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Why Xbox One won’t sell ‘tens of millions’ in its first year

Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi recently said that the company's research tells them they will sell "tens of millions" of Xbox One systems in its first year. Gimme Gimme Games writes about how this an unrealistic goal even under the best circumstances.

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toxiichollow3876d ago (Edited 3876d ago )

isn't microsoft only shipping 6.2 million units in the first year...

Kingthrash3603876d ago (Edited 3876d ago )

my 67 yo dad told me today that he has paid for a ps4 in full....he loves tiger woods not a launch game. he dosent even know when the ps4 launches...i asked him why? he simply said he seen both reveals and ps4 had games....all he remembers is the tv annoucements frm ms....he is the casual ms aimed at...and even they want ps4.

fun fact...my dad paid for his ps4 before i paid for half of mine....i consider myself hardcore.....smh

toxiichollow3876d ago (Edited 3876d ago )

It's a shame, i remember when the OG xbox launched and Microsoft really cared about the gamer. They had exclusives like Blinx,Blood Wake,Brute Force,Crimson Skies, and phantom dust. Even early in the 360 days there were some nice exclusives. It all changed when Don Mattrick took charge and wanted to turn a gaming console to a multimedia hub. Maybe with him gone xbox can become a gaming console first and foremost, but i doubt it...

STANK083876d ago (Edited 3876d ago )

@Kingthrash360 Although you clued us in or your pops being uninformed, very believable story I might add. All old people care about is Matlock and Bingo. Inform your dad he can watch Matlock and play Bingo via snap mode. Best of both worlds eh?

Kingthrash3603876d ago (Edited 3876d ago )

yeah he's uninformed for sure....he didnt even know the release date...told me he thought it would launch earlier.
that said tho i played atari when i was a kid...who's atari? my dads...he has been playing video games before they were a thing. so i wont say he is a gamer...but i can say he knows what he wants....i mean he watched both the reveals amazingly and to my surprise. but not e3/gc/pax.
what i get from it is he is a simple gamer...something lost in many of us gamers today. all he cares for are games PERIOD. no cameras no tv no share button no interfaces no specs no controller comfort ...he cares only for games...he looked at who had the better first impression to him on whAT he wanted. sony appealed to him so much so that he is getting it day one....lol he doesnt want anything but tiger woods lol so no games. (i told him he could HAVE waited smh)
i guess his point is x1 was too complicated and drowned in tv/kinects/dogs....while ps4 was games games games...says it was less complicated....i couldnt argue with that.

my dad is a reader/ bowler...watches tv only to watch tiger play....ffffffuuuuu matlock

malokevi3875d ago

http://www.pcmag.com/articl...

"Microsoft has reportedly cut the number of Xbox One game consoles it expects to ship in 2013 from 7 million units to 6.2 million units due to some supposed issues with component yield rates, but the software giant called the rumor "innacurate.""

Probably more like 7 million... in 2013.

ABeastNamedTariq3876d ago

The price point might dissuade some potential buyers, methinks.

STANK083876d ago

I think tens of millions is a lil too ambitious on MS part but price isn't that big of a concern. People buy what they want, or what they think they deserve.

AznGaara3876d ago

Also people buy what everyone else buys or what's popular. We'll see how the "32 ps4 launch countries vs the 13 xbone launch countries" will help.

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sAVAge_bEaST3876d ago

Why it won't sell tens, of millions,.. because friends, don't let friends,, xbone..\\

word of mouth, and what system your friends play on.. -enter the Ps4.

Hicken3876d ago

Yeah, that doesn't seem likely, especially with them not even having the launch in many countries.

And with most of their features not being available outside the US.

And with it having a higher price.

And it STILL needing internet to get rid of the internet requirement.

Belking3876d ago

It will easily sell that in the first year.

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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Has Appeared On The Xbox Store

Activision and Raven Software's 2006 action role-playing game, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, has found its way to the Xbox Store.

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LG_Fox_Brazil4h ago

Used to love this one, but X-Men Legends 1 and 2 will always be my favorites, especially Rise of Apocalypse. Would pay some good money to play it today with online multiplayer, back then I had no way to get a modem

ZeekQuattro4h ago

I remember buying them dirt cheap on the PS4 and then a few days later I read they were delisted. I was wondering why the bundle was price so low and got my answer when that happened.

Knightofelemia2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Sad to say this is one game franchise next to the Xmen that needs a sequel. I use to play the hell out of Xmen Legends and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Was great when my cousin had the OG Xbox play with four other people and then playing online. Great games glad to see it reappear even though I own the discs love the mechanics of this game.

Terry_B1h ago

It got a sequel..but for dumbass #reasons as a switch exclusive.

shinoff21831h ago

It looked so horrible to. They should've kept it similar to the first two.

Asplundh1h ago

Because Nintendo funded it, they did the same for Bayonetta.

Knightofelemia1h ago

I totally forgot about the Switch sequel.

jukins1h ago

Misleading. This page is whats available for people who owned the game prior to delisting.

Abnor_Mal1h ago

The first game was the best imo.

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Hades 2 Is Already Fixing The First Game's Biggest Problems

Ben Sledge from TheGamer Writes "I’m already impressed with Supergiant’s commitment to improving body diversity in the Hades 2 technical test."

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Nacho_Z5h ago

There's a reason they're called 'gods' and not 'regular people'. It's nice they've diversified even more but gods looking godly wasn't exactly a glaring issue with the first game.

Juancho515h ago

Hey! Gods suffer from obesity and diabetes too!

Blastoise5h ago

This is the dumbest article I've read in a long time.

Michiel19894h ago

No one had an issue with that besides a very select group of people that try to push their own agenda.

Crows903h ago

Exactly. Not even sure they're necessarily committing to body diversity either.

The designs look fine not stupid.

Inverno3h ago

The writer of the this article clearly doesn't know what a real god looks like and has never seen them /s

Tody_ZA2h ago

Thanks for bringing up a bunch of garbage thoughts that never crossed my mind when playing the first game because I was too busy playing the game to worry about the portrayal of the physical bodies of gods.

Foolish me, when I read the title I thought we were talking about game mechanics.

Piss off, honestly, with this asinine bottom of the barrel try-hard-to-be-relevant trash.

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Fallout 76 needs Ghoulification to make Appalachia more interesting

Players are taking to Reddit to let Bethesda know they want ghoulification added to Fallout 76 in a future update.

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