DFC: Xbox One X to Sell 17 Million Units by 2021 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 July 2017 / 9,877 Views
Microsoft during E3 2017 earlier this month revealed the Xbox One X, the more powerful Xbox One, will launch on November 7 for $499. Despite the higher price tag research firm DFC Intelligence the Xbox One X will sell 17 million units by the end of 2021.
DFC says the 17 million Xbox One X units sold will being total Xbox One sales up to 63 million units. That is in comparison with the PlayStation 4 that has already sold more than 60 million units.
"Xbox One X is an expensive system designed to appeal to a fairly narrow demographic of gamers who want high quality graphics but do not want to spend money on a high-end PC," said DFC analyst David Cole. "The challenge is that is a fairly small addressable market, even as sales of 4k television sets start to soar. Both the Nintendo Switch or Sony PlayStation 4 offer a very strong value proposition that consumers seem to be flocking to."
"Many of the exclusives are fairly minor indie titles that will probably not take advantage of the enhanced graphics features of the system," he added. "Furthermore, the leap from 1080 to 4k resolution is simply not as revolutionary as the previous movement from standard definition to high definition."
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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Bullshit!
I actually believe it's possible...optimistic but possible. The One is already collapsing and a lot of fanboys have already started saving in order to get rid of the shame they endured for the last 3.5 years.
You'd assume S would sell far in excess of the X. If the XBO X sells 17m, then that means XBO sales combined would likely reach 80m, I don't see that happening.
That's extremely optimisic, and that's coming from someone who prefers xbox, has an original xbox one, an s, and plans to trade in for an x.
it isn't gonna happen. there is no way xbox X is gonna outsell the xb1 S. the price differences is too high and casuals are price sensitive. Also xbox one X isn't a New Gen console. A lot of xbox fans are having a hard time understand it.
Say it a third time, and all your wishes will come true.
I can see the console doing close to the target if there's a price drop, which there's bound to be...
Going by this report, they expect the Xbox One X to sell 17m units from Novermber 2017-December 2021, whereas the Xbox One S to only sell 16m units from July 2017-December 2021. A little bit off I think. But realistically, yes, we could see 17m Xbox One X in a 4 year timeframe with no double multiple price drops. The real question is where will the PS4 and PS4 Pro be at the same time?
I think they ment " hopefully 7mill" instead of 17.
or possibly the 7 was the added mistaken number :S
4 years is a long time, thats 4 years of price drops and at one point I wouldn't be suprised if the X becomes more populair then the S, 17m would be a good job for this console but its deff possible. 4k televisions are being sold to almost everyone who purchases a TV and people want content for it.
Maybe, but at the moment it seems it won't sell particularly well (at least for a year or so....).
If you wanted a system just for 4k media you can get that in the far cheaper S model though, sure that isn't being pushed as a "true 4k" console but it has some nice offerings for those with a 4k TV in terms of 4k streaming and blu ray.
I definitely think it's possible...MS will probably fade out the X1S in 2 years time anyway.
I think too many gamers think this system is meant for them. Ignoring the Premium price point. Its not going to outsell the S, its not meant to. Its designed for choice.
It's designed for the Xbox brand to stop looking so inferior to the PlayStation brand from a specs standpoint.
sounds absolutly possible, good sales for a good system if the 2:1 ratio continous then ps4 will have 150-160 million at the same time
For the last few months it has been more like 3:1 already.
