Phil Spencer criticizes buying exclusive content/DLC

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AngryLittleAlchemist said:

Neodegenerate said:

I am not suggesting it can win gens, I am suggesting it can win a specific territory in that gen.

Xbox launching a year early doesn't give it a 20 million console lead or whatever it had in the US.  I think having the exclusivity on big ticket FPS games like CoD did more for that than the early launch did.

You're putting too much stock in that over the multiple other reasons the 360 sold so well. 

I never said it was the only reason it sold well.  And I don't think I am putting too much stock in it.  Think of how many people there are, especially seemingly in the US, that buy a system just to play their annual sports and FPS games.  You see the shift already in CoD numbers to the PS4 this gen over the XB1 (the decline in CoD itself is of course another discussion) and yet the install base isn't nearly as lopsided so you would think if it wasn't a big factor you wouldn't see a large discrepancy.  That alone tells me that the exclusivity can move a good amount of units for a company.