Xbox One; was it a successful console?

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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. 

Now compare the software libraries of PS3/360 vs Gamecube. The former have much stronger lineups due to their much bigger install bases. Switch vs Wii U is another very telling comparison of how much sales matter in this regard.