The Series X seems to be in steady supply right now. A blip or trend?

[MasterChief]

@FacelessSamurai

Bundle up Starfield at release and they’ll definitely massacre the Christmas season. If marketed right (from the makers of Skyrim), nothing will even come close to it, not even Hogwarts Legacy or God of War will have this level of attention imo. This could be a generation defining game and I hope the proper ressources are put behind it.

Exciting times ahead

[Kals_Els]

@MasterChief

Correct and also those games were on the last gen consoles, both Halo Infinite and FH5 are much better on current gen but they are pretty solid on the last gen consoles which is a great thing IMO and a great send off to the old Xbox One, at least the people who haven’t been able to upgrade weren’t left behind last year, this year is the year to upgrade for a lot of people though and I’m 110% sure that Starfield will be “the game” for many of those people.

And people that can’t upgrade for whatever reason have Game Pass Ultimate to allow them to play the games before they upgrade and just continue where they left off.

[TavishHill]

Guessing MS is pushing units out for fiscal quarter’s end to grab a strong marketing push going into summer. They know Sony won’t be able to top more than 19mil LTD shipments for PS5 thru March, so they can really help close the gap a bit with a big last minute push. Might be 19mil vs 15mil or so, which really looks good for Xbox and its momentum especially given GT7 and HFW’s release and Ghostwire’s release.

[Khalid117x]

@TavishHill

Guessing MS is pushing units out for fiscal quarter’s end to grab a strong marketing push going into summer. They know Sony won’t be able to top more than 19mil LTD shipments for PS5 thru March, so they can really help close the gap a bit with a big last minute push. Might be 19mil vs 15mil or so, which really looks good for Xbox and its momentum especially given GT7 and HFW’s release and Ghostwire’s release.

What was the last number of Xbox consoles sold we had?

[Kals_Els]

@Khalid117x

What was the last number of Xbox consoles sold we had?

Vgchartz estimates

[TavishHill]

@Khalid117x

What was the last number of Xbox consoles sold we had?

More than 12mil was last official figure through year end '21.

[KakkaKarrotKake]

@Kals_Els

Vgchartz estimates

I dont think VGchartz is accurate whatsoever

[Kals_Els]

@KakkaKarrotKake

I dont think VGchartz is accurate whatsoever

Probably not, but it’s one of the few people that actually try to give numbers based on something they have access to. Right now, they have Switch at 109 million, PS5 at 19 million and Xbox at 13 million and until Microsoft actually gives us the numbers, they are one of the few people that try to track them.

[KakkaKarrotKake]

@Kals_Els

Probably not, but it’s one of the few people that actually try to give numbers based on something they have access to. Right now, they have Switch at 109 million, PS5 at 19 million and Xbox at 13 million and until Microsoft actually gives us the numbers, they are one of the few people that try to track them.

Yea I dont blame people for using them as accurate numbers can be hard to get, just wanted to point out that they’ve been known to be well off with things in the past since like the 360 era

[Kals_Els]

@KakkaKarrotKake

Yea I dont blame people for using them as accurate numbers can be hard to get, just wanted to point out that they’ve been known to be well off with things in the past since like the 360 era

Yeah, I usually only use their numbers as where sales could be currently, not as a definitive accounting of all sales.

[Jorge_Alexander_Acos (Jorge Alexander Acosta Duarte)]

Is true that theory of MS paying more to get more chips? Thats how this things work?

[pg2g]

@Jorge_Alexander_Acos

Is true that theory of MS paying more to get more chips? Thats how this things work?

Hard to say. They have a limited manufacturing capacity so if contracts were being negotiated I’d assume the folks willing to pay the most are going to get more. Don’t know if they are negotiated on a yearly basis or some other terms though.

[Whistler]

I think Xbox is doing well globally. I think they haven’t siphoned away stock from the non-major markets as much as Sony has. This is why they are doing their usual numbers in places like Spain, but Sony has been non-existent. Mainly I think the major difference is Japan. Sony needs more units for Japan, MS can get away with less stock there and send more to other countries.

[Sparda3g]

Xbox is being more serious on their approach to attract worldwide. It does feel like their push is more and more increasing since the start of this year.

[Sparda3g]

Xbox Series X is now sold out on Amazon, still at #3 in video games seller.

[Good_Old_Collingwood]

@Jorge_Alexander_Acos

Is true that theory of MS paying more to get more chips? Thats how this things work?

Shpeshal Nick said as much in today’s podcast.

GOC

[FacelessSamurai]

MS’ new strategy: your competitor cannot produce consoles if you buy out all the fab time!

[jhjfss]

@Good_Old_Collingwood

Shpeshal Nick said as much in today’s podcast.

GOC

do you have link and timestamp?

[Good_Old_Collingwood]

@jhjfss

do you have link and timestamp?

What, are you going to make me look?

[Slabbo]

@FacelessSamurai

Bundle up Starfield at release and they’ll definitely massacre the Christmas season. If marketed right (from the makers of Skyrim), nothing will even come close to it, not even Hogwarts Legacy or God of War will have this level of attention imo. This could be a generation defining game and I hope the proper ressources are put behind it.

Dunno why but I’m getting Elden Ring vibes from the Starfield anticipation. As long as it’s not a Cyberpunk level mess of a game at launch I could easily see 10 million sales this year, and as long as the consoles are there for people to buy it on. Hope there’s another drop like this sooner rather than later