2017 was solid year for Xbox One sales in spite of exclusvies.

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Pemalite said: 

S.T.A.G.E. said:
The only thing solid about 2017 for Xbox was the major exclusives drought for two quarters.

I think the only positive thing I can leverage against Xbox for 2017 was the extremely solid hardware launch of the Xbox One X.
It doesn't have any games mind you, but it's still a solid piece of hardware that simply isn't being used right now.

Hopefully Sea of Thieves, Crackdown 3, Age of Empires, Halo 6 and a Fable 4 changes my opinion on that, Microsoft needs games.

Hopefully those games are good. I am very worried about Crackdown and I want to see how well Sea of Thieves plays and sells. You're correct that the X is a solid piece of hardware, but that's never been my issue of expectation with Microsoft. That's too easy of a job or even a box to check off for them. Microsoft's ultimate lesson to learn about being in the console space is how to make their own games, because they've been in the industry for far too long without mastering it. Everyone else has, except them. Hopefully Spencers investments  internally and externally come to fruition next gen. Something makes me trust his long term plan even though this gen is over. I know this has been said before (since as long as last gen)....but lets wait until E3 to see if anything new comes (wow...that saying is getting old, but meh)  ;)

 

P.S.

Cant wait to hear about Halo and Gears.

Last edited by S.T.A.G.E. - on 11 January 2018