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Nuvendil on 03 February 2017
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Intrinsic said:
Nuvendil said:

Xbox One's sales usually crater in January through May.  And with Scorpio on the horizon, it's going to be worse.  And the cancelation of Scalebound, while not a major loss in terms of the title's sales importance, it is a major symbolic loss.  And honestly, with MS constantly talking about the Scorpio, they seem to have somewhat written off the Xbone as a bit of a lost cause in this fight.  And I think people feel that, and it's not instilling confidence.

But thast ridiculous of MS. If true then they are areriding a lot on the back of the scorpio. Which in all honesty is really at best just a more powerful 8th gen console. They can't start making exclusive games for it because that will do more to hurt their brand than anything else and it just being more powerful sin;t going to be a big enough differentiating factor to stem the tide.

Especially when you consider that its going to be at least moe expensive than the PS4pro. its even harder spotting differences between true 4k and psuedo 4k than it is between 1080p and 900p. 

I didn't say I viewed these moves as wise.  I have long said MS's moves were short sighted.  And they won't put out exclusives for it but I wouldn't be surprised if they emphasize that it's the best way to play x, y, and z. 

But all this is why I view the Xbox's position very vulnerable at the moment.  The symbolic loss of Scalebound and lack of traction gained by many of their esclusives, their constant fire sales devaluing the Xbox brand and training consumers to wait for the next sale or price drop, their inability to compete with Sony for the primary console position.  At the moment I don't see Xbox coming close to taking back the primary console position and they are making a very weak argument as a secondary or suplementary one.  If anyone is going to potentially feel a hard sting from the Switch, it's Xbox.