How much does XB1X need to sell for it to be a success?

[d21lewis]

Hiku said:

d21lewis said:

I just googled "Xbox One X 500,000" and this is the first thing that popped up:

"Xbox enthusiasts will pay significant sums to get hold of the latest and greatest," he said, forecasting Microsoft will sell 500,000 Xbox One X consoles during the fourth quarter."

http://www.ksdk.com/mobile/article/news/nation-now/e3-2017-microsoft-unveils-499-xbox-one-x/465-f76743ce-d2af-4cfd-8dcd-77588c0531de

 

Not even sure if that's the article I read. I think it was in my news app on my smart phone. Pretty modest expectations.

That's a statement from IHS Markit analyst Piers Harding-Rolls.

You probably won't find anything googling this. There's little to no chance that any Microsoft representative would give a specific estimate like that when they deliberately hide their Xbox numbers, as it could also potentially give people a way to figure out how much the rest of the Xbox One family is selling.

My bad. 

 

On a different note, looking at the trouble Nintendo is having producing Switch consoles for launch, I wonder if Microsoft has and production issues. I know Nintendo's problem was Apple using a lot of the same resources that they needed. Could the XBO X have similar whoas? People predicting a few million will sell when it's possible a few million can't even be produced.