Not really debunked since they are actually Game Pass subs. What was really poking at some people's ribs was that the last known figures in 2022 were +11 million for XBL and 25 million for Game Pass. Meaning that they lost +2 million subs in two years.
Fair enough.
Steam is a behemoth on PC, but you simply can not say that there arent a massive amount of gamepass users on PC, that is factually incorrect.
I dont think Gamepass forced MS to buy ABK. How could gamepass be the driver when they bought them and then didnt REALLY do anything to push gamepass with it. They want to own ABK and have revenue from King and Acti/Blizz. It's not that hard.
Going by Phil Spencer, GamePass was "untenable" if it remains "irrelevant" on mobile:
www.videogameschronicle.com
www.statista.com
That wasn't gamepass. They had non existent 1st party software for a couple of years then what they did release was terribly mid, mainly. Thats what caused all this.
To quote my previous post:
Going by Phil Spencer, GamePass was "untenable" if it remains "irrelevant" on mobile:
Phil Spencer says the Xbox business will become ‘untenable’ if it remains ‘irrelevant’ on mobile | VGC
The Xbox boss claims the Activision Blizzard deal is primarily about Candy Crush…
And then we look how most revenue of ABK comes from mobile:
Activision Blizzard revenue by platform 2022 | Statista
In 2022, Activision Blizzard's console segment generated 1.75 billion U.S.
My best guess is that they took the last chance they had to brag about Game Pass figures with the 34m back in February because it was already in a heavy decline. The thing with it is that they can't push any hard figure anymore and have to limit themselves to PR oneliners like "biggest increase in a launch" and such or the actual numbers will slip.
Black Ops 6 sales were down 15% on MW3, which is a huge disappointment for MS considering the following factors.
www.gamesindustry.biz
Yes, you need Game Pass Ultimate for CoD, 34M included 9M of Gold to GP.
Cool, so Game Pass isn’t!
Dont let Fromsoft fans hear this...
Indeed, this is the lead and I feel it's getting overlooked by the bickering on the sales split.
I wouldn't say Xbox's gaming business for mobile is based on GamePass. It's not going to be a driving force of revenue in that segment.
MS will probably try a different strategy for the franchise each year without commiting to it long-term and will end up destrying another franchise, adding it to Halo, Forza Motorsport, Gears of War, etcBlack Ops 6 sales were down 15% on MW3, which is a huge disappointment for MS considering the following factors.
MW3 was one of the worst-rated games in Call of Duty's history, and its sales were down considerably over MW2. Modern Warfare 3 was a cheap glorified DLC which resulted in a sales disappointment and was destroyed by the reviews from critics and user reviews. MS fucked around and found out.
Here are the UK monthly charts for the MW3 release month :
Call of Duty couldn't stop video game sales dipping in November | UK Monthly Charts
Over 4.55 million video games were sold during November in the UK, a drop of 3% over the same period in 2022. This is a…
It's not looking good for the COD franchise. MS ruined another IP and Bobby Kotick cashed out like a bandit.
Fair enough, but that's not what I was saying either.
Even that reason supports the idea that the purchase of ABK/Bethesda was mainly driven by Game Pass. If you want to keep pushing day-one games as a key benefit of Game Pass, you need to have good first-party output.
As a platform holder you need good first party software regardless.
They are fucked with all those studios they bought as well.
Xbox is in a weird spot all of their own making for sure.
If their only aim was to increase their first-party output. I think spending 70 billion is a bit excessive. They could have achieved that without spending that much money. So both of those goals can be valid reasons, but GP was the main driving force, in my opinion.
Understood!
Black Ops 6 sales were down 15% on MW3, which is a huge disappointment for MS considering the following factors.
MW3 was one of the worst-rated games in Call of Duty's history, and its sales were down considerably over MW2. Modern Warfare 3 was a cheap glorified DLC which resulted in a sales disappointment and was destroyed by the reviews from critics and user reviews. MS fucked around and found out.
Here are the UK monthly charts for the MW3 release month :
Call of Duty couldn't stop video game sales dipping in November | UK Monthly Charts
Over 4.55 million video games were sold during November in the UK, a drop of 3% over the same period in 2022. This is a…
It's not looking good for the COD franchise. MS ruined another IP and Bobby Kotick cashed out like a bandit.
Yes’m they want 100m by 2030.
Ah, the "you'll own nothing and be happy date." Must be a coincidence all these WEF membership companies have the same date for the same foreclosure on things.
Where have I heard something like this before I wonder...
When Microsoft/Activision announce Black Ops 6 earnings this thread is going to be epic.
I wasn't waiting on anything, just pointing out the uncomfortable truth (to some) that the Series S will provide the most cost effective way to play GTA6.But a few weeks ago you was waiting on GTA6 to boost Xbox Series S sales
Hopium
I mean, that’s the point. The issue is that there isn’t a realistically large enough number of GP subscribers to offset the revenue lost from game sales. GP always represents a reduction in maximum potential revenue.
Sounds like you have been reading the script MS has provided.
And how many of those are among the most played PS5 games each month? Because that's what ultimately matters.So you're ignoring the fact that PlayStation games been selling 10 - 20 million copies?
You're really detached from reality
The fact that COD sells so well on PlayStation, a platform with no first party FPS offerings.
www.vgchartz.com
The difference being that Steam isn't a hardware platform, it's on PCs and there are billions of those in the world. Steam can lose any game and be fine. But Sony's console business is significantly less viable without COD.
I'd be very surprised is they release specific earnings on COD.
Destiny 2 was released years before the takeover and on multiple platforms. As for Marathon, we'll have to see how the game turns out, but it has no solid release date.
