HoloDust said:
curl-6 said:
I doubt many people would buy another Xbox system after how the Series went, or that PC players will be swayed in significant numbers. I see Wii U/Vita numbers at most. |
I'm not expecting earth shattering numbers from Helix, but I think many underestimate appeal of having both console and PC in one box. Otter said:
Even if this plays out well, success from the PC market in this regard will probably not equate to much or at least not what we expect from the console space. Something like the steamdeck can be the talk of the town in the PC space but will struggle past 5m in 3 years of sales.
The PC market is huge in totality but its made up of many different configurations including school/work laptops, notebooks, workstations, more typical gaming rigs etc. No individual fixed piece of hardware is ever going to take a huge chunk of that pie, unlike with consoles. Xbox is no longer a trojan horse, there is no grand plan to reach 100m gamepass users etc, all of those ambitions hit their ceiling. There's no realistic reward in going back to Xbox exclusives or XBox+PC exclusives. I think the Helix is just a low investment consolidation of their hardware niche, whilst the software will be everywhere else and the real continuation of the Xbox brand. |
I can only speak for myself, but as someone who's been primarily PC gamer since early 90s and didn't have anything XBOX since 360, Helix so far seems like a good product...again, if the price is right. |
The thing is, we live in a world where the cost of components has raised the price of even a base PS5 to $650; the Helix, from all reports, is going to be staggeringly expensive in this economic climate, to the point where price will likely prove too big a hurdle to all but the most well off diehards and enthusiasts.
