It's so Phil can lie.How can they NOT include First Party game cost when factoring in if GamePass is profitable or not?
Yeah duh. In other news water is wet.
Answer: So they can fudge the numbers and use them in marketing stuff and for "evangalizers".How can they NOT include First Party game cost when factoring in if GamePass is profitable or not?
How can they NOT include First Party game cost when factoring in if GamePass is profitable or not?
In order to make it profitable. Your question is also the answer.How can they NOT include First Party game cost when factoring in if GamePass is profitable or not?
Because that's the quality of games media we have these days. Colin over at LSM was one of the few who has been saying there's no way it's profitable and correctly predicted they were doing some fancy accounting (like Chris just revealed) in order to make statements like the ones Phil says true.If this is so obvious, why do many in the gaming media (not Chris Dring of course) refuse to acknowledge this obvious truth?
"I love Gamepass"
"Best deal in gaming"
"Such value"
These people killed Xbox, well done *slow clap*
Correct me if I'm wrong, wasn't Netflix only profitable after more than 10 freaking years? And this is because Netflix was a hit.
Why would this crap would be?
I am old enough to remember when we were talking about why MS doesn't offer 1 and 2 year GP subsAmy Hood sees the lost revenue though, now don't she?
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yep that's the beauty of it."I love Gamepass"
"Best deal in gaming"
"Such value"
These people killed Xbox, well done *slow clap*
Similar to political spinHow can they NOT include First Party game cost when factoring in if GamePass is profitable or not?
"I love Gamepass"
"Best deal in gaming"
"Such value"
These people killed Xbox, well done *slow clap*
How would you account for it though? No-one thinks that gamepass is covering the entire cost of all the games they make, especially with CoD in the mix where each release has to cost at least a billion probably more to develop and keep supported.Because that's the quality of games media we have these days. Colin over at LSM was one of the few who has been saying there's no way it's profitable and correctly predicted they were doing some fancy accounting (like Chris just revealed) in order to make statements like the ones Phil says true.
A well run business only releases as much information as they need to to keep shareholders happy. Netflix can't withhold subscriber information etc, because that is all they have. MS can just release whatever is as positive as possible for xbox because shareholders dont really give a shit about it.But Netflix are actually transparent and always have been, they are a well run business so have never had a reason to hide anything.
A well run business only releases as much information as they need to to keep shareholders happy. Netflix can't withhold subscriber information etc, because that is all they have. MS can just release whatever is as positive as possible for xbox because shareholders dont really give a shit about it.
Is Valve a poorly run business? They seem to be doing pretty good, but we dont know their financial state because they dont have shareholders to keep happy.