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eXtas1s: The majority of employees I have spoken are completely confused about Xbox's general strategy
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Javi97
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Call of Duty players only play Call of Duty games. If they wanted another game, they could buy it. Why do they need a service with 1000 games they don't want to play?
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jm89
Member
That's not surprising.
If COD doesn't move the needle for game pass nothing else will.
RJMacready73
Simps for Amouranth
Honestly i don't see why they simply don't rebrand as XPC and create a small form factor PC running windows with an Xbox overlay that can connect to steam and gamepass and you'd absolutely kill it for those that want the benefits of a PC ecosystem coupled with an Xbox engineered TV box, hell I'd buy one ffs
Unknown Soldier
Member
Ask Microsoft, they blew $70 billion on Activision Blizzard so they could put CoD on Gamepass
ChorizoPicozo
Member
That's because there isn't a strategy
mayham2199
Member
Do not understand what is going on with this.
mayham2199
Member
Well looks like changes are coming. That game will give them a temporary boost and that's it.
Bernoulli
M2 slut
Gamepass is only going to destroy cod sales on xbox and maybe on PC
Most cod players use gamepass to play online but now they won't have to buy the game too
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Black Ops 6 could be a make or break type of moment for Gamepass
It will hurt sales for sure but I also think MS is banking on picking up people who wouldnt buy it anyhow and maybe buying stuff in the store
Interesting case study we are watching in real time.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
People always say this, and I think it's got to be bullshit. Some people might only buy Call of Duty or FIFA or Madden, but a sweeping statement about who they are, how much of COD's player base they are, etc. etc. just doesn't work.
Those games aren't astronomically popular by reaching just a selective subset of users, they are the biggest games in the world because they are played by a huge part of the gaming population.
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Rosoboy19
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There’s a lot to like about this idea if they could actually get an Xbox overlay to be as couch friendly as the Xbox dashboard is.
The hard part is integrating other pc game stores like Steam, Epic, EA, Blizzard, etc into it seamlessly. PC gaming is so fractured with all the different launchers.
Edit: they would also need to figure out how to make pc versions of games work seamlessly with a controller only, which may be the biggest hurdle of all as every game is unique
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Reizo Ryuu
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RagnarokIV
Battlebus imprisoning me \m/ >.< \m/
They haven't got any idea what they're doing. Get Peter Moore or Laura Fryer so sort this shit out ASAP.
Pedro Motta
Gold Member
yeah yeah, but not sustainable. That's why they removed them from basic tiers and increased prices.
proandrad
Member
They are confused because for 20 years the mission was just to beat Sony regardless of losses. Now the mission is to make money and that involves putting titles on Sony platforms. Apparently they all haven’t gotten the memo and the Xbox staff thinks it should still be in console war mode.
RickMasters
Member
MS playing 4D chess and avoiding leaks by not having a strategy.
Seriously, I think their strategy is clear at this point, they want to focus on gaming software and services and have basically sacrificed the hardware business to that end. As long as they keep getting interesting things on GP it's all good for me, time will tell what their recent decisions will do to MS gaming and Microsoft as a whole.
Cool but without Xbox as GP ‘ home’ device and no other platform besides PC to put it on where they lose out to steam…… they are fucked if they ditch Xbox. All that would be left is being a third party.
SportsFan581
Member
I was being salty more than serious there. Left over console warrior angst since my plastic box didn't win.
Trogdor1123
Member
I remember the days when people piled the praise on Phil… things sure have changed
RickMasters
Member
I hear ya. I was rooting for Xbox too. Guess we both got the short end of the stick there! Just how it goes. Im a Dallas cowboys fan and I’ve been waiting since the 90s for them to win something again.
RickMasters
Member
Shame…. If only the execs higher up fealt the same way and we’re cutthroat enough to do the needed steps to make Xbox competitive…… they certainly would have been better off than they are now.
If I was in charge there would never have been a day where an Xbox games sees the light of day on a PS console….. indy would never be coming to PS…… and I would have spent a tonne of money money hatting exclusives only top of that…. All agressive moves…..
Luckily For non Xbox owners MS ain’t like that and love money more than competition so here we are.
bitbydeath
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SportsFan581
Member
I hear ya. I was rooting for Xbox too. Guess we both got the short end of the stick there! Just how it goes. Im a Dallas cowboys fan and I’ve been waiting since the 90s for them to win something again.
Tell me about it, my Bucs went through many a dark day before they could ever be taken seriously.
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