Analyst: Xbox One Game Sales to Grow 17% to 70M in 2017, Due to Xbox One X - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 15 June 2017 / 7,424 Views
The worldwide video games software market is expected to surpass $100 billion in 2017, according to a report from Futuresource Consulting.
The report lists that over 20 million games will be sold for the Switch at retail this year, while Xbox One game sales will grow 17 percent o 70 million. PlayStation 4 game sales are expected to be more "muted" when compared to Nintendo and Microsoft.
“Sony PS4 Pro is a more typical mid-cycle console upgrade,” said co-author of the report Tristan Veale. “Sony has taken few risks with exception of omitting to include a UHD Blu-ray player but has a dominant position having outsold Xbox by two to one in this generation.”
Veale says that the launch of the Xbox One X could signal the end of the traditional six to eight year console cycle. Xbox one sales are expected to grow 13 percent in 2017, while PlayStation 4 sales will grow just three percent.
The PC market has mastered upgrading hardware yet retaining backwards compatibility and Microsoft seem intent on the same with this console launch,” Veale added. “Newer, higher powered consoles may continue to be launched in the future, with games taking advantage of performance improvements and allowing users to create a significant library of games.”
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And what games are going to push this increase? Timed indie exclusives? Or yearly Forzas? I mean it'll grow, but mainly due to new purchases of the S model. Not the XBX.
I agree X1 needs more exclusives but multuplat games also push the X1. Furthermore, I think a lot of the media is going to play games on X1X now because it will have the best ports.
The 40 plus games they showed at E3 and the 22 Exclusives plus the 6 1st party games coming this year.
Whahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahaha with the biggest flood of games ever seen on ps4 they expect sales to be muted and only grow 3%
Omg analyst are so stupid.
Xbox software sales are actually declining. Dedicated gamers play on Ps4 meanwhile 50% of people who bought Xbox use it to watch Netflix.
If you look at the months, no. Its steady. X1X should give a boost as well.
If ut simply helps MS maintain steady sales, that would be fine. Its already a viable platform.
Niiiiiice! XOX is a beats!
What beats? Is it a boombox as well? Terry Crews will be thrilled!!
Interesting article.
I can see this happening with the launch of Xbox One X.
