JRPGfan said:
MS isnt trying in europe. |
Same here, I live in Sweden. There's practically no Xbox marketing to speak of, meanwhile; most major electronics stores and chains have huge PS5 signs plastered all over, even when they didn't have any stock. Personally, I don't see MS caring much about the Xbox brand any more, there's more focus on MS Game Studios, and getting people on various subscription plans. Their future strategy won't be about selling hardware for tiny profits (or even small losses at launch), but rather the ecosystem they always wanted to create. If you can sell and maintain huge subscription numbers across various platforms, the box itself is of no importance. They can't very well live off of North-America alone to sustain hardware sales.
It would solve many problems; less direct competition (if any), more stable, sustained profits, getting MS centrally off of their backs (they've been wanting to axe the unprofitable Xbox division for almost two decades now).