Has the Xbox Series Already had Their Peak Year?

[AJNShelton]

derpysquirtle64 said:

SKMBlake said:

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. 

Yes, the narrative is "look how well it sold despite the absence of games, imagine now how it would be with actual games releasing on it" but we all know that's not how it works. PS4's best year was in 2018 (Spider-Man, God of War, Red Dead Redemption II - not exclusive but system seller), yet it sold less than 2017.