Really? Who knew every F2P game was a big money loser.
Don't worry about MS's pocketbooks. Pretty sure MS making about $30 billion in profits every year can take a hit or two. Your love Sony has lost so much money the past 10+ years, they had to gut divisions and sell their headquarters and move to cheaper building to raise cash.
Except Gears is not an F2P game, you can buy it for $60 and when it gets off gamepass your only option is to buy it digitally or from a store...…..
Gears is not Fortnite, it will never be. not even close.....The last Gears did not light the world on fire, this one is doing even worse at retail. People got to play for $2, they sad why not, who wouldn't? Yet the reality is, many people didn't even bother to sub, because 3 million players signifies; XBOX+PC gamepass + retail sales + digital sales. that's not so impressive with gamepass...….There are how many XBOX owners in the world? 40 million, how many of these guys subbed or are interested in Gears? How many Gaming PC's in the world? hundreds upon hundreds of millions, just too many...….How many subbed for this deal of the century? I always told folk, you develop a game people want to play and which has appeal, they will pay $60......You can give away a game free to people and if they're not into it or the franchise, it wont make a difference...…...Try selling iphones outside the iPhone store for a $1, some people will take it, sure, but most will be skeptical...…(why cant he sell this at $1000), (Is it stolen?)…
The truth is, Gears cannot be compared to Fortnite and Apex Legends, none of these games...…..If you insist, you will have to provide numbers comparing Gears favorably to these titles, you will also have to show all the money Gears is making through MTX and highlight their profit margins next to these F2P titles...….And Since we all know Gears is not F2P, do a similar comparison and breakdown to PUBG and BLACK OPs...…….I'll tell you this, comparing Fortnite to Gears is like comparing Beyoncé to Solange Knowles...…...Uhmmmm, they're both singers, also sisters......
I don't understand this bickering or this bet but I would BET Death Stranding has a stronger NPD performance than Gears 5. More hype, more visibility, nothing like Gamepass to take away from it. I think it works against it that it looks so damn weird and confusing but so many gamers trust in Kojima, it's like if a new Christopher Nolan or Quentin Tarantino movie looked just okay, you'd still be there opening day to find out how wrong you were.
Yeah Death Stranding will destroy Gears 5 Lifetime sales in it's first weekend, forget about monthly....Gears better take this baton and run, what a head start.....
Still no need to bet on these things, some of these posters will deflect when the results come anyway, they will say they never said this, and why is Death Stranding beating Gear's lifetime sales so important, just play the games yadda yadda yadda......So it's pointless to raise bets...….It's like when all these posters were singing the praises of Gears beating Fortnite on Live for what 1 Day? They went crazy with that, even if it meant nothing. Then the UK results came yesterday and it's a big "oops". Then they are now trying their best to defend 3 million players mostly at $1 sub, with 22k in the UK, 10k on steam.....Some are even trying to push the unknown,,,,,,Digital is great, like what Digital? So millions are buying Gears at $60 digital, when you can gamepass it from $2 ?
I'll tell you something, forget about fortnite. Gears 5 MP will be as dry as the sahara in the next two weeks.....Anyone saying this is some resurgence of Gears MP is wishing rather than hoping......
Congrats to TC for creating a game that people play. Not my cup of tea though. Gave it a try on game pass for PC and got bored immediately.
Well, that's all MS needs from you, you're part of the 3 million, MS dont care if you never touch this again, once you boot this, it's another number added to MS's stats, to use in their PR......And on forums, people will go. Gamepass is successful, they're building up a huge base......Most of these people are going to buy MTX like it's nobody's business, this is how MS will make it's money......
…….Yeah, Sure.....