Who did more damage to Xbox's console business: Don Mattrick or Phil Spencer?

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SvennoJ said:

Sephiran said:

From a sales perspective, Kinnect gave a massive boost to Xbox 360, Kinnect was a major reason why Wii sales fell off a cliff after a few years.

Was it really? Kinect came out end 2010, Wii peaked the year before and was already on its downward curve.





Kinect did not boost software revenue, It looks more like the rise of Mobile gaming started taking the blue ocean.



Kinect came out at the perfect time when Wii waggle was starting to wear thin. But ultimately mobile gaming is where the blue ocean ended up. Angry Birds already sold 12 million copies before Kinect launched. Pokemon Go in 2016 reached 232 million active players and went on to 500 million downloads.

I don't dispute Kinect took some of Wii's blue ocean, Wii went from 101 million to 13.6 million WiiU sales, and gave 360 a late gen boost. But it was only a temporary boost of a crowd that wasn't interested in a new console just 2-3 years later and instead went seems to have gone with mobile gaming.

Kinect 2 was a total waste. 

Great post. Kinect did eat some of Wii's share, namely in NA. But the Wii was pretty much going to decline greatly no matter what given Nintendo's decisions. From 2011 onward, Wii had few Nintendo or third-party new releases that really appealed to casuals, intermediates, or core gamers alike. Switch has avoided this problem with flying colors. 

Kinect bit Microsoft in the butt so much. It helped 360, but was a massive flaw with Xbox One. Namely when it was going to be forced on the customer, and it was still forced in the package at first, adding about $100 to the cost.