A thought experiment even.It would have been an interesting experiment, if only to see which people would have blindly followed them over to mobile gaming.
Curious to hear Xbox fans output on this one
Edit: Last paragraph is very interesting regarding future acquisition picks
It would have been an interesting experiment, if only to see which people would have blindly followed them over to mobile gaming.
There's a timeline out there where this happened, gamepass would probably look a lot like the apple gaming sub while traditional gaming stayed more or less as we know it.
This cant be true, can it? Its ridiculously sentenced. "Close all the XBOX stuff"? I find it hard to believe this was written by the management team.
Speculated and then they seem to have concluded they can't substantially take over that game, so it's likely not going anywhere
Eh, we all have thoughts, not reading too much into this
Mobile is a juggernaut, but it's entirely unclear how Sony or Microsoft can pivot organically to mobile and be leaders there. They both know this.
whats the source doc for this?
Cutting Operational Expense who whould go to Consoles/PC and putting it on Mobile.BobbyK is doing this at Activision....? What
Multifaceted.So the Activison deal is really about mobile. Interesting...
So the Activison deal is really about mobile. Interesting...
Cutting Operational Expense who whould go to Consoles/PC and putting it on Mobile.
BobbyK is doing this at Activision....? What
Just cosmetics, bros.Much of the revenue at activision blizzard comes from mobile:
The primary breadwinner for Activision Blizzard in this report was King, the mobile company behind hit games like Candy Crush Saga and Rebel Riders. According to the latest report, King raked in $739 million over this quarter, resulting in mobile platforms being the number one source of revenue with $956 million in total.
Activision Blizzard Reports Massive Earnings from Call of Duty, Mobile Games
Activision Blizzard releases its latest quarterly earnings for 2023, with massive profits being drawn in by Call of Duty and mobile games.gamerant.com
And then to top it all off they are wholesale bringing across the monetization elements that exist in their mobile games (and have proved to be so lucrative for them there) over to PC and console games.
Much of the revenue at activision blizzard comes from mobile:
The primary breadwinner for Activision Blizzard in this report was King, the mobile company behind hit games like Candy Crush Saga and Rebel Riders. According to the latest report, King raked in $739 million over this quarter, resulting in mobile platforms being the number one source of revenue with $956 million in total.
Activision Blizzard Reports Massive Earnings from Call of Duty, Mobile Games
Activision Blizzard releases its latest quarterly earnings for 2023, with massive profits being drawn in by Call of Duty and mobile games.gamerant.com
And then to top it all off they are wholesale bringing across the monetization elements that exist in their mobile games (and have proved to be so lucrative for them there) over to PC and console games.
Rebounded? Xbox hasn't done shitGlad they didn’t, I would have ditched them. They rebounded nicely.
Yeah. And we're clearly seeing two different approaches. Microsoft just trying to "buy the pie" if you will. Sony trying to bake from scratch. Playing a longer game. One is fucking expensive off the rip with the possibility of going stale down the road. The other will take a long time and a lot of luck. Considering the nature of the mobile market, I just don't think there is a middle answer.
And then to top it all off they are wholesale bringing across the monetization elements that exist in their mobile games (and have proved to be so lucrative for them there) over to PC and console games.
I realize it's a huge chunk of revenue
What I did not know is that BobbyK wants to cannibalize console OpEx in favor of mobile
It's probably not the case with this email, but with so much stuff coming out we're bound to start seeing folks flexing their Photoshop skills. Most, including myself, aren't about the go through all those court documents to prove validity of every email that gets posted.whats the source doc for this?
whats the source doc for this?
@ChorizoPicozo the source of the files.
PX1065 - Bunch of stuff around priorities and how sega would operate (2020)
PX1114 - Some transcript
PX1145 - Email about Xbox console volumes and holiday comparisons (2020)
PX1142 - Booty talking moat re GP (2019)
PX1754 - Hines asking why ABK was treated differently (2022)
PX1850 - Some Zenimax and Xbox meeting (2021)
PX1851 - MS talking about the announce of Zenimax being largely about Xbox (2021)
PX1852 - Some Zenimax and Xbox meeting (2021)
PX1859 - SLT update in 2022
PX1897 - F76 on PSNow convo (2021)
PX1898 - Dungeons on Xbox/PC (2019)
PX4351 - Bethesda on GFN/Boosteriod (2021)
PX4352 - BOOTY EMAIL (2019)
PX4391 - Relic and Platforms (2021)
PX4406 - Hines asking why ABK was treated differently (2022)
PX4408 - Hines asking why ABK was treated differently over Skype/Teams (2022)
PX9186 - Transcript of the Pete and Tamoor interview
PX1093 - No strategy on Mobile, talk about the purpose of Xcloud also there was talkig about turning Gold = XGP (2019)
PX1125 - Growing XGP beyond Console and on Mobile (2020)
PX1141 - Slides on the Gaming M&A in April 2021 - got the final watchlist
PX1147 - COD growth vs MS growth and mobile (2022)
RX5044 - MS website on GP
RX5045 - MS games on PS
RX5046 - US Weekly sales numbers (2021)
Quick summary.
whats the source doc for this?
It's probably not the case with this email, but with so much stuff coming out we're bound to start seeing folks flexing their Photoshop skills. Most, including myself, aren't about the go through all those court documents to prove validity of every email that gets posted.
Its because they cant, nobody cantMobile is a juggernaut, but it's entirely unclear how Sony or Microsoft can pivot organically to mobile and be leaders there. They both know this.
I'm starting to feel sorry for Phil. You could see his mental health starting to take a hit in his post-Redfall interview. So much of this shit he will never live down, about him or those around him, and I hope he holds it together.
Christ on a bike.
What the fuck is going on over there at Xbox?
You can't tell me these are competent leaders of the division? Trying to buy out the competition? Trying to close down the division to start a mobile arm? WTF? !!!!