Yep if this game sells 10 million it will be $500K for MS & $200K for PlayStation but this is ignoring the people who will be buying PS5 because it has the best of both worlds now & also buying more software & accessories for PlayStation 5.
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PS5 Players Drive Xbox's Forza Horizon 5 to the Top of the PS Store Pre-Order Charts All Around the World
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Yep if this game sells 10 million it will be $500K for MS & $200K for PlayStation but this is ignoring the people who will be buying PS5 because it has the best of both worlds now & also buying more software & accessories for PlayStation 5.
Little Chicken
Member
They should've ported 3 and 4 instead, both are better than FH5.
Zacfoldor
Member
MS sells gamepass at full price on Xbox. Nearly everyone who gets an Xbox will participate to some extent in gamepass.
If MS gets rid of Xbox then it will only have PC/IOT users that can access gamepass. Gamepass adoption on PC has been tenuous, for example MS charges less on PC for the service vs console. PC users also much more likely to interrupt the service on months they don't use it. Currently without console subs it is unsustainable. Difficult to visualize significantly quickly increasing gamepass subs on PC if you are Microsoft and you no longer have the console buffer. Gamepass is trying to be semi-self sustainable and needs to generate more money per sub not less.
MS has plans to kill off Steam and take over the PC space. However, if they got rid of their console today they would only kill off gamepass. They believe more time with console cycles will allow them to better position themselves in the market and keep gamepass alive until they are in a position to take on Steam.
The issue is that people have stopped buying their hardware. It is still unknown if there is a loyal fanbase that will buy the next one. If not, perhaps they can offer a competitive advantage. The best idea they have been able to come up with so far for competition advantage for next hardware:
1. Allow Steam on the device(I shit you not, despite all of the above they want to use steam to promote their next console)
2. "largest technical leap"
3. Portable Switch Clone
They will probably come in a collection later.
Bringing 3 and 4 to PS5 would come with enhancements and would be hurtful for Xbox Series owners that didn't get an enhanced version of the games.
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Little Chicken
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FH4 was enhanced already. FH3 is an Xbox One game so any enhancements would benefit both consoles.
Mattyp
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Looking at the sales charts and how big this game is that’s roughly what I’m betting on.
Microsoft so not care, they make billions each year from Playstation gamers.
Strange Phil was crying about that 30% being used to make Xbox smaller
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
People need to remember that Sony expected to make around $450 million in selling games on PC in 2023. So $200 million from FH5 alone would be NUTS!!!! Especially considering they are spending $0 to have it on their console. It's all profit!
Mattyp
Not the YouTuber
They’re not ceos if they’re not trying improve profits every quarter this isn’t Microsoft exclusive it’s every company. It would be 5% and they would still complain again.
Sooner
Member
At what cost? Not only are they only making 70% of what they'd get selling the game on Xbox, they are causing fewer and fewer people to buy Xbox.
When that happens, they go from getting 100% on first-party games and 30% on every other game, to 70% and absolutely nothing. That 30% is the entire purpose of the console and the closed ecosystem.
That is the same split as Steam, BTW. Which is why PC gaming is absolutely NOT an Xbox, as far as Microsoft is concerned.
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reinking
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Wait until they start losing Game Pass subs because people are moving over to PlayStation. That is when it is going to hurt and that is exactly why they are going to launch another console. Unfortunately, I am starting to get a sense that even some of their biggest fans no longer trust them. I am still looking forward to seeing what their next move is. I am not convinced I will buy their next console but I will definitely keep an open mind if they announce something different.
Mattyp
Not the YouTuber
Cost of what to their business exactly they’re turning over more revenue than ever before? Their software sales continue to climb massively while hardware is at its lowest point it’s ever been. You must be seeing something in the financials that the rest of us aren’t, where’s the decline? It’s only grown.
A lot of us will continue to get xbox consoles no matter what because of gamepass, that is the selling point of the console. They will continue to sell their 40 million consoles each gen and accept that until cloud based gaming really takes over.
playstations only exclusive Astrobot doesn’t interest me and it will be the first generation I don’t pick up one of their consoles, each person has a different taste in gaming.
Unknown?
Member
No one gives a shit about in house, your fanboy drivel that puts boundaries on games is laughable. 2nd party is just as important than in house games.
bender
What time is it?
4 is the same as 5 but with a much worse map.
Team Andromeda
Member
Stating the factual differences between a game that is developed In-House to one that is not, is hardy fanboy drivel.
No, he was wrong. Thats all...
Sony
Nintendo
There is one problem with this math: they're not selling on Xbox. The 30% revenue cut is peanuts compared to the massive install base on PS5.
To but it bluntly, 100% times 1 million is less than 70% times 5 million.
There is no amount of exclusive games that can help Xbox outsell PS.