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Puppyroach on 27 January 2018
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LivingMetal said:
Puppyroach said:

I don´t really understand the argument here. A retailer seizes sales of Xbox Ones because MS has made digital more attractive. In what way would it be less interesting to buy an Xbox One because they are giving away more games digitally? You really think their argument is valid? 

Yep.  I was right. 

The top selling consoles are the Switch and PS4.  So in theory (and generally proven in reality), retailers will profit more by allocating more "shelf space" to those consoles.  So in the short run when consumers are buying less physical copies of Xbox One games, retailers might as well use that space to promote BOTH hardware and software for the Switch and PS4.

Yeah, you can be as childish as you want, or just try to argue the points instead :). 

 

And you are not giving an argument to seize with offering the console itself. Just replace "Xbox" with "PS4" and you might see how irrational it would seem then. I'm not upset one bit about their decision, they can sell whatever they want. But the reasoning seems illogical. If their argument would be that they will seize with selling Xbox because it doesn't sell well, that is only a rational step.