Xbox Series sells over 33.5M by 30.09.2025. LT expectations ?

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Hardstuck-Platinum said:

JRPGfan said:

Cerny is a smart dude.
The fact that the PS5 was much cheaper to make than the XSX is now paying off.
Even if on paper the series X was like ~20% higher, in terms of actual theoretical performance it didn't really show in games most of the time.

There is were perhaps saving like +50$ on BOM making the device is paying off in spades.

MS's intention was for the XBSS to be the competitor to the PS5 and have the XBSX as a luxury high end alternative. Exactly the same as Xbone - PS4 and Xbone X to PS4 Pro. Problem is, is that the XBSS backfired horribly and it never really qualified as a "next gen" in people's eyes. It just isn't very popular or in demand regardless of how cheap they made it. The only competitor they had left to PS5 was XBSX but that console was never intended to compete with PS5 and if they priced it the same as PS5 they'd be losing a boat load of money

And the problem is that as far as I'm aware the only superior tech visible to the average person in a Series X is Quick Resume. But so does Series S, so that's pretty irrelevant in a Series X to PS5 power comparison. 

There was absolutely no reason to make Series X a little more powerful than PS5 if there's really no advantages to the consumer. The pricing recently too has screwed Xbox Series especially if Sony doesn't raise the prices of PS5 consoles. 

I truly wonder if a refresh launched midlife of Series that was in-between a Series S and X (and cheaper than X) would've helped.