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Analyst: Xbox One global sales at 41 million; digital sale ratio far higher on Xbox One than on other platforms
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Not too bad after all!
I mean it is nowhere near the original goal of 200 million XB1 sold by the end of the lifecycle (but that goal was just stupid), and still less than 1/2 PS4 sales, but given some rough previous years it could have been even worse.
It depends on when that is going to launch: if it is fall 2019 / early 2020 then no, it'd mean Xbox One selling 9 mln consoles in 2019 alone.
If X5 is fall 2020 then it wouldn't be an unrealistic goal.
I mean it is nowhere near the original goal of 200 million XB1 sold by the end of the lifecycle (but that goal was just stupid), and still less than 1/2 PS4 sales, but given some rough previous years it could have been even worse.
It depends on when that is going to launch: if it is fall 2019 / early 2020 then no, it'd mean Xbox One selling 9 mln consoles in 2019 alone.
If X5 is fall 2020 then it wouldn't be an unrealistic goal.
That 41mil would include the launch of the Xbox One X and the sleeker Xbox One S. How many double-dips (like myself) does that include? And 50mil is still 9mil away.
...So I wouldn't think so. And that's okay.
For Microsoft, next-gen is a chance to reset the brand narrative.
Basically, Xbox is completely non existent to countries other than the US and the UK to a degree. Come next gen, the focus would be entirely on services.
Yeah this is the first thing that came to mind.
I had to re read the title to make sure I was reading it right.
So 41 million Xbox One family of consoles sold WW, since launch.
Hopefully with the Mavrick (diskless) and cost reduced X1S consoles, they can hit 50 million lifetime sales, even if that happens after Scarlett launches.
Hopefully with the Mavrick (diskless) and cost reduced X1S consoles, they can hit 50 million lifetime sales, even if that happens after Scarlett launches.
It would obviously depend on how big that ratio is, but I'm not too surprised by Xbox One doing well digitally. Digital services like Game Pass and EA Access, stuff like backwards compatibility where a digital version can be infinitely easier to buy than a boxed copy, and when comparing to PS4 in particular, I imagine the massive Sony hack -- as long ago as it was -- may still have some people still wary of having details digitally there.
Umm, not really? Yes Xbox is in the lead there by a good amount (although "dominate" might be strong), but the Mexican home console market is not huge...
True but I don't think they are selling as many there as they are in the US a year. The US is by far their biggest market and they only are selling a few million here a year. That's why their worldwide numbers aren't moving up that fast.
This, combined with their focus on BC, is why I'm moving so quickly towards digital only on Xbox. Well, that and having two young kids means I'm so far behind in my gaming, I might as well buy these games digitally two years after release for 75% off or more lol.
People tend to trust that their digital purchases are there for the long term on XBox Live. Games I bought in 2007-2008 are playable on my One X.
Xbox One hardware sales right now are literally the best they can be. Terrible reception pre launch, actual launch screwup with $499 with Kinect in only 13 countries, taking almost a year to launch anywhere else and not expanding past 40 countries since 2014. It's a miracle XB1 will finish at 50M given all that.
it was difficult to reach those sales with Xbox One, hopefully with Scarlett it's a cakewalk in comparison.
it was difficult to reach those sales with Xbox One, hopefully with Scarlett it's a cakewalk in comparison.
Not bad and very good news about digital.
They will keep all those ~50m users in their ecosystem next gen but the main question is how much,if any,PS converts can they get when next gen starts...?
If PS5 has full BC with PS4,as we expect,it will be very,very hard.
They will keep all those ~50m users in their ecosystem next gen but the main question is how much,if any,PS converts can they get when next gen starts...?
If PS5 has full BC with PS4,as we expect,it will be very,very hard.
Honestly if you have an Xbox you should really try to buy everything digitally, if possible. Should pay off.
My entire Xbox game collection is digital (around 400 games without game pass games, a lot of games with gold and such). I have gotten so spoiled that I can't imagine ever buying a physical game again. The ease of use, game sharing, not looking for disk or damaging disk, all of that makes me love an all digital future. I do make sure I only buy games that I'm positive I will love though, like The Witcher 3, Red Dead 2, NBA 2k etc., and I use Gamefly for everything else.
Only 41M after five years - that is pretty bad, though a good turnaround from the completely terrible state they were in a few years ago. They really will get passed up next year, though nothing can be proven for certain. As far as digital, the one thing MS has always excelled at is online services. They also have really good sales on digital, so that isn't much of a surprise.
It will be interesting to see if the next XBox is digital only, like the XB1 was supposed to be
It will be interesting to see if the next XBox is digital only, like the XB1 was supposed to be
I don't think they will reach 50 million with Xbox One. They can but it will not be easy. They sold 4.3 million in us in 2018 and only 2.2 million rest of the world. That puts us market as 65% of their sales.
It's about the demographic of the market. A smaller user base will skew proportionately more 'hardcore', and these users probably tend toward digital more than more casual users. If you lopped the back half off the PS4 userbase (the less hardcore cohort) I imagine it wouldn't be much different in terms of digital:physical ratios.
I believe the latest numbers posted by Welfare in the NPD thread were:
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PS4: ~28.4M
XB1: ~24.5M
NSW: ~10.5M
Obviously Welfare can let you know if i'm wrong.
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Expected MS has a higher DD ratio , smaller user base that more hardcore plus there services .
They will most likely end the gen around 50 million which not bad .
They will most likely end the gen around 50 million which not bad .
It's only gonna sell half what the 360 did, that's a failure, same as the PS3 was.
I know MS is the market leader here, but I wish we'd actual numbers for our market :(
That doesn't sound right, or the switch would have better digital numbers since it's still the smallest user base? Also, zhuge wouldn't have found it so noteworthy.
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Is this the most disproportionate skew to a single market a global console has had since the N64?
Is this supposed to be
1. Surprising
2. An achievement
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The first xbox sold 24m worldwide.
Yeah, but Xbox digital ratio won't even mitigate split sales when you compare it vs. PS4 in any way
I don't necessarily disagree with you that it is a failure, but the number is likely going to be closer to 2/3 than 1/2.
PS3 isn't really considered a failure though outside of it's first couple years. The Xbox One is still much more successful than the OG Xbox aswell.
I've bought one full price digital game this gen, it was destiny II and i regretted it three weeks in. I'll buy stuff on sale, but AAA games at launch buying digital is a fools errand with how quickly they drop in price and the ability of getting rid of games I no longer play.
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That's definitely one of the reasons. Here in Europe, retail games are significantly cheaper than digital games.
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