$16.99 a month really truly isn't a great deal. That's over $205 a year. No way I will ever consider paying that once my subscription expires in 2025.
I wonder what happened to those billions of gamers out there.
Going with a two prong approach probably. One an entry level android based box for casual Andy's using cloud, other one is a traditional console for enthusiasts. Seeing as a large portion of the userbase is already on GamePass it makes sense offering a cheaper console just to access their subscription service. Especially seeing as Microsoft probably doesn't make a lot of money on hardware anyways.
I hate Gamepass the way it is constructed and I am glad it is failing. I knew long ago that Day 1 AAA games being released on there wasn't sustainable.
But...this is exactly the rumour of their strategy pre Series S|X
If they're banking on streaming content then they are absolutely fucking retarded. Streaming has absolutely reached it's saturation point and is contracting. All of this has come out how none of these streaming services aside from Netflix has turned a profit.
To be fair, the Switch uses ARM.
That was before the Series release and recent large aquisitions. Which is/was a complete and utter unimmitaged failure (Bethesda). Starfield was supposed to spring life back into Xbox. It did not, probably did more damage than anything.
They USUALLY let their shills let the cat out of the bag and take the heat on Social Media before saying much
I think I just saw a video in the last few days of PC game son 3DS via local streaming....who needs a Switch at all
I'm sticking by my theory that there won't be another Xbox. This is it. Xbox Series X|S would be the last Xbox consoles. And they also (reportedly) canceled the refresh (which got leaked) because they are getting out of the console business.
Windows itself is going to be cloud based, at the consumer end, at some point (you can already run it as such they just haven't pushed that way, yet, for consumers)
Not trying to go off topic but MS is probably one of the safest bets when you buy stock, right?Just like banks...don't put your money IN the bank/xbox...buy the company instead.
STONKS
Put 16.99/month into MSFT stocks over the last 5 years and use your profits to game on YOUR terms
Not even a month later...holy shit.Shill "journalists" got the latest script, so they're trying their best to calm down the hardcore fans.
Even Netflix is going into games. I think if you look at the data, more people are playing more and more games, and watching less movies and TV. And saying Netflix has turned a profit just shows that the one that went hard as possible 1st won. There's no guarantees in business, but it's not like it's irrational to try and break into a new market. Better to do that than try and copy Sony, since that's a nonstarter. That's what Nintendo had to do to survive with the Wii as well; take a crazy bet on an untested thing and see if it sticks. Tons of kids play only on mobile, or PC games like Roblox or Minecraft. They're making bets on a future that hasn't happened yet, but it might.
They are dumb over there at MS. I've always prefered Xbox to Playstation as a mainly PC gamer, since I liked their games more, the 3rd person cinematic action games that Sony made were starting to get old, but the path that MS is heading on, is one that I cannot follow.
The Netflix effect is real. When you have so much to choose from your brain just says fuck it and sticks to stuff you're familiar with rather than going through the trouble of trying 100 new things.
Yea and that 205$ a year is so and so at first glance, but then you realize that if you want to replay any game that maybe u liked while u got a sub, it might not even be on the services anymore (they get removed often after a time) and now you realize that basically you rented the game...and now you need to purchase it also if you want to enjoy it again. Its just bad man, we werent ready for this time of services tbh.
I think the next "numbers" coming from them will be cumulative YT view numbers for all videos containing image/gameplay or mentioning a specific game.
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Not that you should take stock advice on the internet but imo yep. I'm overweight on them for at least another year (given its a US election year) and I'll likely trim down the exposure to tech overall in another 12 months or so but the last 10 years have been a good run lol. I got super lucky though, as in 2019 I was already worried about how long the bull market had been in play and moved about 65% of my investments into cash...so I killed it when the covid crash happened. This might cloud my view.
If we're talking about money then the answer is No someone is free to correct me if I'm wrong but IIRC the entire Xbox Division has never been profitable from the get go.
yeah, I remember quite a few users acting like that back when Starfield released, they’d swear that Game Pass was definitely above 30 mil and that Microsoft was just waiting for the ‘perfect’ moment to reveal the news
