Was this gen unwinnable for Xbox?

[Leynos]

curl-6 said:

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:

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.

Making a profit is not a failure. Gamecube wasn't a rousing sales success, but it also wasn't a failure. It's never a failure if you profit. 

Last edited by Leynos - on 05 September 2025