I’m not sure Microsoft did this generation of consoles any favours by launching the Series S.

  • Katana314@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    For those interested, a certain analytics company claimed on vague terms that certain markets sell more Series S than X consoles.

    https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ampere-xbox-series-s-outselling-series-x-in-key-markets?ssp=1&darkschemeovr=1&setlang=en-US&safesearch=moderate

    So that suggests, if Microsoft had never released that lower-power console, they’d be selling fewer of the pair this generation.

    Ultimately, this issue seems specific to the devs’ wish for a 60fps 4-player split screen mode, something that certainly does seem computationally expensive even if resolution is lowered.

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      1 year ago

      That article is from 2021 and doesn’t provide links or details to any data. The claim in the article says it’s 50/50. But again, no data is provided.

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        “No data provided” is going to be relatively common for sales of consoles/games, especially when going specific to certain markets. That data is literally valuable, and might be purchased by publishers looking to make development or release decisions.

        As such, when we do get it for free articles, it’s from relative comparables, like “More oranges than apples”. Anyone in comments that happens to work for a publisher is likely under NDA agreement not to just give it out.

        I agree that I’d like to see more recent data, and made an effort to find what I could - but it’s also hard to say if any specific change in circumstance might reverse sale rates between the two models.

    • Ilikepornaddict@lemmynsfw.com
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      1 year ago

      I don’t think it suggests that at all. I think people just saw their options, and went for the cheaper one. If there was no cheaper option, they would’ve just bought the X.