Decline of Xbox: An Analysis of Poor decisions and Price Increases

Author(s)	Ms. Manvik Sikka
Country	India
Abstract	The gaming landscape has 3 main giants, one of them is Xbox owned by Microsoft which hasdeclined in popularity and sales due to poor marketing decisions, timing and price increasesdue to factors such as ram shortages. This study observes the continues poor decision madeby the brand Xbox over the years of 2013 to 2025 such requiring network connection alltime in the case of the Xbox One released in 2013 and laying oﬀ large number ofemployees and even increasing the price of the subscription and showing the history of thebrand. HereI observed and compared the sales and business data of Xbox and its biggest competitorPlayStation. As Xbox has been slowly moving towards a decline, it has created an example ofpoor financial and decisions that a gaming giant or any company must not take.
Keywords	RAM, Xbox, PlayStation, Price, Subscription, Decline, Tariffs
Field	Computer > Artificial Intelligence / Simulation / Virtual Reality
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 3, May-June 2026
Published On	2026-05-11
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i03.77656

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