MilkyJoe
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Wait wait they didn't see this backlash coming? LMAO this makes them look so incompetent. Who running things over there XD.
You must be new to the world of business
Wait wait they didn't see this backlash coming? LMAO this makes them look so incompetent. Who running things over there XD.
Maybe, but your adoration of Phil aside, is there anything Xbox could do where you would blame Phil? Like ever ?Tbf the main issue was the TOO aggressive hike. Doubling the price didn't seem smart, and you don't underestimate how much power the CFO usually holds
A $5-10 increase would have gone without a hitch
The thing with Phil, is that you can tell he is trying his darn best to return Xbox to its glory days.Maybe, but your adoration of Phil aside, is there anything Xbox could do where you would blame Phil? Like ever ?
very bizarre. this whole story wreaks. just doesnt seem MS could be this dumb. maybe they just wanted a bigger pop in the news headlines that f2p games will longer require gold? even that doesnt make much sense tho...weirdness...Honestly, just one of the most bizarre decisions this industry has ever seen. Doubling the price during a pandemic, $10 I could understand.
A troll move where you ship perhaps millions of paper cards to stores? I donāt thing so.Holy shit, was that just a troll move to gather attention all along?
did they actually ship any of that tho? if not, then i dont think calling this a stunt is off the table just yet. its just too weird that theyd think this would work. double the price?!A troll move where you ship perhaps millions of paper cards to stores? I donāt thing so.
The backslash from the press and community were probably huge.
There is no bad PRvery bizarre. this whole story wreaks. just doesnt seem MS could be this dumb. maybe they just wanted a bigger pop in the news headlines that f2p games will longer require gold? even that doesnt make much sense tho...weirdness...
Yap that's what I think so now.very bizarre. this whole story wreaks. just doesnt seem MS could be this dumb. maybe they just wanted a bigger pop in the news headlines that f2p games will longer require gold? even that doesnt make much sense tho...weirdness...
Microsoft just spent 7.5 billion dollars. I think I can understand if they are now demanding Xbox managers to find some way to earn that money back.If it was another company, a smaller one, maybe. But this is Microsoft were talking about. This was greed.
I believe that is probably the case.Might be a case of a higher up over Spencer going āfuck the nerds we need more $$$ā. Although I though Spencer reported directly to Nadella now. If he signed off on this then he is breathtakingly retarded.
oh ill give em a finger all rightCan't give these corporations a finger, they'll take the whole arm.
We now about the price rise a day before the announce because the new cards reached the retails.did they actually ship any of that tho? if not, then i dont think calling this a stunt is off the table just yet. its just too weird that theyd think this would work. double the price?!
any proof of this? i havent seen any pictures of the actual cards. just did a quick google search but didnt see anythingWe now about the price rise a day before the announce because the new cards reached the retails.
People shared the the pic of the cards.
any proof of this? i havent seen any pictures of the actual cards. just did a quick google search but didnt see anything
ummmm maybe becaus thats entirely different topic my dude? and gaf takes me to the last page of the thread when i click on it. and no one had posted that on this page. does that explain things a little better for you?Xbox Raises Price of 6-month Gold Sub to $59.99 (Up: Policy reversed, prices to stay the same)
Not only that. Looks like they've increased the price for a 6-months sub too : it's still the logical step for them to take. even tho they haven't yet, they should. it is inexcusable to have Gold still around with the PC side of things becoming interconnected with the Console side. Well...www.neogaf.com
I donāt know how you missed the card pics.
It was a stuntSeriously .. after 25+ years of dealing with corporate marketing teams from many different big companies...
that was the weirdest shit Iāve ever seen.
you have to think ... a price hike like that was months if not years of planning and consultants ... and then just to say ā whoops sorryā in less than a day??
/mind blown
That was the original topic before the price rise announce... there are over 1k posts there.ummmm maybe becaus thats entirely different topic my dude? and gaf takes me to the last page of the thread when i click on it. and no one had posted that on this page. does that explain things a little better for you?
thanks for being snarky about it tho. dick
no i didnt see that topic. i just saw this one and entered. there are no pics of the cards on this last page (which is where GAF automatically sent me), and you mentioning it is the first time i heard about it. thanks for answering my question thoThat was the original topic before the price rise announce... there are over 1k posts there.
The link sending you to last page means you already entered the thread before.
You make no sense.no i didnt see that topic. i just saw this one and entered. there are no pics of the cards on this last page (which is where GAF automatically sent me), and you mentioning it is the first time i heard about it. thanks for answering my question tho
but if youre going to be a douche about this, i will just give you the finger right along with MS
i said thank you didnt i?You make no sense.
People help you and you keep attacking back lol
It doesnāt affect you in any way. So why the fuck do you care?
you mean like sony going up selling basically dlc's for 59euro ...remastered full prices adding 10 dollars to to exclusives ? must be rightPeople like this is probably why MS felt comfortable doing what they did.
Shill.
Thing is, why was this even under consideration when MS are a $1.5tn company with money to burn.Really? No. It was a greedy move they thought they could pull off, and sadly (imo) we had to rely on rage culture for MS not to go through with this.
Phil actual listens to his fanbase when they raise hell. Unlike the other publishers. Nintendo games are still full price years after release. Sony and other publishers pushing $70 games (wanted to make it 80). The difference is concerning
Precisely this. Make no mistake, the Xbox division needs to start delivery results no matter what some fanboys claim.There is no way Spencer did not sign off on this. Now he might have been forced to because he had to show a certain profit and he's gone on a spending spree of late. He couldn't raise the price of the console because that would kill it. He couldn't raise the price of Game Pass since that is their golden goose that they are trying to grow. Xbox Live Gold was the only thing left.
Now the question is "How will MS make up the money that they were projecting to make with this increase?" These price hikes weren't done out of the blue for no reason. I think they'll have to monetize Game Pass somehow. For example Game Pass games might show an advertisement on loading, while bought games wouldn't. Amazon has shown that this is a pricing model that people will accept.
You and those two other posters ( The_Mike ) keep bringing up the 70$ PS5 games as deflection but that's only for first party games. The rest is still 60$ (Ubi). Multiplatform games that are 70$ on PS5 are also 70$ on Xbox so it's the same. What narrative are you trying to push? The price increase came from T2 and Activision anyway.Because as much as Playstation fanboys trying to pretend that Xbox fanboys are cult, they gladly take every shit Sony throw at them for fake feeling of superiority. Yesterday only people who does not do push back againts this, are those "look at them cultists"
The one with the games people want to playWho offers a better deal in the console space?