4/xbox one is only widening. That's the big picture.  Redefining the metrics of success so everyone seems a winner won't change anything in reality. Skewing the facts won't change anything. Stating that xbox one is losing badly to the PS4 is not bashing, it's just fact. Bashing would be something like "the xbox one's games are crap". It can't be backed up whatsoever and it's simple mud slinging.

That's the opposite of big picture. That's just looking at things through console-wars glasses. And MS is shrugging off this consolewar nonsense, surely because they're losing badly, but this is where the big picture kicks in. You can still be profitable, follow your strategy, build your brand stronger and offer quality products for your customers even if you're not a market leader.