MS falling behind prevents that for the most part though. Their main strategy since the 360 released has been to leverage marketshare to moneyhat content away from the competitor's device. When no one is buying your console and you are behind in the sales race by 4 or 5 million consoles, that isn't a cheap option. No sane publisher is gonna give up all that sweet ps4 revenue to make something XBone exclusive unless MS backs up a dump truck full of money, something they'll have more difficulty doing the more and more pressure the games division is under to stay in the black.
MS: Xbox One June 2014 sales more than double May 2014's sales
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MS falling behind prevents that for the most part though. Their main strategy since the 360 released has been to leverage marketshare to moneyhat content away from the competitor's device. When no one is buying your console and you are behind in the sales race by 4 or 5 million consoles, that isn't a cheap option. No sane publisher is gonna give up all that sweet ps4 revenue to make something XBone exclusive unless MS backs up a dump truck full of money, something they'll have more difficulty doing the more and more pressure the games division is under to stay in the black.
If I were Nadella I'd probably scale down the Xbox team, cancel any work on future hardware, and try to eke out an underwhelming but profitable few years before shutting the whole thing down.
Try and spin what you can of the Xbox brand into services like Xbox music, video, etc.
We know big changes are going on at Microsoft, this poor performance comes at exactly the wrong time.
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Night Angel
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SDCowboy
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I can't imagine there is any way in hell the Xbox brand would get shut down just because the Xbone is doing mediocre. The brand is worth too much and could easily be sold.
Rekkapryde
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Tomorrow, but Microsoft should be able to talk to their retailers.
This is Microsoft, they'd try to sell the $499 Kinect bundle to the prospective buyer, figuratively speaking.
bigboss370
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wow
travisbickle
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It's not like everyone has access to a community-based forum that discusses the positives and negatives of games and the consoles to play them on, some people can't make that informed decision.
Dreamgazer
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(controversial opinion time.)
Which is why I secretly wish that MS will forever remain behind Sony/Nintendo.
Nintendo = rarely buy exclusives.
Sony = too poor to buy exclusives.
MS = not in good position to buy exclusives.
Overall = less 3rd party exclusives.
In addition, desperate MS seems to dump money at consumers when dev/publishers aren't taking their money.
rokkerkory
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What we are discussing about shutting down Xbox or selling it off now based on June NPD that's expected to be decent in sales?
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Aquamarine
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If Microsoft talks to GameStop, Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, and Amazon, they have the good majority of Xbox One USA sell-through right there.
Sakura
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The PS4 is struggling there because every one is waiting for the Xbox One.
Memorabilia
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A couple thoughts...
First, all the nay-sayers who said MS shouldnt decouple the Xbone from Kinect need to eat a big plate of crow.
Second, although this is a step in the right direction, these numbers arent that impressive relative to what everyone expects for PS4 numbers. Its becoming more and more evident how badly MS screwed the pooch by making the Xbone under-powered as a design strategy in order to force Kinect in every box and keep the price under $500. They would have been much better off designing a more powerful console at the same price and offering kinect separately.
On a side note, both of my Kinect 2.0 units are sitting in their original Day One boxes unused and un-missed. Selling on eBay is looking like a good strategy.
First, all the nay-sayers who said MS shouldnt decouple the Xbone from Kinect need to eat a big plate of crow.
Second, although this is a step in the right direction, these numbers arent that impressive relative to what everyone expects for PS4 numbers. Its becoming more and more evident how badly MS screwed the pooch by making the Xbone under-powered as a design strategy in order to force Kinect in every box and keep the price under $500. They would have been much better off designing a more powerful console at the same price and offering kinect separately.
On a side note, both of my Kinect 2.0 units are sitting in their original Day One boxes unused and un-missed. Selling on eBay is looking like a good strategy.
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Not sure I'd quantify the sales to be decent when they're likely worse than nearly every single June the Xbox 360 ever had in the US, in a price drop month.
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BananaSprinkles
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I've seen one post that first your description in the last 2 pages. What are you talking about?
eddfromtheriver
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Is there a XBO chalkboard somewhere?
Joke bro
sunset overdrive?
Well duh lol.
Jackbooted
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Wow, I got quoted a lot there and I think my post wasn't as clear as I meant it to be. I was mostly referring to the fact that XB1 was selling poorly in Europe already and they aren't really supporting it fully. Not sure this post even clarifies but I wasn't trying to reject the reality of the situation.
Ghost Slayer
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Really? Didn't they moneyhat Monster Hunter 4 and fund Bayonetta 2? I think the next Sonic games is exclusive to Nintendo too.
Game looks fun but system seller? I don't see it.
Dragonborn
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Honestly if the Japanese flocked to the X1 and somehow the X1 saved console gaming in Japan, that'd be great.... too bad it'll never happen. Japan is dead.
Actually if you double 19.25k if the numbers stayed constant per week you will end up with 38.5K. If you times that by four it's 154K. If you add 19.25K from the first week of June you will end up with 173.25K.I think the xbox one sold under 170K anyway in June.
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gotstrangepowers
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Seems like it's getting overlooked a bit with the deluge of October titles
I've no doubt it does make a difference, as does PS+. End of the day, as long as you're playing good games it doesn't matter whether they're big budget or small budget, nor whether they're made by x, y or z developer. Exclusives matter of course, a hell of a lot, but simply having lots of great games to play matters more. I'm sure 360 fans in the last year or two of the consoles life can attest to that.
Nope, the Kinect is the only thing that is unique about the X1. Now without its niche feature, the X1 is an underpowered console.
The best deals were getting the X1+Kinect+free game for near 420.00...now it is 399 without the Kinect, what a horrible value =(
jhmtehgamr20xx
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People are thinking about the long term when they say that. And, if you look at the trajectory of sales, it's honestly been pretty bad for the system. Both systems were strongly front-loaded but it seems PS4 is managing to track w/ 360 and PS2, in other words it looks healthy.
XBO was like Usain Bolt out of the gate but has been more like Liu Xiang after February. It could end up as Oscar Pistorius if things don't pick up at a steady rate.
Primethius
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Man, its not looking good for Xbox One. I wonder how much MCC will help the console and if Halo 4 had any negative effect on the series moving forward, if at all. I doubt it (as my scenario is probably unique), but I was a die hard Halo fan who went strict Xbox + 360 for Halo and 4 pretty much killed the franchise for me.
I really hope no one tries to make that game the next savior ala titanfall. Insomniac really really don't need that kind of pressure.
The lack of J Allard and Crackdown 3 is alarming.
Memorabilia
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Sorry, but the Kinect wasnt selling the system as was obvious by sales numbers tanking. Getting the price down is key. Most people dont give a rats ass about kinect, certainly not enough to pay more than the more powerful console being sold by Sony.
nah Halo MCC seems to be the next savior
IAmRandom31
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2015 will tell the story for the Ps4 in Japan
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SwiftDeath
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Yeah but like Crackdown is awesome as is J Allard. Based on how much I like Crackdown it only seems reasonable to expect that XB1 will outsell PS4 42 to 1 in the month of its release. Also probably a 2016 title
Well I believe it is over already in terms of number one. MS can still be a strong number two though. Which is crazy to think about now but I think this is the ceiling for XB1 in the USA.
shacklesmcgee
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I actually think the $399 Xbox One ends up looking way worse than the $499 with kinect. at $399 with no kinect and being less powerful than the PS4, it just makes the PS4 the obvious choice where as with the kinect version at least there's one differentiator that you have to consider
SwiftDeath
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Probably in Germany I would imagine
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