If it's such a good deal and you're so relaxed and assured in your position, why are you screeching like this?
Untrue. Doom at one point was 100% never multiplat.
Gamepass is the short term plan. With the Xbox Series systems surely recieving Multi-platform games until 2031(at a minimum), Microsoft doesn't have too worry much about losing tons of subscriptions overnight. The next Xbox won't have exclusive games, only better hardware to run games better. It will be niche for sure, unless something dramatically changes
Because the people in Xbox are the only ones who cared enough to keep it alive. There is no replacing them, because anyone else would just shut Xbox entirely and just keep MS gaming.
The lack of truly new hardware, to me, suggest that they are already abandoning hardware. They are just clearing existing inventory this way.
The issue is that Xbox hardware and Gamepass is not making money, and releasing games on PlayStation doesn't change that.
I do. And i don't even own a PS5. I want Xbox to fold because I want to see someone else take a shot. Xbox hanging on, is stopping the natural churn and new challengers.
Nah,just too early, also, it's one of the worst kept secrets that Sony is due to release the PS5 Pro this year so why show your hand before that's announced?
Yes, console sales are stagnant, GamePass new subscribers are stagnant especially on PC but also on consoles where they are plateauing, MS is prorating games to multiple platforms, software sales are not booming.
It's adorable that people still think Phil Spencer is doing this out of the goodness of his heart and not for monies.
It's bad for those attached to the Xbox platform, but could be good for Microsoft.
The Xbox hardware burns money. And currently Microsoft is taking away all the ways the hardware is suppose to make money and thus justify itself.
Bingo, the reason they spend so much time and energy on this prepared show is because they can't produce or create anything else worthwhile. The executives at xbox (not the engineers!) are all below average incompetent losers. They live in a fantasy world, we buy a few things, invest in new studios and existing studios, invest in two systems (our winning plan) to end up on top.
www.eurogamer.net
That's like adding the cost of the TV. No dude, you already have the device that can run/stream Game Pass games.
he said exactly
"Obviously I can't sit here and say every Bethesda game is [an Xbox] exclusive, because we know that's not true," he explained. "There's contractual obligations that we're going to see through. We have games that exist on other platforms and we're going to go and support those games on the platforms they're on. There's communities of players - we love those communities and will continue to invest in them - and even in the future there might be...either contractual things or legacy on different platforms that we'll go do."
Phil Spencer says future Bethesda games will be exclusive to "platforms where Game Pass exists"
It's the question everyone's been eager to have answered since news broke that Microsoft was acquiring Bethesda and par…
Also Phil when not being interviewed:he said exactly
"Obviously I can't sit here and say every Bethesda game is [an Xbox] exclusive, because we know that's not true," he explained. "There's contractual obligations that we're going to see through. We have games that exist on other platforms and we're going to go and support those games on the platforms they're on. There's communities of players - we love those communities and will continue to invest in them - and even in the future there might be...either contractual things or legacy on different platforms that we'll go do."
Phil Spencer says future Bethesda games will be exclusive to "platforms where Game Pass exists"
It's the question everyone's been eager to have answered since news broke that Microsoft was acquiring Bethesda and par…
This is true regardless of what they spent on ABK and is why it was so stupid to think they would make CoD exclusive. They can't leave money on the table for the big games without shareholders being let down.This was never in doubt.
Once the Axis of Evil saw how much money MS spent on ABK, they stepped in to make sure they got that $70 billion back as quickly as possible.
he said exactly
"Obviously I can't sit here and say every Bethesda game is [an Xbox] exclusive, because we know that's not true," he explained. "There's contractual obligations that we're going to see through. We have games that exist on other platforms and we're going to go and support those games on the platforms they're on. There's communities of players - we love those communities and will continue to invest in them - and even in the future there might be...either contractual things or legacy on different platforms that we'll go do."
Phil Spencer says future Bethesda games will be exclusive to "platforms where Game Pass exists"
It's the question everyone's been eager to have answered since news broke that Microsoft was acquiring Bethesda and par…
So Gears, Halo and Forza will save Xbox?
Some things never change.
Will any Sony exclusives eventually come to Xbox?
I got to admit.. true love like this is really beautiful to see.
Because you don't want it to eat further into your marketshare?
Except nowadays, you don't.
Yeah it's pretty clear. You either get $0 from these users, or offer them your game at $70 and get the income there.
