Xbox One's second bid for the core gamer

Microsoft on the strategy behind Xbox One X, the lack of exclusives and why cross-platform play is so important

[PhoenixUp]

"Although the platforms are very different on the face of it, Nintendo will be hoping to position Switch as a 'second console' to fans of PS4, Xbox One and PC."

Nintendo has been positioning their consoles as secondary platforms for more than a decade now. This brings with it pros and cons.

"The number of first-party games from Microsoft appears to be on the decline. Over the last 9 months, it has launched just Halo Wars 2 (that's as many games as Nintendo has built for Wii U this year.)"

Sick burn brah.

[PhoenixUp]

Yes but as great as Nintendo exclusives can be, you can never just own only it without feeling like you're missing out on various other games without also owning PlayStation or Xbox

[FallenAngel1984]

"Whether Switch competes or not, Xbox One X seems to have started strongly - at least in terms of early pre-orders."

Preorders numbers aren't always indicative of how successful a product will be in the long term. Let's not forget how Quantum Break had high enough preorders to far exceed Microsoft's expectations.

https://www.gamespot.com/ar...

Yet its sales proved to be a different story in the end.

http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...

I don't expect Xbox One X to do as horribly, but I don't expect it to dramatically change Microsoft's positioning in the console space either.

[DaNineTwo]

Well considering it already sold more than the Pro, which has been out for a year now, says something

[WePlayDirty]

Sold more than the pro on amazon? That doesn’t mean it sold more than the Pro overall. What are the numbers?

[yeahright2]

Has it? I thought that was just how much the pro sold so far this year, not it's entire lifespan.

[King_Lothric]

Where are the numbers? Or this is just empty words as Microsoft like to do?

[rainslacker]

Still clinging to those amazon numbers?

Tell me, if those numbers are based on sales, how did the X1X move up to number 19 yesterday, from high 30 something, when the system has been sold out for almost a week?

Those amazon best selling numbers are not based on total sales. They're based on numberes AND the time frame in which those sales happened. Any new popular product jumps to the top of the list, even when there is no concievable way it can outsell other products which have been out longer.

By this holiday, we'll see things releasing over the holidays inexplicably outselling things we know sold 5-10 million copies, yet they'll only end up seling 3-4 million themselves when numbers come out.

Its nothing new, and this constant clinging onto amazon best sellers lists as somehow indicative of actual sales is, and always has been a falacy. At best, it's a good indicator that it's selling fast. But with only one day of data for X1X, it doesn't mean much beyond that.

[S2Killinit]

Early preorders do really tell the story. Have to see what happens after 3 months of release.

[TotallyOriginalName]

Without enough exclusive games that interest me, it's just not enticing enough for me, even if I could be playing slightly better looking multiplatform games.