Finally updated my prediction that Xbox Series will barely hit 40 million units. And if sales don't pick up much from GTA VI, I might have to adjust it to 37-38 million.
I know even going into this generation we know Microsoft was focusing more on Microsoft Gaming than Xbox as a brand and hardware, but I could not have predicted many of their choices. Xbox Series had the strong potential to surpass Xbox One at the start and has squandered that. Xbox does not have the install base, especially outside of the USA to push enough people to buy a console that is essentially a much more powerful Xbox One with almost no identity of its own. I think Microsoft is too arrogant to make Xbox Series their last console after they've already confirmed they're working on its successor. But there is a very good chance the fifth Xbox is the last one.
Lifetime Sales Predictions
Switch: 161 million (was 73 million, then 96 million, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million, then 151 million, then 156 million)
PS5: 115 million (was 105 million) Xbox Series S/X: 40 million (was 60 million, then 67 million, then 57 million. then 48 million)
PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)
3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)
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