Console launched with an underused peripheral at a high price and with a disappointing hardware. Launch games were solid, but then things dried up, with at point the “big 3” coming up were, and I mean no disrespect to either game: Sea of Thieves, State of Decay 2 and Crackdown 3. That simply was not enough. But then compare it to now: Microsoft more than doubled their studios, their publishing output, they launched the amazing Game Pass and xCloud is coming, the new consoles are quite the technical marvel, and their future line-up is extremely promising. Rarely you a see a turnaround like this in a single generation.
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