Recently, Microsoft Xbox 360 director of product management Aaron Greenberg boldly proclaimed "What I can tell you is we remain confident that Xbox 360 will not only outsell PS3 for the full calendar year, but for this entire generation."
Strong words for the man behind a console clearly in decline.
Microsoft introduced its Xbox 360 console in 2005, its second stab at the videogame console market and so far it has been a veritable roller coaster ride of highs and lows for boththe 360 console and for its fans. From its lukewarm reception at launch through to the highs it reached in 2007 withHalo 3, from its struggles with hardware reliability to decreasing sales and economic depression, Microsoft's 360 console has had quite ride up to this point. Now, as the 360 approaches its 4th birthday it appears that hard times are ahead for Microsoft's videogame flagship. After defying the odds for 4 years the signs of the 360's decline are all around us, despite Greenberg's recent comments to the contrary.
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Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $61.9 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 20 percent.
Xbox content + services up 62% while hardware down 31%... seems about right with the way they tout you don't need the hardware to play. People can play on their phones or smart tv or other means. I don't hardly play on my consoles directly since getting devices like the logitech g-cloud and ps portal. Which is to also say I have been playing more digital than physical because of these devices.
Too expensive hardware when others offer the same or more for less? Good work, Green Team.
"Despite some early successes for Xbox games on rival platforms, Xbox hardware is down by a massive 31 percent this quarter."
"Without Activision Blizzard, Microsoft’s overall gaming revenue would have actually declined this quarter."
"Xbox content and services would have only been up a single percent without Activision Blizzard..."
"It looks like next quarter is going to be a similar story for gaming at Microsoft, too."
That is crazy... so A/B/K is carrying the whole Xbox gaming.
Oh and Microsoft will be fine. Windows, Office and Cloud are growing with each pc purchase.
As of right now, there are no monopolies in the games industry, and for the sake of the medium as a whole, they never should either.
And yet the biggest tech companies in America are essentially that. They buy up all the small comps only to kill them off and steal what they have, and if they can't buy em they bleed them to death.
They buy IPs not talent. That's why these buyouts never work and the IPs die. Right now it's too expensive to develop games - but I expect that to shift maybe as AI tools can make it easier. The best games have been indie games for awhile as big developers fuck their ips to death with "games as a service" -
XB1CHE 360 IS DOOMD.
I still feel that upcoming releases like mass effect 2 and alen wake will keep it selling units. I know I will get hate for this but I think Natal will end up being a very casual friendly device with casual friendly controls which will be a big fail for hardcore. Still, I hope all three platforms do well to keep that competition going.
Last September, after the much-hyped 360 price cut, MS sold 347,000 units according to NPD. This September, after much smaller price cuts and re-configurations, MS sold 351,000 units. Plus, this year, the 360 was up against the new $299 PS3 slim, whereas last year, the PS3 was still $399. The 360 seems to be selling better versus tougher competition - hardly a sign of a console in decline.
This also brings up another contradiction in this article. The writer regurgitates the tired old "it's half the price" line that's been overused for the last year. However, the $199 model was unchanged this September, yet MS still managed to increase sales by over 60% from August 2009. If most people buy the $199 model, as many here like to believe, how can he explain the huge increase in September sales when the $199 model did not change?
The Xbox 360 is a fantastic console, with some amazing exclusives and runs all the latest games better than any other console
It has an absolutely UNRIVALED Online experience, and is not going ANYWHERE :)
Neither is the PS3, so just get over it, both consoles will stick it out and sell like hotcakes until the next generation of consoles arrives.
Heck even some of the more known and more respect PS3 Fanboys know this!
19 hours ago | By: Saaking | Block
Re: Ahhh
Which one? That's I'll try to be more a gamer? well, While it's fun being a fanboy I actually do like the 360's games (Fable II, Halo, Gears, etc). I do not like MS, but I enjoy gaming on the 360.
(Sorry mate, had to do it)
Who approves of this stuff, anyway?
Seriously, there should be some sort of filter for this nonsense.