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[Duckhuntdog]

Is coming in third place sales wise a win??? I suppose it is a win somewhat in the fact that they didn't leave hardware. But when a competitor can have one of the worst sales generations in the history of their business and then outsell your system, that had a few years lead time to sell, shows the opposite.

 

[Romulus]

Like every generation, Xbox is in last place and Gamespot is handing out participation awards.

The original Xbox outsold the gamecube despite being more expensive and an unknown gaming brand.

But I agree with many in this thread, the Xbox one was one of the worst consoles I've ever owned. Underpowered, shit exclusives, terrible UI. Hated everything about it for the first 2 years. 360 was a solid attempt despite its faulty hardware and I prefered its exclusives over ps3(which isn't saying much imo).

 

[Varteras]

 

[Barakov]

They lost before it was even released. That's how badly the fucked up. It's only been in the last couple of years before they've been able to get some people back.

 

[Psykodad]

Phil Spencer for president.

Can't wait for 24 hourly government check ins. Jk

You'll be waiting for the games though.

 

[LOLCats]

they surely lost the battle

 

[AlexxKidd]

Remember when GameSpot was relevant?


Me neither, actually.

 

[RayHell]

PS fan here. I'm glad Xbox is back and focused on games. It's gonna be a good generation for us gamer.

 

[rofif]

They did. Xbox is almost dead now. It's so dead even great new console is not exciting.
I really hope it will be great again

 

[SometimeLaterToday]

Outside of the exclusives, the console is absolutely fine. Just a textbook example of an unsuccessful marketing plan.

Fingers crossed they can rebound with this one.

- looks nervously at the new Xbox' name -

 

[Ascend]

The Xbox has lost many battles, but the war is still going. The Xbox One could have literally killed Xbox forever. That did not happen.
Losing the console war means you stop making consoles altogether, like SEGA.

 

[Dick Jones]

Don Mattrick should have been sued for industrial sabotage.

 

[Dick Jones]

They did. Xbox is almost dead now. It's so dead even great new console is not exciting.
I really hope it will be great again

I hope Microsoft don't market the XSX with 'Making Xbox Great Again'. It would lose the console war fairly handy.