Ryuu96 said:
Funnily they were actually up YoY for January NPD (double-digit %) which is funny because Microsoft's Q1 projections for Xbox hardware are dire, we're talking Wii U levels of bad, so Xbox either needs to be doing horrific elsewhere or suffer an utter collapse in February/March if Microsoft's projections are accurate. |
I'm 99% sure that sales were only up in January because of Palworld. There was a notable increase for Xbox hardware on Amazon US rankings for instance when Palworld dropped and became an overnight success. I don't think Xbox expected Palworld to be successful honestly, I think they thought it would just be Craftopia 2.0. Instead it became perhaps the biggest system seller exclusive for Xbox Series to date. I doubt the increase over 2023 will last all the way through the end of March though, Xbox Series hardware already fell entirely out of Amazon top 100 as we move into March. Maybe the January and early February boost from Palworld will be enough to at least offset these poor March sales and have Xbox hardware even compared to Q1 2023, instead of down YoY like Xbox expected.
