thismeintiel said:
Exactly. Install base means absolutely nothing to how well your game will sell. If it did, just about every game should have sold 20M+ on the ~160M install base of the PS2. The only thing install base determines is the max your game can sell, as in it can't sell more than the install base (though in rare instances, like BOTW, it can temporarily.) That's why you can have Halo games selling better on the OG Xbox compared to the XBO, even though the XBO outsold it. Or some games selling much better on the PS3, even though the 360 install base was higher for most of the gen. |
Yep! Of course there's times where the install base increases and a game gets better legs because of it , since it's rare for the entire demographic to have the machine needed to be part of the install base, but as a whole the arguments for why Xbox One games - or any games on platforms selling badly due to install bases have usually been quite poor. It seems especially weird because if the Xbox One was the "current gen" machine for as long as the 360 it would probably sell better than it(assuming it got some actual exclusives or third party deals - and assuming it sold like the 360 did after One).
