October Circana (NPD) 2023 Thread

[DroidKnight]

curl-6 said:

DroidKnight said:

The Xbox Series just barely hit the 3 year mark 6 days ago.  With the generation expected to go to 2028 and likely to still be in production after the new console launches for at least another year, there is plenty of room for hope it does well.  This month's Black Friday and next month's Christmas will have big numbers (pending stock and restock will determine how big).  

The VGChartz hardware charts have NA lifetime for Xbox One at 32.97.  Xbox Series on the same chart is at 13.2, putting it at 4 million away from the halfway point.  It will likely cross that halfway mark before the Xbox Series reaches the mid point of its production life cycle.

Worldwide? Plenty of time to surpass the Xbox One's lifetime numbers.  Starfield should have good long term legs.  And if Starfield isn't everyone's cup of tea, there is plenty of exclusives on the way that may appeal to consumers, but I don't think Starfield moved zero consoles.

It's still possible to right the ship, but given they've been promising to so do for the last ten years and consistently failed to deliver, I don't have much faith in them.

In the Americas their strongest territory, Xbox is down 23% YOY, in its third year, that's not a sign of a healthy platform.

You're correct.  They definitely have messaging issues and have failed to deliver.  Right the ship or sink it and move on.