segmentnext "Xbox One X Outselling PS4 Pro In The US, Xbox One Close To 35 Million Units Sold"

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flashfire926 said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

Yeah, it would be the Megadrive/Genesis 32X situation all over again. Consumers where wary after that and waited before buying the Saturn in the west, leading to the failure of that system outside of Japan.

On the other hand the main problems of the XBO are elsewhere: lack of power and compelling exclusives for Europe and to a lesser degree NA, lack of jrpg's and other japanese titles for Japan and their Gamepass concerning retailers. An Xbox Next with good exclusives will sell the hardware - if the retailers will stock it.

Xbox Games Pass is a strength, not a problem.

I doubt a few small independent stores in the UK, and Gameware in Austria is much of a problem really. Austria is dominated by playstation, its not like Xbox had has much of a presence in Mainland Europe.

Infact, I think the underlying reason for the delisting is poor xbox sales, because I bet this wouldnt had happened if Sony had the game pass.

For the consumer, it's a strength, no doubt.

But for Microsoft, it can become a big problem. Retails don't make any money from selling consoles, only from selling their games. Hence why several retailers already announced they won't stock XBO anymore because with the Gamepass, they can't make any money with Xbox anymore. If this would get more widespread then it would definitely become a problem for Microsoft. Just imaging Gamestop only stocking Sony and Nintendo games and not accepting Xbox games anymore. Or worse, someone like Amazon not selling the console anymore because they can't make a winning out of it.

And yes, it would have happened with Sony too. In fact, it did happen with Sony before, remember PSP Go? It flopped not only because few wanted to buy it, but also because only very few retailers sold the damn thing. Now guess why nobody wanted to list the handheld in their shops even before it got clear that it flopped? I think now you know the answer.