Microsoft insists Hi-Fi Rush a "break out hit" for Xbox amid claims it underperformed

1 year ago

Xbox's Aaron Greenberg has insisted Tango Gameworks' Hi-Fi Rush was a "break out hit" amid claims the critically acclaimed music adventure "just didn't make the money it needed to make".

The claim Hi-Fi Rush had failed to meet Microsoft's financial expectations was made by Giant Bomb's Jeff Grubb during his latest Game Mess Decides podcast.

"Based on what I've heard," Grubb said during a conversation about the game's release strategy, "it just straight up didn't make the money it needed to make. I mean it got good reviews, the buzz was good, so where do you put the blame for something like that? Is it the price? Was it the shadow drop? Could it have sold more? Or is it Game Pass?".

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