Has the Xbox Series Already had Their Peak Year?

[Kakadu18]

SKMBlake said:

derpysquirtle64 said:

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.

2018 was really late into the PS4s life. Consoles don't keep selling more forever. The Switch had a bigger lineup in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021 and yet it sold less. So exclusives don't sell hardware or what? Obviously they do. Hardware sales always get a boost with each new excusive game launch. But the number of people who haven't jumped in yet for one game or the other dimishes over time.

In the case of XBS it's now it's third full year, not it's fifth like 2018 was for the PS4. That comparison is just bad. It didn't have many big exclusives yet. There's still a lot of potential.

Last edited by Kakadu18 - on 20 February 2023