Xbox One; was it a successful console?

[Norion]

Azzanation said:

Norion said:

If the Xbox Series was a total flop it would get way less games and Microsoft might stop making consoles so these parts are completely untrue. Comparing the libraries of poorly performing systems to ones that are really successful shows how massively important sales are.

Income and profits come from all sources not just hardware sales. The Gamecube only sold 21.74m Units yet Nintendo still made a small profit, now compare that to the PS3 and 360, which actually lost Sony and Microsoft Billions yet both sold 4x the Gamecube. As long as the products are profitable, than their is a high chance of continuation. 

I was also referring to why general gamers should care about it since it impacts the games they'll get to play depending on their platform choice but it's massively important for the business side as well. It being possible to loss money on a console that sells well due to screwing up doesn't change that since Nintendo's profits wouldn't be nearly as strong right now if the Switch was only selling half as well as it is. If it was another Wii U level flop Nintendo would likely be in a real bad position currently.