If Gamepass does not go big by 2027, Microsoft may pull out of gaming!
- Thread starter Jim Ryan
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Who will finance Installbase if Xbox quit gaming, already there MS paid astroturfers maybe? Or maybe you'll switch to Switch? :/
Who will finance Installbase if Xbox quit gaming, already there MS paid astroturfers maybe? Or maybe you'll switch to Switch? :/
No, they wouldn’t.
They’re already out a hundred billion or so BEFORE buying Activision. The board and Nadella aren’t going to spend more money if they can’t get things to a point where profit is on the horizon.
A 20-plus year legacy of burning money has to end at some point, and even for an asshat like Satya Nadella, preserving your job when the shareholders are screaming for blood is priority one.
Microsoft has already miss some of their past projection for subscription numbers so wouldn't surprised me one bit if Satya is already losing patience. Microsoft bailed on MixR so no shock hearing this if true. They would just make the full transition to mobile. Mobile will be their next big avenue to try.
I think this is more wishful thinking than anything. 20 years in already and doubled down just recently, massively as well.
Phil's words there are vague for effect and open to interpretation. You could read it as a potential business "axe" or as a recalibration of strategy.
Even then, 5-6 more years is plenty of time for this company to do even more damage to premium gaming.
Phil's words there are vague for effect and open to interpretation. You could read it as a potential business "axe" or as a recalibration of strategy.
Even then, 5-6 more years is plenty of time for this company to do even more damage to premium gaming.
Satya should have been lost patience and not allowed Xbox to double down. We've heard talks for many years about investors being unhappy but nothing ever changes.
Sorry for the digression, but I had recently been thinking - before these massive leaks - where Xbox MVP Era mod Judge has been. He'd been on a comically over-aggressive ban spree against anti-Xbox wrongthink but suddenly stopped, to the point I actually wondered if other mods took notice and told him to tone it down.
I hope he's holding up amidst these deeply trying times. Has to be frustrating that he can't ban his lord and savior corporation's way out of the disastrous revelations.
I hope he's holding up amidst these deeply trying times. Has to be frustrating that he can't ban his lord and savior corporation's way out of the disastrous revelations.
Nadella is under more pressure as CEO than Ballmer was because he was as close to an outsider as you can get in an executive position at MS, where Ballmer was a co-founder and shareholders weren’t, stupidly, inclined to boot a founder when he was clearly fucking up, which was all he did as CEO from day one until the end.
He’s in emergency Discord meetings to receive the new talking points, no doubt.
I’d glad if it happened because micsoct is pure cancer in whatever industry they’re in.
Sadly, I don’t think it’ll happen.
Sadly, I don’t think it’ll happen.
I like how your first response to Microsoft's internal documents, which were presented under oath to a court of law, is to accuse us of "pretending."
2 metrics:
once a AAA game arrives day one on GP
1. How many NEW game pass subscribers brings?
2. how much is the engagement in that game.
We already know that around 10-20% of people who BUYS games finish them in the first place.
now imagine how low is the stat for people using GP.
GP need a constant drop of AAA games to grow. but games takes 4+ years in dev. (for MS is more because they suck at making games).
ABK acquisition:
OW2 is free to play
COD is moving towards a free to play model.
Diablo = 10 years between releases.
conclusion:
Xbox they are royally fucked.
once a AAA game arrives day one on GP
1. How many NEW game pass subscribers brings?
2. how much is the engagement in that game.
We already know that around 10-20% of people who BUYS games finish them in the first place.
now imagine how low is the stat for people using GP.
GP need a constant drop of AAA games to grow. but games takes 4+ years in dev. (for MS is more because they suck at making games).
ABK acquisition:
OW2 is free to play
COD is moving towards a free to play model.
Diablo = 10 years between releases.
conclusion:
Xbox they are royally fucked.
i am so confused, one day you are an xbox fan boy the next you hate them.
Which one is it Bennidict?
he likes to troll both sides.i am so confused, one day you are an xbox fan boy the next you hate them.
Which one is it Bennidict?
Shouldve kept him around so hel get rid of everyone who disagrees so that place will turned into xbox echo chamber
Isnt that microsoft has invest, put people there as moderator and been payin good amount of money there for that to happen
wil be a shame if it all wasted for nothing
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