The End of Xbox is Here

[TechBlisSTer]

"hE's A mEdIa GrIfTeR"

 

[Mini_Man.XW]

The xbox I grew up with died a while ago🕯

 

[Robert Robertson III]

hmmmmmmm
is xbox gonna give in with nintendo

 

[Culdesac]

Its kinda depressing but this could also be a good thing for new consoles to be created by different companies.

 

[zacharinolongpants]

Damn - RIP! I'll never forget how cool and weird the OG XBOX seemed when it came out. Everything is kinda homogenizing into some weird conglomerate anyway though now, and there isn't much interesting going on culturally or aesthetically between competing consoles so I can't say I feel like I'm missing much at this point.

 

[ThunderBoy]

https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-us-console-unit-sales-just-reached-an-all-time-november-low

 

[moonbits]

https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-us-console-unit-sales-just-reached-an-all-time-november-low

as expected, a slow death.

I am stocking up on X360 games, at least those deserve to be preserved.

 

[medisinn]

https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-us-console-unit-sales-just-reached-an-all-time-november-low

To be fair, console purchases in general in the US were down for everyone compared to recent years.

To also be fair, I don't know why anyone would buy an XBOX at this point aside from using it to play backwards compatible games. The fact that they didn't announce anything at the Game Awards and just had a generic Game Pass trailer felt telling. Plus,  where would someone buy a console? It'd either be GameStop or online at this point, as most retailers have stopped carrying them.

 

[moonbits]

lol I kept telling my friends whenever a new game was annouced at the VGA's: "Look, no Xbox"

 

[Skull_King]

My hope is that someone steps in to fill the void. I know the the increase of streaming and subscription services that's unlikely, but IMO, there isn't a dollars and cents reasoning to why people like to open a box with an expensive electronic device inside that has a cool design, and plug that into a big tv to start playing games. It's a feeling that's evergreen, even with newer generations.

If some company popped up and made a new shiny box with some platform originals, sensible value propositions and a competitive price point, it'd blow up. Plenty of companies are in a position to do it.

Naive? Maybe. I just think it'd be cool.

 

[Neb Lleb]

My hope is that someone steps in to fill the void. I know the the increase of streaming and subscription services that's unlikely, but IMO, there isn't a dollars and cents reasoning to why people like to open a box with an expensive electronic device inside that has a cool design, and plug that into a big tv to start playing games. It's a feeling that's evergreen, even with newer generations.

If some company popped up and made a new shiny box with some platform originals, sensible value propositions and a competitive price point, it'd blow up. Plenty of companies are in a position to do it.

Naive? Maybe. I just think it'd be cool.

Oh, wow. You just described Commodore.

 

[Lena CE]

To be fair, console purchases in general in the US were down for everyone compared to recent years.

To also be fair, I don't know why anyone would buy an XBOX at this point aside from using it to play backwards compatible games. The fact that they didn't announce anything at the Game Awards and just had a generic Game Pass trailer felt telling. Plus,  where would someone buy a console? It'd either be GameStop or online at this point, as most retailers have stopped carrying them.

You'd be surprised how many casual gamers just buy the next version of the branded box they already had. I have met tons of people who only play a handful of games - primarily AAA or high profile indies that will end up getting Xbox ports anyway - and just bought an Xbox One or a Series X/S not because it seemed like the better deal, but because they had a 360 growing up and weren't invested enough in the gaming landscape to really care about the distinctions.

There's also that subtle sunken cost thing for even casuals. "Well I've already bought XBL for so many years and I have a handful of 360 and Xbox One discs, may as well buy the better box that can still play most of them".

In their defense, there really aren't many distinctions anymore, especially when comparing the PS5 and the Series systems. If you aren't into the JP games that tend to skip the Xbox, there's really not much that separates the two systems since Sony has released all of like 5 or 6 console exclusives this gen.