clarky
Gold Member
Xbox is dead?This is like feeding the cancer that is killing you.... is so bizarre that ms and their fans cant grasp how this service killed xbox. Ill trully never understand.
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Phil Spencer interview - Says that their intent is for all Xbox games, including Call of Duty, to be available on Xbox Game Pass Day One
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Just "Our intent"
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
Get back to a satisfactory level of growth (in all dimensions) heading into a year where they don't have a Starfield to boost interest in their platform.
If Playstation are expecting PS5 sales have plateaued, it follows that Xbox is going to do the same. If, a year on from the ABK acquisition everything is flat, hard questions will start getting asked inside of Microsoft.
Its not a matter of whether MS can afford it, it becomes a principle of why they are keeping billions tied up in an underperforming unit.
Bernardougf
Member
The original ideia of xbox is dead and gone.. its not competition for anyone anymore.. is basically dead in europe and always being dead in japan ... so yeah is not literally dead in the Us... but pretty soon we might get MS gaming instead of xbox as alteady been leaked ...they are going third party eventually and if they do their hardware business is going to change
But if you want to take literally no.. xbox is not dead..
clarky
Gold Member
They are on the ropes in the 12th i'll give you that. Putting out next to no software, and what little you do is largely broken and unfinished, then they deserve what they get.
Going third party will do nothing for their bottom line if they continue to put out trash like Redfall and Forza Motorsport.
Can they turn things around? I'd say so, but it would take a change in management to do so in my opinion.
James Sawyer Ford
Member
If this is going on PC as well COD revenue is going to crater
clarky
Gold Member
Whilst i dont disagee with you, there will be some funky shit going on. It'll be the base edition only. They will release the game to ultimate edition users a week "earlier", no beta access unless you purchase, "discounted" battle pass for paid users etc etc.
Not enough to offset lost sales, but still.
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Bernardougf
Member
Imho, Nothing is going to change in their development pipeline if the priority dosent comeback to being selling shitloads of good games in the market, whatever they choose the market to be, but this experiment of gamepass is a failure and for the life of me I cant think why they dont pull the plug on it, i just dont know the legal ramifications of it .... the legal bindings they have to deal with the clients that already bought gamepass for 3+ years
graywolf323
Member
exactly what I noticed as well, if it was for sure going to happen Phil would just say so"Our intent"
clarky
Gold Member
It just boils down to games at the end of the day, as i'm sure you and everybody else on this board and in the known universe understands. Everyone apart from MS.
Gamepass would be a lot healthier for them if they did 30-45 day retail window like the Cinema.
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Those are his words. Intention to bring two ABK, Bethesda and XGS games day one to Gamepass console and PC.
It is clear that they prioritize increasing Gamepass subscriptions while the $70 PS5 and Switch or Switch 2 versions help pay off.
Without forgetting the microtransactions these generate y other and with other incentives that encourage the purchase (early access, rewards, exclusive maps or modes....)
Generic
Member
I too hate paying less for games, it's terrible for consumers. In fact $70 is not enough for a single game (Capcom is right), games should cost at least $100 (+$50 of day-1 DLC) and never drop their price.
Bernardougf
Member
I guess you are ok with paying less and playing filler unfinished subpar games ... more power to you I guess.. hooray
twilo99
Gold Member
They can always sell you a portable CD drive
Rhazer Fusion
Member
COD on Gamepass day one is a big mistake imo especially if people are willing to spend billions of dollars on it each year. If this does happen, I’m expecting Gamepass to increase in price considerably.
twilo99
Gold Member
With gamepass almost all games you get are available on both PC and Xbox .. no matter the publisher
DaleinCalgary
Gold Member
You can't make money like this
Hawking Radiation
Member
Spencer is a cunt. A cunt begging to be fucked and PS have been all too eager to get in there.
What Xbox needed was a pitbull(s). J. Allard and co knew what they were doing when they launched Xbox 360.
Gamepass is the only shining light when it comes to Xbox. Everything else is a case of 'throwing shit at a wall and see what sicks' affair. I'm not a fan of Phil fucking Spencer. Comes across like someone who's begging daddy for the money so he can buy his way to success.
Cunt!!!!
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twilo99
Gold Member
Spencer is a cunt. A cunt begging to be fucked and PS have been all too eager to get in there.
What Xbox needed was a pitbull(s). J. Allard and co knew what they were doing when they launched Xbox 360.
Gamepass is the only shining light when it comes to Xbox. Everything else is a case of 'throwing shit at a wall and see what sicks' affair. I'm not a fan of Phil fucking Spencer. Comes across like someone who's begging daddy for the money so he can buy his way to success.
Cunt!!!!
Please tell us how you really feel…
Alan Wake
Member
So it is painfully clear that Xbox is moving away from physical media ("what the customers want"). I understand that the disc drive does make the console more expensive, and when you take into account that only about ten per cent of Xbox games are sold on disc it all makes sense. The customers have spoken. As a collector I still think it's regrettable.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
On GP. But not if you buy it. I think I get it now.
The CCU wars will be very interesting when COD releases on all these platforms at the same time.
kiphalfton
Member
I think it would be great to be able to play CoD, but I don't see how the price of Game Pass Ultimate wouldn't go up as a result.
The price already effectively went up when they nerfed the conversion rate of Xbox Live Gold. That however was more of an "indirect" price increase and there didn't seem to be really any good reason besides Starfield not having been released and there being big hype around the game.
So it wouldn't be a huge surprise if they directly raise the price this time. Especially since CoD is huge and there's a better excuse this time.
The price already effectively went up when they nerfed the conversion rate of Xbox Live Gold. That however was more of an "indirect" price increase and there didn't seem to be really any good reason besides Starfield not having been released and there being big hype around the game.
So it wouldn't be a huge surprise if they directly raise the price this time. Especially since CoD is huge and there's a better excuse this time.
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
More choice words.
Chittagong
Gold Member
CoD on gamepass Day 1 is megaton
Xbox keeps winning
Xbox keeps winning
BobLeeSwagger
Banned
At the end of their FY, they can always make the books look halfway decent by laying off more people and closing down studios.
SportsFan581
Member
Cool. I know the CoD campaigns are often short, but they still look interesting to me.
Hawking Radiation
Member
I'd say you need about, oh, ten years of psychotherapy.Cunt!!!!
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Not by any meaningful metric but okay.
laynelane
Member
Yep, words that can be interpreted differently at a later date if the need arises.
Killjoy-NL
Member
I think it was a save guess that buying ABK would be the cheapest way for MS to get COD on GP in the long run.
Still, I don't see this working out really well. Probably will mean more monetization and lower quality for COD.
Still, I don't see this working out really well. Probably will mean more monetization and lower quality for COD.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
“Our intent is the full portfolio of games from ZeniMax, Activision Blizzard and XGS—Xbox Game Studios—will be on Game Pass, day one,” he said. (Day one = when they also go on sale.)
The anthem needs a refresh with more Phil-isms. <3 you game pass.
havoc00
Member
Game pass!!! Game passsss!!!! Ya???? Psn really sucks ass!!! Asss!! Yeah??? Yeashhh???
Todd Howard shootin from the tower why y’all ponies scared!!
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
There are more multiplatform publishers they can buy and make exclusive for the good of the… industry.. oh yeah…
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jm89
Member
Uhh you always got the game at the same time....
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twilo99
Gold Member
PS gets early access/beta before the other two platforms.
Bond007
Member
That's one way to lose money on it.
A. People are gonna play it where friends are for one.
B. If you do get someone to choose gamepass instead- they arent buying the game. Its a sub but i guess you activate the "engagement" metric.
This is gonna lead to reduced game sales and i dont think it's gonna create some massive jump on consoles due to A. and people's established eco-system.
A. People are gonna play it where friends are for one.
B. If you do get someone to choose gamepass instead- they arent buying the game. Its a sub but i guess you activate the "engagement" metric.
This is gonna lead to reduced game sales and i dont think it's gonna create some massive jump on consoles due to A. and people's established eco-system.
demigod
Member
Fixed for you bro.
Hawking Radiation
Member
A bit excessive don't you think. I'd only need 5 duh
