The console war is over

[sales2099]

RolStoppable said:

Azzanation said:

That's the problem, the gaming community sells

The best-selling console will continue to bring in the most gaming profits for its manufacturer.

sales2099 said:

Well neither could Nintendo. The GameCube was their last attempt to play by traditional rules. Now each hardware they release sacrifices specs for a unique hardware function, usually at the cost of mainstream 3rd party support. For the most part with WiiU being the exception this strategy paid off. 

I see MS hitting that GameCube point and Game Pass/Xcloud/PC day 1 exclusives seems to be their non-traditional pivot. But the difference is that they are still very much competing in the traditional space. Both consoles competing for the lions share of 3rd party content like usual. 

Imo Xbox as a platform can’t win no matter what. But the Xbox ecosystem can. 

Your post is baffling. Your opening sentence alone is so far detached from reality that smacking your head on a desk is just about the last hope to get some sense into you.

Both of you guys try your best to make Microsoft's PR seem sound to yourself, but you aren't going to convince anyone with that faulty logic. How about you are honest with yourselves and see the tweet for what it is: A weak and pre-emptive attempt to distract from console sales. Microsoft isn't going to get more gaming profits than both Sony and Nintendo (individually, not combined) with the strategy they are pursuing.

Excuse me? Care to explain how my Nintendo analogy “baffles” you? Lower spec hardware with unique function. Enter market at lower price point. Con is that specs and hardware design limit mass 3rd party adoption. The GameCube was very much in line with what the PS2 was and therefore was their last “traditional” console. 

I mean cmon we all know brand power in Europe and Asia can’t be turned around overnight. I am confident Series X will sell better then Xbox One. But clearly they gotta pursue different markets to get those Xbox accounts up. Steam best selling charts are a testament to their strategy working imo