the-pi-guy said:
I don't think there is generally a point to address these kinds of rumors. The people who have heard the rumor in the first place are going to be a small number of enthusiasts. Nothing worth correcting unless it goes much further, particularly if it were affecting their stock, which in this case it certainly wouldn't. On the rumor at hand. Grubb frequently shows that he is definitely plugged into the industry. He's frequently the first to announce various showcases. At the same time, he also often makes guesses that don't even make sense. He's not as accurate as Schreier is. Hi-fi Rush would certainly have some kind of sales expectation/engagement expectation. And it certainly could have fallen short of that by some metric even if it was the biggest success they've had in a while. But it seems unlikely they had extremely high expectations. |
I like Grubb and he no doubt has some sources but he often says things in Podcasts which others promote as leaks but then Grubb comes out to clarify it is mostly speculation, Lol. It's why I stopped posting a lot of his "Podcast leaks" because there's a lot of uncertainty around them. Honestly, I feel like a ton of these insiders have very weak "business" sources because I'm often baffled by their takes or leaks. Their sources are in development but often in business stuff things fall apart.
Hi-Fi Rush had to have met some metrics, it did great on Steam (sales-wise), it reviewed brilliantly, it brought some much needed positivity to Xbox, a lot of it, and people were excited for Xbox because of it, then Microsoft fucked their momentum yet again but you can't blame them on Hi-Fi Rush.
I don't buy this rumour at all, it doesn't make sense, even if we assume it didn't meet sales expectations though (they must have been some stupid ones), I think it could still be considered a success to Xbox because it performed its job in multiple other metrics that are important and that Xbox needs, for that reason I would consider it an overall success, Hi-Fi Rush was the most positivity that Xbox had in over a year, Lmao.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 21 April 2023
