September 2023 VGChartz Estimates Thread - Worldwide Estimates Out Now

[mjk45]

DonFerrari said:

curl-6 said:

Starfield barely gave Xbox any bump. Even with the Activision deal going through, I feel like they're a spent force this gen, I'd be surprised if they manage to significantly outsell the Xbox One.

They're basically dead in the water at this point, and if even the newest big Bethesda game can't change that, I doubt anything can.

It's in its 7th year, of course sales are going down, most consoles are dead or dying by this point.

Considering sales curve I would say that even outselling X1 isn't ensured, and that is investing 100B on the system and increasing GP on consoles to saturation point already.

I feel that in many ways now the transitioning away from dedicated hardware and the focus on software delivery across a variety of platforms that sees the gaming division becoming closer in alignment with the rest of MS seems to have gained even more momentum with the ABK buyout, and that along with MS's focus away from traditional content delivery means the imperative to grow hardware sales is less than what it once was,so rather than just looking to use those acquisitions to further push hardware, they instead are focused on using them to help form the groundwork that leads toward the day all those Xbox- Bethesda and ABK games are delivered via cloud across various platforms.

Last edited by mjk45 - on 26 October 2023