Xbox One X Helps Boost Hardware But Game Sales Fall In Microsoft's Latest Quarter

I am super happy with Xbox right now, both with the quality of the hardware and their focus on moving to a universal system so no more backwards compatibility is needed. That combined with the backwards compatibility for both Xbox 360 titles and even some original Xbox titles now shows how much effort MS is putting into making sure Xbox gamers can keep their games and continue to play them regardless of what hardware you own. That has always been one of the biggest advantages that PC gaming had over console gaming, but no more.

This one move alone has made me FAR more happier with my Xbox One than My PS4 this generation. PS has had some great games, but their approach to backwards compatibility is terrible IMO. Offering people a pay service so they can pay for the games they already own again. IMO, this entire aspect to both of these consoles is without question one of XBox's biggest advantage now. I still own all of my original XBox and XBox 360 games, as well as most of my PS3 games, as I love going back and replaying older games that I loved again (PLEASE add Blood from from the original Xbox to the backwards compatibility list!!!) so again, at least for me this is one of the biggest advantages to MS's entire approach to the market right now and I would be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed that Sony hasn't matched MS on this front.

I have been really happy with my X. PubG and Cuphead have been keeping me plenty busy and I’m looking forward to state of decay 2 and sea of thieves. I think things are going to continue to improve in the coming months.

MY biggest problem with Micosofts xbox library is lack of variety and the reliance on FPS and 'bro' games which have just gotten stale since its height during the 6th, 7th gen. I am a huge xbox fan, having purchased the xbox, xbox 360 at launch, but the xbox one really doesn't offer enough first party exclusives or a large enough diverse library. Like many have said, you can find the same game elsewhere.

One huge genre that is absent - RPGs, CRPGs, and JRPGs. There is a huge renascence of rpgs coming to every console that are getting made, bought, and played rabidly. I know not everyone likes a story like game or one that has a huge amount of reading, but there are a ton of gaming consumers that do and are showing it with lots of software getting sold.

IF MS has given up this 8th gen and just killing time for a couple more years until the 9th gen comes along, then they really need to start investing in new first party studios with a varied genre of new IPs that will start pumping out some great games that are not all Halo clones. A gaming console should be a console to play games on first, not a TV, DVR, multimedia, social network, blah blah, that also just happens to play some multi-platform games, even if it plays them pretty for $500.

Lower game sales??

PUBG has sold around 4 millions on Xbox one....

so, I don't know what they mean with "lower"... And things will get much better now with Microsoft Exclusives coming to GamePass on day one.

Hardly anyone is buying new games, they are all busy playing older games from past generations.

@ericthegreat: I have an X1x and games do not run like butter at 4K, some games do, Forza, CoD, NBA 2k etc and others are horrible like monster hunter, fallout 4 and AC origins. I'm not blaming the hardware, i'm just saying not all developers are able to get the most out of the console.

@ericthegreat: fallout 4 is great in 4k.never got round to finishing it the first time round due to the long load times and 360 graphics but now it feels like a brand new experience.

I hope Xbox can turn it around. I would hate to see it fail and allow Sony to have a monopoly on gaming. I like both systems and believe competition is good for gaming.

Eddie so desperate to make the narrative about poor game sales he had to write it in the article twice...

Personally, I wonder if Destiny 2 and Battlefront 2 flopping had anything to do with the reduced revenue... Though they both sold well, they didn't sell that well, certainly not as much as Rise of Iron and BF1 had the year before...

statistics show that Xbox One X owners are only interested in the hardware. Why would you buy a console if not for playing games? what's wrong with these people?

"In" before ... "what games?"

-TOO LATE NINJA APPROVED-

Because there's nothing to buy.

holy $28.9 billion in one quarter!!