Was this gen unwinnable for Xbox?

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rapsuperstar31 said:

I also think Starfield not being a perfect game after all of the hype, is what ended Xbox. Microsoft needed that game to be a huge system seller, and it was a good game just not an amazing game that they desperately needed at the time.

Yeah I feel like Starfield was the system's last chance to prove its viability; after that game combined with steep holiday discounts failed to move the needle, it was essentially over and MS threw in the towel.

Leynos said:

Pemalite said:

I don't think it really matters who wins and loses, another company having three times the sales doesn't really impact me as a consumer if I still get the games I want.

What matters is if it's profitable and thus financially feasible to keep pushing out hardware.

This is why the GameCube was not really a failure. Nintendo made a profit. Xbox did not. Xbox outsold Gamecube.

21 million sold is pretty much a failure I'd say, especially when your competition sells 160 million and your previous system sold 32 million.