X-Box Gets Outsold By The NEX Playground On Black Friday

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Just amazing how badly this dude destroyed Xbox as a brand. The 360 completely rewrote the rules in America, it was the defacto console for college kids, adult men, etc. You asked your friends when are you getting on Live because it was synonymous with friends playing online. All they had to do is roll out a system with better graphics, more storage, big exclusives etc and they would have done well. Instead they got murked at E3 and the rest was history.
Maybe you should blame the guy in charge of making games back than tooo

Oh wait that was Phil Spencer

What Matt booty is to Phil spencer

Was what Spencer was to Don.
 

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You're saying this like it's some sort of shocking revelation. If someone can get a PS5 at the same price as a Series S and a Series X cost the same as a PS5 Pro why would anybody at all buy the Xbox?
 

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Just amazing how badly this dude destroyed Xbox as a brand. The 360 completely rewrote the rules in America, it was the defacto console for college kids, adult men, etc. You asked your friends when are you getting on Live because it was synonymous with friends playing online. All they had to do is roll out a system with better graphics, more storage, big exclusives etc and they would have done well. Instead they got murked at E3 and the rest was history.
You're thinking about this all wrong. Microsoft's objective was never to simply be the #1 console player. They came into the console market and found some success and their first move was to try and expand beyond it. It was always how can we leverage this into something beyond it. In hindsight they didn't achieve those goals but the plan was never to just be the #1 player and that's it because if it was what you're talking about is the sensible path. They're the wide open WR whose eyes were in the end zone before they even caught the pass and ended up dropping the ball.
 

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Microsoft's objective was never to simply be the #1 console player

/doubt

This isn’t the words of someone thinking their hardware would end up in 5th place halfway into the generation.


What Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Really Thought of the PS5 Reveal - IGN


What Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Really Thought of the PS5 Reveal - IGN


Microsoft didn’t release a “cheaper” and more “powerful” two sku generation of consoles because they were trying not to out do the competition.
 
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/doubt

This isn’t the words of someone thinking their hardware would end up in 5th place halfway into the generation.


What Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Really Thought of the PS5 Reveal - IGN


What Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Really Thought of the PS5 Reveal - IGN


Microsoft didn’t release a “cheaper” and more “powerful” two sku generation of consoles because they were trying not to out do the competition.
Nothing you said has anything to do with what I said. I didn't say their goal wasn't to be the #1 player I said that wasn't simply to be that. The unveiling of the Xbox One makes that obvious when they spent as much time talking about other stuff and attempting to "own the living room" than they did talking about it as a pure gaming device. I don't know how you watch that and come away with all they care about is being the #1 gaming console.

They wanted the brand to be bigger than gaming and it became much smaller as a result. Had they focused on just gaming their entire path is different.
 

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“people” as in you?

What were “people” surprised by the last 5 years?🧐
Y'all have a thread created about sales of Xbox hardware(or some how associated with sales) like every month, even after knowing Xbox series hardware isn't something they are concerned about being competitive with and y'all act like its your 1st time hearing about or discussing each thread. :mjlol:
 

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You're thinking about this all wrong. Microsoft's objective was never to simply be the #1 console player. They came into the console market and found some success and their first move was to try and expand beyond it. It was always how can we leverage this into something beyond it. In hindsight they didn't achieve those goals but the plan was never to just be the #1 player and that's it because if it was what you're talking about is the sensible path. They're the wide open WR whose eyes were in the end zone before they even caught the pass and ended up dropping the ball.
:mjlol:Yall got every excuse in the world for those loser ass cacs with billions of dollars behind them
 

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:mjlol:The goal of a video game conglomerate is to make successful games. Sony doesn't have a single game on the ATG seller's list. Half the list is Microsoft and Nintendo.

:mjlol:No one gives a fukk how many consoles you sell, because if you add PC to the list, Microsoft wins by miles.
 

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even after knowing Xbox series hardware isn't something they are concerned about being competitive

Just bookmarking this for their quarter earnings report that’s gonna look like a blood bath when the things they ARE prioritizing according to you aren’t doing well either
 

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:mjlol:The goal of a video game conglomerate is to make successful games. Sony doesn't have a single game on the ATG seller's list. Half the list is Microsoft and Nintendo.

:mjlol:No one gives a fukk how many consoles you sell, because if you add PC to the list, Microsoft wins by miles.
Ghosts alone outsole everything released by ms on the 360 except for Minecraft which was bought after

Lmao at thinking buying Minecraft and cod after they were some of the the most successful games ever is something to give props for.

Would be like buying mjs catalogue and acing like you went diamond, foh
 
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