SKMBlake said:
Elputoxd said:
Yeah, that's seomthing we don't take into account but it's important. When the Xbox One launched, all of its games were assumed to be launching only on it - just like with the Xbox and the 360 - , which surely made some people buy the Xbox One at first instead of building a PC or whatever, but with the Series X and S the market knows right from the start that its games will be on PC too and even on phones and Smart TVs via xCloud. But even with that, the Series X and S are still selling much better than the Xbox One. I think that's actually very impressive, because it means these two consoles are attracting new users to the Xbox console ecosystem. This is probably caused by a combo of launching in more countries, having Xbox All Access in 12 countries, Game Pass, the low price of the Series S and the acquisition of Bethesda. |
I'm pretty sure it is directly linked to covid restrictions. |
I really don't think it is, everyone can buy a console now, stores and transporation centers are open, it's not like in March or April where shops and transportation centers were going to close and people went to buy consoles out of panic of not being able to buy one later. I don't think the people who are buying the Series X and S are the same casual players or retired players that bought a cheap 150-200 dollars PS4 or Xbox One in March or April just to have some entertainment. Early adopters always know very well what they are buying and are interested in the product. Same with PS5. Obviously Covid helps both in terms of sales but I don't think that alone explains neither's growth at all.
