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Zippy6 said:

The next xbox will very likely be sold for a profit and more expensive than usual consoles. But not that expensive, I don't see there being more than a tiny market for $1000-$1200 consoles. How many of these do you expect them to sell?

They'll sell a couple dozen, at least.  



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What if they have the Cheapest and Strongest Consoles at lauch? Kind of the next gen for Series S and a Series X Pro.
And Please Microsoft, give them a "good" name at least.



I don't see a reason why they should bother to make another Xbox at all. It kinda doesn't fit into their strategy anymore. They should just give out an "Xbox" Logo to PC manufacturers so you can get yourself Xbox Laptops, Desktops, Handhelds and whatever.



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What Capcom games are not releasing on Xbox?



The thing is.... Playstation does a PS6 thats 600$ (half cost of this premium price console), and its sold at 100-150$ loss at start.
That puts you at a 750$ unit vs a 1200$.

So lets say PS6 is 2/3rds of this premium console, in terms hardware power.
However it costs half of what the Xbox premium console does.

Will the avg. joe, care?
Will people pay twice the amount (for the console), for that last 1/3rd of performance?

That has to be a very niche market.... I'm thinking, if you go that route, you end up in the 10-15m range sold, of xbox premiums for its entire lifetime sales.



OdinHades said:

I don't see a reason why they should bother to make another Xbox at all. It kinda doesn't fit into their strategy anymore. They should just give out an "Xbox" Logo to PC manufacturers so you can get yourself Xbox Laptops, Desktops, Handhelds and whatever.


Honestly makes much more sense than selling a 1200$ premium only console.


eddy7eddy said:

What if they have the Cheapest and Strongest Consoles at lauch? Kind of the next gen for Series S and a Series X Pro.
And Please Microsoft, give them a "good" name at least.


The price difference would need to be noticeable for it to have a effect.
So like Imagine future console, like a PS6 is 600$. Sony eat 100-150$ loss on each unit sale.
Xbox would then (to do what you want) need to sell something more powerfull than a PS6 (which means higher production costs, so lets say it costs like 800$).
If xbox were to sell it cheaper than the PS6 at 600$.... lets say 100$ less? so at 500$.
That would mean xbox would need to eat, like 300$ loss on each unit of hardware sold.

That would grow their user base on xbox consoles.
So instead of selling 30-40m.... they might go back to like 60m.
The cost would be 60million units sold x 300$ loss on each unit = $18,000,000,000. ($18bn losses on hardware)

They would need to sell a lot of software to recoup that amount.



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KLXVER said:

What Capcom games are not releasing on Xbox?

One of the recent Street Fighter collections isn't available on it but that might be released on it eventually.  Overall support by Capcom been more than excellent on most XBox consoles except maybe the original XBox but that would have gotten more games if it sold a bit better for example Onimusha 2 was planned to be released on it since the first game included a preview video of it on the disc.



I just don't see how it is a viable strategy when they've litteraly had an ad campaign about the uselessness of their own console since in many devices are considered "Xbox"s.

Anyway, looking at the falling PS5 Pro numbers in the US after it's launch month tells me everything I need to know about the viability of such premium product, especially in this economy.



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Mar1217 said:

I just don't see how it is a viable strategy when they've litteraly had an ad campaign about the uselessness of their own console since in many devices are considered "Xbox"s.

Anyway, looking at the falling PS5 Pro numbers in the US after it's launch month tells me everything I need to know about the viability of such premium product, especially in this economy.

And the economy of the US is not going to get any better of the next four year because of Trumps trade wars and tariffs.  So yeah, launching a premium console in the next four years would not be a good idea. 



It makes sense for Microsoft to make a very powerful machine next, considering their current strategy (selling GamePass subscriptions). However, it would have to be an extremely powerful machine to the point that it would overlap at least two normal console generations, because their first party studios will now, more than ever, have to create their games with other consoles' specs in mind. That way, they'll be able to keep selling the same console for years to come. But I'm not surethat wouldbe a viable strategy, since momentum and interestdie down with the passing of time. But I'm curious to see what they do next. I think the GamePass is great product, and their efforts with first party games have been great lately.



I think the next Xbox should not exist.

I bought the original Xbox and loved it. I bought Xbox 2 and loved it. I even enjoyed Xbox 3. But that was when Xbox was still interested in being a part of the traditional console industry. Back when they were interested in having exclusives and playing on their platform was unique and offered something that you could not get on a Playstation or a Switch. Now, they're just a service, imo. A lesser Steam. I don't have an interest in that. At all.