PixelPirate said:
Just watched this video and Benji disagrees with some statements made by Phil about being 3rd and how they cant compete. Benji for example mentions the turnaround from Wii U (only 13.56 million units sold) to the Switch. And he thinks games like Starfield can attract PS5 users to their Xbox ecosystem, without having them sell or abandon their PS5. If games are like Starfield are amazing, people cant ignore them. Phil saying otherwise, makes him sound a bit like a defeatist. It is a pretty long vid but I found it interesting. |
GameCube to Wii and Wii U to Switch are big jumps in sales. But there were reasons beyond the usual big Nintendo games as to why there was such a big jump in sales. Wii had motion controls and Switch combined Nintendo's home console and handheld lineup into one system, plus mainline Pokemon on its own is going to sell 20M+ consoles.
1st party/3rd party exclusives are important to help sell hardware. That is why Microsoft has acquired so many studios in the last 6 years. Xbox sales dropped last holiday and continue to be down year-on-year due to no big exclusive. Not that there have been no good exclusives (High On Life, Hi-Fi Rush and Pentiment), but there hasn't been a killer app since Halo Infinite and Forza Horizon 5 in November/December 2021.
What I am getting at is that 1st party/3rd party exclusives are important, but there is more to it than just that.
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