Has the Xbox Series Already had Their Peak Year?

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SKMBlake said:

derpysquirtle64 said:

If we talk about "peak year", maybe? But we won't know until we get the sales data for 2023. If Xbox Series X/S follows the same pattern as Xbox One did, then most likely it will be on decline this year. Xbox One released in 2013, peaked in 2015. For Xbox Series X/S which released in 2020 it would mean that the peak year would be 2022. That's why in my opinion 2023 is the make or break year for Xbox Series X/S. If they fail to deliver this year, I think the platform will start the decline and every year after 2022 it will sell less and less. At the same time, I personally think that they have a higher chance to sell more consoles this year than they did the last year, because IMO if it wasn't for certain decisions and not having a great year software-wise, I think that Xbox One should have done better in 2016 than it did in 2015.

I think exactly the same. The main issue is the trust build by MS. The great promise of 1st party AAA titles day one on GP on the most powerful and the most affordable consoles during Summer 2020 greatly pushed sales.  And then no Halo (nor big game) at launch, okay-ish 2021, very lackluster 2022, made the whole momentum fade a bit, and we start to hear the same narrative as for the Xbox One in 2015 "this year gonna be big for Xbox, heavy hitters will come anytime soon".

So definitly make or break year.

Well, to be completely fair, Xbox Series X/S sold quite well last year despite the lackluster software lineup. Even was close to making the impossible for Xbox consoles in the last 10 years - selling above 10m mark. Still needs to be seen what happens this year. Microsoft needs to deliver on software for sure, otherwise I find it hard to sell it more than last year.