Do you consider Xbox One a Failure?

[Mr Puggsly]

arcaneguyver said:
Well...it has failed to inspire a purchase from me.

From a hobbyist perspective, it has failed to be particularly memorable, besides falling flat on its face at launch, MC Collection, and becoming PC-lite.

MS wanted it to sell 200m...considering it will be lucky to hit 60, that also seems like a fail.

Dunno about its profitability or how much damage its dealt to the Xbox brand, but it seems like MS laid a bad egg, knew they were stuck with it for some time, and have spent considerable resources in polish and adjusting its role for the company.

Consoles in general have really moved into PC lite. They're essentially PCs. But given MS also owns Windows it makes sense for them to put their games on PC. Thats extra revenue on their platform. Meanwhile Sony streams some of their old content on PC for extra revenue. There are people on PC not playing consoles, so theyre both vying for some money there.

For comparison sake, I dont consider PS3 a failure for not hitting sales targets. Its biggest failure was losing money, what seems like billions. Wii U on the otherhand was a failure for not being viable, userbase was too small. Xbox One doesent appear to be losing money and it does a good job moving software to justify support. Thats the primary reasons I dont see it as a failure.

This is also an era where not much money is sacrificed to move hardware. So its unlikely theyve sacrificed a lot of resources to be competitive. Not like last gen where hardware was sold at a huge loss.