Sephiran said:
The crazy thing is that in many countries, Xbox series is already doing late stage Wii U numbers in sales numbers this year. So if the next Xbox hardware is slated to release late 2027, that would be like Nintendo launching the Switch in 2020 and having the Wii U on the market for 3 extra years. Mindshare must be non existant in a lot of markets outside the US for the next Xbox if that timeline happens. Going by sales, Xbox actually needed a new console on the market more than Nintendo this year, because Xbox is selling less than Switch 1 on a monthly basis this year even after Switch 1 got replaced by Switch 2. |
Except a new Xbox releasing early would do absolutely nothing. Why would anyone buy it? Current Xbox is very expensive as is. A new Xbox without exclusives would be pointless to 99% of gamers.
Switch succeeded because it had amazing and popular games that you couldn't play outside the platform, in addition to solid 3rd party support, portability، and decent prices.
The only way for MS to hope to compete as a platform holder, is to forget about expanding as a 3rd party publisher, price their consoles reasonably, and return to exclusivity that adds a ton of value to the platform. Otherwise, the vast majority of gamers would continue to choose PC or Playstation or Switch over it.
