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| firebush03 said: Had there been no Series S, I firmly believe XBSX would not have hit 20mil. Series S accounted for nearly 75% of XBSXS sales figures through until 2022 (as leaked in court documents), and LTD Series S accounts for >50% (according to Matt Piscatella US estimated) of total sales. Xbox would have been off to a far weaker start this gen, and I cannot even imagine what sales figures would be looking like right now. |
They should have launched a slightly or moderately weaker and easier to manufacture Series X with two models, disk and digital. And no Series S. So basically Sony's approach.
Series X was out of stock for well over a year. It was never intended or marketed as Microsoft's main console because MS assumed the Series S would be the more popular option due to its cheap price. They were wrong. Series S didn't outsell the X because it was "more popular", it did because of higher availability. Series X, by design, was intended as a premium device catering to hardcore Xbox fans. Which is funny considering the "premium" PS5 utterly dominated both of Microsoft's offerings combined (and it could have been so much worse if PS5 wasn't production capped). MS misunderstood what gamers wanted, and they paid a hefty price for it.
Series S was a bad idea for its time, but it may not be a bad idea now. Because a lot has changed since this generation started: People's perceptions, graphics and price expectations, handhelds making a return, etc.
