Mind explaining that? Judging from this thread alone, the answer isn't all that clear. I think it's an interesting discussion to be had.

You know, the amount of consoles sold it currently has is supposed to mean the console is doing pretty good and will be fine but when I saw how aggressive they werein pricing and bundles during black Friday and the holidays I was pretty weary. It seems the current amount sold is not up to satisfaction of the company. Right now the price is back to $350, for how long? Probably forever

What that graph showed was the ALIGNED launches of PS3 and X360, that means you take both consoles numbers for their respective 1st year of sale and compare them, side by side. That would be 2005 for X360 vs 2006 for PS3, and what we then get is that PS3 had a better first year on the market than X360. Before we clear this up there's no point of making any further discussions. Do you understand where I'm coming from when I'm talking about aligned launches? Yes, X360 sold better in 2006 than PS3, but that's because they had a years head start, but I'm pretty sure that PS3 had a better second year than X360.

Yes, compared to MS's previous consoles the XB1 is their best console ever. But it doesn't exist in a vaccuum. And the NA and UK markets don't exist in vaccuums either. What matters is WW numbers.

But that's what's so interesting with this discussion! On the one hand, it's selling very well compared to almost everything except PS4/2 and Wii. That's fantastic! On the other hand, it's getting beaten by it's most direct competition; PS4 - and by quite a bit. I'd argue it's a success if MS is making money from it.

This is exactly what could make the One a failure, last gen the best years were 5-6 if this gen is to be much shorter then the best years need to come alot earlier, PS4 has managed this and may beat PS3 numbers, but if X1 doesnt manage it this year it cant possibly be a success compared to its last gen counterparts.

Absolutely not

Failure?

Yes, the original plan for the Xbox One was a failure.

Now after several 180° from MS it's an "acceptable" console, BUT it will never be as successful as the X360 and the XBO is to weak compared to its rival PS4.

Looking at how they started out of the gate (May and June 2013 reveals), and all the negative publicity they have attracted, it is a miracle that the XBox is where it is at now.

Lots of credit needs to be given to MS and Xbox management for having the vision and courage to quickly do 180s on all unpopular policies, lots of credit has to go to Phil Spencer for having the guts to marginalize Kinect which ate a lot of investment but ended up being their albatross, lots of credit goes to their marketing department, and lots of credit has to go to the games division that is trying to produce quality games.

When they started last year, I was upset and disappointed, and I wished them to fail miserably. But now, after 15 months on a market, XOne is definitely not a failure.
Cannot really say it is a huge success either - it is just doing very good, and has become a marketable product able to compete with PS4 at a decent, dignified level.

No, not at all a failure, unless on a personal level you think that selling less units than the PS4 is a failure, but it the system end up selling 60m + units for the generation and gets out some great exclusives, then i personally would say they have done well.

Then if there is another generation of consoles, hopefully they have a much much better launch and have a console that is just as powerful if not more powerful then the competition.

I think in certain ways it has failed. For instance the kinect being removed is not something MS wanted. In fact I'm almost positive that they always had other intentions for it as far as selling things to advertisers. I also think they failed in the US market. They had an 18 million lead over the PS3 they've clearly lost a huge portion of that. It's never a good thing to lose users.