JRPGfan said:
Chris Hu said:
The main point of consoles is not to sell as many consoles as possible but as many games per console as possible. In that regard all Xbox consoles have been very to extremely successful all of them have very high attachment ratios higher than most consoles. |
Ps3 : 8.92 , XB360 : 7.5 , Wii : 9.05
Ps4 : 13.8 , XBone : 6.55 , WiiU 7.52 / Switch : 8.94
From the above chart.
I suspect that with the "Xbox Series" the attach rates are lower, due to gamepass. And yes... ofc it is still salvageable.
I'm just not sure if their current rumored strategy will be the one that really does it.
Like I am not expecting the new xbox hybrid PC, to sell more than the current "Xbox Series" did.
There are rumors of it being much more expensive than Playstation next gen (ei. ~800$ vs 1200-1500$).
I just don't see how a potentially 1500$ box, goes onto sell like 100m units. |
The XBox Series attach rates are not lower. People have been buying a lot of their games digital starting with the 360 already. Both the 360 and X1 attachment rates are actually a lot higher when you include digital sales. Starting with the X1 most of their games where sold digitally which is actually good for Microsoft. Selling games digitally makes them the most profits, you do not have to manufacture and ship games, and you don't have to give a cut of the sales to a physical store.
