I would be curious to know what internal expectations were once they allowed first party games to be Windows 10 games too though. That is a move that would suggest a lower expectation on hardware sales. Like even if the next xbox is better in every regard to the competition I would expect it to sell less if they make everything available for PC. But I assume that is fine if they sell more software/subscriptions?
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Analyst: Xbox One global sales at 41 million; digital sale ratio far higher on Xbox One than on other platforms
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Exactly. The Vita also had a much higher digital ratio than other platforms at the time.
The Original Xbox only sold 24 million units versus the PS2's 150 million.
That's 24:150.
Considering the Xbox One started out as a total shitshow, I think that selling roughly half of what the PS4 has is pretty decent.
XB1 was dead in the water until Phil was put in control.
41 million is not a success story, but I do think it's a dignified comeback from the brink.
Compare Xbox where it is to where it was and the disparity is simply put shocking.
Ever since Phil was promoted to EVP of Gaming, he's been making bigger and better moves in a short amount of time, so I think there's a lot of cause to be optimistic for next gen.
41 million is not a success story, but I do think it's a dignified comeback from the brink.
Compare Xbox where it is to where it was and the disparity is simply put shocking.
Ever since Phil was promoted to EVP of Gaming, he's been making bigger and better moves in a short amount of time, so I think there's a lot of cause to be optimistic for next gen.
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I think its competitive.
Some games I saw higher on the each other's store.
I think with Xbox they dont advertise all their sales as much as Sony does. That or Sony just have more overall sales.
I guess I'm an odd-ball with my PS4.
II have 267 entries in my "Purchased" tab and they're all digital.
Only physical game I have came with the first PS4 I bought and I think it is still in the shrink wrapping.
On my switch I am about 50/50 now, moving more towards digital since they started allowing sharing of digital games in the same faction as playstation.
II have 267 entries in my "Purchased" tab and they're all digital.
Only physical game I have came with the first PS4 I bought and I think it is still in the shrink wrapping.
On my switch I am about 50/50 now, moving more towards digital since they started allowing sharing of digital games in the same faction as playstation.
I could 50m within reach if MS released the rumoured Maverick SKU.
If they continue to invest in games and Game Pass and offer a 199-249 price range, I could see a significant uptick.
If they continue to invest in games and Game Pass and offer a 199-249 price range, I could see a significant uptick.
The Xbox One is the first and only console I went full digital on, precisely because of their continued emphasis on supporting the entire Xbox ecosystem through continued compatibility. And now Game Pass makes it even easier to stay under that whole umbrella.
A while back I purchased several PS Classics for my Vita and PS3 under the impression that they would continue to be supported. Whoops! So I'm buying all PlayStation games on disc still, in 2019.
No.
Predictions in 2017 were that Xbox One would end up around 35.
2017 comes and everything points to Xbox One indeed hit or at least close to that.
Now we have over 40M
Xbox One only sells 7-9M units a year.
Pretty impressive numbers considering how big of a disaster this gen has been for Xbox. I think next gen they'll do closer to 360's numbers.
Xbox One X was a huge success for them as well.
They now know what to properly do for next gen
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Most games I buy across all systems are digital too. All ecosystems feel secure enough to do it at this point.
Digital is higher because of Microsoft's huge infrastructure, which connects Xbox LIVE subs, full game sales on Xbox Store, Game Pass, ads, Mixer, and microtransactions into a cross-platform ecosystem that spans phones, consoles, and Windows 10 PCs.
It'll go even higher once Project xCloud is out, and once the digital-only codenamed Maverick Xbox launches.
It'll go even higher once Project xCloud is out, and once the digital-only codenamed Maverick Xbox launches.
I was thinking it was the xbox userbase as a whole that drove digital that high. The smaller base taking advantage of the services. Is that what you were saying?
Also, I were thinking the services were aimed at the casuals. Interesting stats.
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I mean, sales had to go up once they essentially relaunched the console with the X and S. Good for them but hardly surprising.
The digital ratio is also hardly surprising given the introduction of gamepass.
The digital ratio is also hardly surprising given the introduction of gamepass.
Xbox One is the current-gen system with the most N64 games available for it. The math checks out.
Yeah man, they started the generation off on the wrong foot. They royally messed up and for them to sell this many after that disaster of a conference and message is pretty good.
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I'm all digital on all my systems but I buy most digital games on my One X. I am not surprised really.
Part of the reason I buy mostly digital on Xbox is BC, it's easier overall and I have some faith I'll be able to just easily download them on future consoles.
What was the original Xbox at ?
Irc that had a US to ROTW ratio of 65% too, but i am not 100% sure on that.
Yeah the gap is quite staggering.
Can anyone tell me what the gap is between 360 and PS3?
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You are correct on that!
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Anywhere between 2-4 million in Xbox 360's favor
I buy all my games digitally, cant speak for Playstation but buying games digitally on Xbox so easy. Also the sales are great.
They should easily hit 50 million. They only need 9 million
2019 - 5 million
2020 - 3.5 million
Thats 49.5 million right there, another 500k will be easy.
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The bigger question is, when does Switch overtake Xbox? This year? Next year?
Yeah, and Wii U did
PS3 surpassed X360.
Doesn't look like that when you again put it on the worldwide scale.
Xbox never does bad in its 2 main markets but these numbers again show they basically have nothing to fall back on outside of them.
Sony is 50+ Million ahead while only being slightly ahead in the US showing how insanely strong the grip and mindshare everywhere else is in the favor for Playstation.
The same market that pushed the PS3 above the 360 in the end even after how that Gen started out for Playstation.
The 1X or anything else that Phil did had never any impact on the European Market showing its uninteresting for the market they still can't figure out.
Will be interesting to see what and if they have something planned or simply give up on it and try to get their playerbase in the USA back which helped them a lot last Gen.
You have that flipped I believe. Most places kind of came to the conclusion that the PS3 outsold the 360 worldwide by a couple million units.
Yeah, it was. By Xbox France. And it was false. Maybe some of you remember from other forum :
https://www./threads/about-the-allegedly-sales-coming-from-xbox-france.1393548/
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Link? Last officially reported numbers are 82 million for PS3, 85 million for Xbox 360.
They stopped making physical games for the Vita though so it's not even comparable.
I think it's something like 86m ps3 to 85m 360. Ps3 overtook it right at the end.
We could say the same thing about that 90+ million PS4 number as well. Isn't Sony themselves that said 25% of PS4 sales are Pros. How many of that 1 in 4 is Pro purchasers are doubling dipping? I am sure there are millions more double dipping as you call it from that perspective on the PS4. Point is why does it matter either way.
The platform itself is the answer.
Gamepass, play anywhere, a single account for global purchases, easy to switch regions and get stellar prices on launch, better regional prices on developing countries, better refund policy, more reliable speeds...
They may suck in the Europe, but on other markets such as Brazil games cost sometimes a third on Xbox compared to Ps4. Even compared to steam it's often cheaper. This is specially true when there's no one to publish the game physically for Xbox you can get a pre-order for $30 on Xbone and the same game on ps4 costing $90 (and more and more publishers are skipping the physical xbone version because the market for digital on the console here is so much bigger than the retail)
Depends on your region. Atleast in Europe the Xbox sales aren't as good as Sonys. Pricing is higher and there a way fewer sales.
Not surprised at the higer digital ratio. MS pushes the storefront pretty hard on the console with at least one item on the dashboard always pushing you over to that page.
I don't think these numbers are positive at all. Things like the launch of the XB1S, XB1X, backwards compat and insane deals (at least here in Australia) and the gap with PS4 has only grown?
It really does show how vital the first couple of years are, but there's also one thing Microsoft have been lagging in for a few years: big games. It's been long enough with Phil Spencer in charge that we really should have seen more compelling software launch already. I can understand if they are just putting all of their eggs in the next gen basket at this stage though.
It really does show how vital the first couple of years are, but there's also one thing Microsoft have been lagging in for a few years: big games. It's been long enough with Phil Spencer in charge that we really should have seen more compelling software launch already. I can understand if they are just putting all of their eggs in the next gen basket at this stage though.
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