| Barkley said: I'm surprised people think 200k FW sales is decent or good for Sea of Thieves. It's not exactly a small title, it's one of Microsoft's big games for the year. Even Quantum Break sold 207k FW and only went on to sell 0.75m to date, 200k is not a decent open, especially considering the negativity post-release that may suppress further sales. |
It's gotten past the point of hoping for better and sympathizing. Microsoft have had a monumental fuck up that I don't think any major console has ever had. Think the Sega Saturn. It sold 9 million units total yet it had killer exclusives every year of it's release, same with Dreamcast, Wii U etc. MS are literally about to have 2 years without a notable exclusive outside an annual franchise. People don't even mention MLB in lists anymore even though the game is far and away best in class, yet Forza continues to be the only decent thing on Xbox.
What's worse though is that we all know MS's answer to 2017 and 2018 is going to be Halo 6 and Gears 5. Maybe a Fable 4 made by yet another coverband developer that doesn't even have a passion for the franchise. It's hard to even pretend to be nice about this console.
