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Xbox is dead in Europe as sales drop 27% on last year while PS5 rises by 376%

Metro writes: "The poor performance since Starfield has seen increasingly loud whispers of Xbox abandoning or sidelining its console business, but while one Microsoft exec did hint at a ‘change of strategy’, Spencer has insisted that there are no plans to bring Xbox content to PlayStation or Switch."

Jin_Sakai159d ago (Edited 159d ago )

Xbox is on life support at this point. Good job Phil, you sure turned things around!

EvertonFC158d ago

Imagine having a bigger disaster than Xbox one, was that even possible.

JEECE158d ago (Edited 158d ago )

That is what is surprising to me. Whatever the problems the the Xbox Series Consoles, I certainly thought they'd do better than Xbox One.

I wonder how much the increased accessibility of PC gaming is affecting Xbox. 10-15 years ago, there seemed to be much larger segment of gamers who were just afraid to touch PC gaming. As soon as you mentioned it, it was "well I don't want to worry about drivers and DirectX dll files, I don't understand all that, I just want to put a disc in and have the game work." Now it seems like a lot more of those people are less intimidated by PC gaming, and that has happened at a time when basically all Xbox exclusives immediately come to PC as well.

darthv72158d ago (Edited 158d ago )

Jeece... Id imagine PC has become more attractive over the last several years. The investment on a rig that is more capable than current consoles, coupled with the wide range of previous platform emulators, the mod scene and just overall easier pick up and play compared to the 10-15 years ago.... who wouldnt?

The ability to link up any modern console controller and play as if you are playing on a PS/XB is unmatched right now. and getting better. Many may look at the decline of XB sales as a way to mock MS but then you see an uptick in users playing XB games on PC through steam and GP for PC and its apparent why their not as worried about the hardware like people think they should. The XB has always been a side project, an extra avenue to get a little extra $$ for MS. MS does not need to rely on XB sales like Sony does with PS sales.

And that is not a dig against Sony, its just a known fact. their PC, TV, Phone, Music and even movie/TV businesses have been going down over the years. They make more $$ off the PS division so its only right they try to keep that as highly profitable as they can. People thinking they are sticking it to MS by playing their games on PC are just feeding into MS through other means. Directly as well as indirectly.

When MS made the announcement about releasing new games to both PC and XB... they must have known about the inevitable shift that was coming. Or they wanted it to shift that way because even Sony, who for years swore they would never come to PC... came to PC. Slowly but surely they are getting more bold with their Pc releases too. They just havent gone day one... yet.

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peppeaccardo158d ago

Ok so being happy for the failure of a competitor is acceptable but not so good but what is worse is monopoly. In a way it is good that XBSX exists, with its ups and downs and BS and crappy wanna be AAAA games which are only eye pleasers for fanboys. They keep Sony and Nintendo on the edge and move the industry forward, otherwise there would be a bit of stagnation. This being said ... P. Spencer is as disgraceful for the industry as that other T. Howard, not for nothing they are in bed together.

darksky158d ago

XSX on its own may have done well but they split the market with a crappy Series S that is probably weaker than the XBOne X.

FinalFantasyFanatic157d ago

@darksky

Yeah, I feel like the Series S was one of their biggest fails this generation, trying to maintain parity between those consoles sounds like a nightmare for Xbox.

@JEECE,

I often felt like people had the wrong impression about PC gaming, plus the Steam client tends to greatly simplify the experience, for the majority of games, we're not missing around much with drivers or DirectX files as that stuff is mostly automated for us these days. I also suspect that a lot of these people who would have bought an Xbox are now buying PS5s or PCs instead, maybe the Xone generation left such a sour taste that people aren't interested in a new Xbox.

thorstein157d ago (Edited 157d ago )

I think it's a marketing mistake too. Just name your consoles in succession.

XBox, 360. Why all the confusion?

Xbox One. What?

Xbox One X. Okay... then what's an Xbox One S? I honestly didn't know until a few months ago when it was reported that XBOS was 75% of sales for their current gen consoles.

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ThePacemaker158d ago

I am still shocked that this dude still retains his position. Microsoft’s CEO must really like him.

-Foxtrot158d ago (Edited 158d ago )

Because it’s bad PR if they get rid of him, it would literally cement their failure in stone for the world to see. This also looks bad for MS as a whole

Just like Jim Ryan with the whole “early retirement” stuff

Phil will probably go out with something backing him. Retirement. Health. Moving on to new things etc

Einhander1972158d ago

Phil is the ultimate Microsoft employee, I guarantee that inside of Microsoft itself Phil is "the guy", xbox fans literally treat him like a messiah, I just the other day saw someone calling him Lord Spencer...

The fact of the matter is Phil can go on stage or into an interview and say things he knows aren't true and come out with people believing him, Microsoft can't find another person who lies as good as he does, so he's not going anywhere.

In Phil we (they) trust.

crazyCoconuts158d ago

Execs with silver tongues are good at keeping their jobs, especially when reporting to someone that is also clueless about what success looks like. Phil keeps the cloud tie in in his strategy and Satya keeps lapping it up

EvertonFC158d ago

Crazy to think Phil himself knows he can't get sacked and earn about £500,000 in wages and more so MS/Xbox don't look bad.
Wish I could screw up my job and earn shit loads

FinalFantasyFanatic157d ago

I sometimes wonder if the higher you move up, the higher it is to get fired for failing? It doesn't seem like you have to be super competent based on anecdotal evidence.

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1Victor158d ago

If Xbox want to survive sailing consoles they have to do what Nintendo did run away from releasing consoles alongside Sony and drop quality games consistently or go third party like Sega did.
It’s on Microsoft hands to keep open the Xbox blood bank by themselves or find a better way fast.

Christopher158d ago

C'mon people. Microsoft only cares about hardware as competition against PlayStation. Their primary goal is subscription service for games and dominating that market with it on all platforms. Xbox wants either to make money off of Sony w/no money going to them or to remove Sony's power entirely by offering subscription games.

Zeref157d ago

On life support yet, 25 million consoles sold, more exclusives and more revenue than Sony.

How does that work exactly? 😂

BehindTheRows157d ago

More exclusives and revenue than Sony?

You spout more and more garbage with every post.

mkis007157d ago (Edited 157d ago )

XBox does not have more revenue than playstation. It does not have more exclusives than playstation...it may eventually, but as of now no...will it have more commercially and critically successful games than PlayStation is the question. starfield and redfall are nor a strong start if you count Bethesda games.

https://www.tweaktown.com/n... here are the facts about revenue

wiz7191157d ago

@Jin lmao that was a good joke Xbox on life support ! Only you Sony trolls think sales gauges success .. it’s also funny that Sony sells more consoles but still struggling lol didn’t they just cancel a major MP game

mkis007157d ago

better to cancel a game than release something like redfall though and ruin your reputation.

generic-user-name157d ago

There's a few games MS should have cancelled.

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XiNatsuDragnel159d ago

Xbox isn't doing so hot right now.

peppeaccardo158d ago

.. and their augmented focus on GamePass is to distract the gaming community from their constant failures.

Sgt_Slaughter157d ago

When retailers place your console at 33-50% off like some have been doing, you know it's not good

Nyxus159d ago

"Spencer has insisted that there are no plans to bring Xbox content to PlayStation or Switch."
I don't think he said that, unless there was another comment that I missed. As fas as I know he only said Gamepass isn't going to those platforms (probably because they wouldn't allow it in the first place).

EvertonFC158d ago (Edited 158d ago )

Why save Xbox when the other companies Sony and Nintendo can kill off Xbox all together. They have no reason to allow GP on there systems.

Einhander1972158d ago

I just want xbox to get out of consoles. Let them do whatever they want with game pass on PC and streaming, and let them be a publisher on all the other platforms.

They can still make a lot of money without trying to put everyone else out of business.

darthv72159d ago

Good old Metro... never disappoints.

GaboonViper159d ago

While i agree Metro is trash and a clickbait site the sales speak for themselves and they are awful for Xbox.

darthv72159d ago

Oh i totally agree. But the sensationalist headline is just typical fashion for a Metro piece. that is what i was referring to.

As it is, the reality of PS sales going up was expected. i mean they were extremely hard to find last year. Where else would sales have gone now that sony said there would be more stock for EU? Last year they prioritized NA and it shows because this year sales are down by 20% compared to last. Same with XB and Switch. In EU sales were expected to be down for XB and Switch as well due to the publicized increase in supply.

I mean any logical thinking person knows this.

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__y2jb159d ago

Compelling exclusive content is everything and Microsoft has shown zero desire in creating any. This is the result.

Asplundh158d ago

Phil and the other leads just don't seem to know what quality is. Between expecting to wow people with the poorly polished game footage(Halo), releasing underwhelming exclusives and some absolute bombs for over a decade, it's clear that Phil can't manage studios or put the right people in place to do it. If this was Nintendo or Playstation and the guy they had running the show kept producing poor results, they would of canned him years ago.

FinalFantasyFanatic157d ago (Edited 157d ago )

I don't think Nintendo or Sony could afford to survive with the same business strategy and failures that Xbox has gone through, they'd probably go broke, Microsoft can afford failure after failure. Can't imagine investors would be too happy though, it should be simple to push out some decent games, but they can't seem to do it, regardless of the talent and studios they acquire.

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RaidenBlack1h ago

Can't wait ... the already good lookin' game'll look even better!

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XDefiant players are unable to play the game as Ubisoft's COD beater finally goes live

The game goes live, the servers go down, a story as old as time.

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TrueRican694h ago

F*** this company they always doing some b*******

SegaSaturn6691h ago

Ok hold on, how do we know this hurdle isn't part of the game experience? Ubisoft kinect might blow your mind.

Giga_Gaia42m ago

Or if you weren't living under a rock, you'd have realized by now that every online games launch like this.

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Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II Review (Xbox Series X) - XboxAddict

XBA says: Cinematic immersion that sets the bar for what 'next-gen' really means.

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Cockney6h ago

Oh wow 100/100 the perfect game i can't wait, I do love me some intricate enjoyable and challenging combat, I hope its a decent length too, if it is its my game of the year for sure

CrimsonWing695h ago

You may want to sit down for this…

Cockney2h ago

Is anybody getting the irony in my comments?
I feel like I'm wasting my time

crazyCoconuts1h ago

Not long enough to warrant sitting down

jwillj2k42h ago

Between this, Zelda and GoW game of the decade.

🤣

SonyStyled1h ago

You’re being sarcastic and maybe that’s missed.

Few games are masterful 10/10 but this reviewer in his opinion has found no flaws and the game meets his expectation. A minor flaw would reasonably put a game at a 9/10. I hope this isn’t the authors expectation of a masterful game going forward. The Order 1886 received similar praise for visuals, and a lot of heat for length of the game, and lack of overall action sequences… the walking sim. I’m glad 1886 didn’t meet the expectations for what it offered or it would be the 10/10 standard critically

Psychonaut851h ago(Edited 1h ago)

It’s N4G, with the amount of fanboys here on both sides, it’s best to put /s after your post if you’re being sarcastic, cuz we have seen things as ridiculous as what you said where the person was an Xbot/SonyPony and was dead serious.

shinoff218346m ago

Never knew that about the /s

Is that universal?

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Hereandthere4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

Xbox shill sites are keeping this average game from not having a bad metacritic score yet again.

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Lightning772h ago

I agree but PS sites do the same.

Moegooner45m ago

They don't to, because PS exclusives actually score well all across the board.

MrNinosan24m ago

Let me know which "PS sites" gave high score to Destruction All-Stars, the one pretty bad exclsuive we did have.
Even Forspoken got low score from "PS sites" even thou that's actually a good game.

Lightning7717m ago

@gooner So has this game. My bad the good scores are shill sites right? Any positive surrounding the game is shilling. If we're going off fanboy logic.

You realize this game scored the same as Stellar Blade. Yet that game was celebrated even I celebrated it because I played it. 81 score is great yet a 81 score for HB2 is bad... Some how.... Make it make sense.

ravens523h ago

It's BS. The perfect scores are definitely bs. An 8... Ok, but 9+ I call bullshit.

Tacoboto3h ago

Opinions are only BS when you disagree so much with a score (on a game you haven't played) that it upsets you.

The first game was a 10/10 for me, one of only a few games I've sat through in one session, with headphones, really sinking into the experience.

The tone of this game seems to be that, but with higher fidelity - exactly what I want and reasonably expected of a sequel to Senua's Sacrifice. Won't have a chance to play and see for myself though until I beat Stellar Blade tonight or tomorrow (which I feel has far exceeded most critical reviews too, it may just be a 10 for me)

The Wood2h ago

I think the concept of bias doesn't exist in your world

Lightning7716m ago

It's just the usual Sony fanboys wanting this game to be bad that's all it is. Nothing less, nothing more.

CPTN MITCHELL1h ago

This game is not 100/100 😂 can't do 30fps can't do 1080p and the fighting is lame as hell

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