I love Gears 5 a lot, as well as Game Pass, so I find this great news. Good on Microsoft and The Coalition, and here's hoping they can properly capitalize on this momentum.
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Analyst: Gears 5 is Game Pass' first "mega hit", leads to great number of Game Pass sign ups
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I love Gears 5 a lot, as well as Game Pass, so I find this great news. Good on Microsoft and The Coalition, and here's hoping they can properly capitalize on this momentum.
No wonder the servers were melting. Great news for the franchise and Microsoft as a whole though.
Gears 5 was a treat. Minus a buggy third act it was really a joy to play. With how well the Coalition did with Gears I am hoping the extra time afforded to 343i results in the best Halo game yet.
most likly lower then the past entries since unless you like owning your games there is no reason to not go through game pass to play it
A lot of people are signing up because of the $1-$2 1 month deals for ultimate not to mention that you can use those deals to one-time upgrade your entire Gold Membership to Ultimate. Many people are buying 3 years of Gold and converting it to Ultimate.
Praise for getting people to do it but it's far too early to commend it for competitive pricing, at least when you're just looking at sticker price. I doubt as many people would be buying if they had to pay full Ultimate monthly pricing.
Praise for getting people to do it but it's far too early to commend it for competitive pricing, at least when you're just looking at sticker price. I doubt as many people would be buying if they had to pay full Ultimate monthly pricing.
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I think it will be far lower in terms of lifetime sales than the older ones, but also that that is a metric Microsoft is no longer going to lose any sleep over.
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This is the Netflix syndrome. Stranger Things or Orange is the New Black makes people sign up; a lot of people cancel once they are done with that, but many stick around because of the surrounding library.
Game Pass has a strong enough lineup now that it can afford this kind of leakage.
Halo Infinite is probably going to break XBL for weeks, lol. And congrats to Rod and the team on the success of Gears 5, cant wait to see where they take the series next (I'm about to finish Act III tonight).
Can only imagine Scarlett's launch with all the first party offerings being available at launch through Game Pass, it's going to be an incredible value proposition!
Can only imagine Scarlett's launch with all the first party offerings being available at launch through Game Pass, it's going to be an incredible value proposition!
Makes me kinda curious how traditional sales do. Not that it matters if they can get the majority of Xbox owners subscribed and locked in they probably stand to make more money even without traditional retail.
Peeps gotta always go for the negative.
This is great news overall. I almost feel guilty having a year not purchasing games on xbox. Bless phil as the switch is killing it this year.
It'll be next to impossible to judge this game fairly based on traditional sales. Even if it does well, doesn't paint a clear enough picture.
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More than anything else, I think The Coalition deserves mad props for how well they have turned Gears around.
Yeah, the thing that makes me curious is that the same argument was used for SOD2, Sea of Thieves and FH4, and yet, all of those sold really well. That's why i'm curious.
I'm aware of that. I'm just curious.
I don't pretend to judge anything. The game's already a success. I'm just curious.
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They sold well in launch month, but I daresay their lifetime sales are depressed relative to their immediate predecessors/what they would have been had there been no Game Pass.
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4 was pretty meh, and also underperformed. The main entry before that was Judgement, which doesn't need any expounding.
I have it on PC since they launched it and I love it. Just wish I had more time to play.
PS Gears5 is the most optimized game I've seen on PC in recent years. My GTX 1060 6GB is pulling 60fps at 1440p with ultra textures!
PS Gears5 is the most optimized game I've seen on PC in recent years. My GTX 1060 6GB is pulling 60fps at 1440p with ultra textures!
FH4 has been consistently on a lot of charts, especially in UK, since it's release. I don't think that game suffered.
Already at the maximum limit, 3 years. If it were possible I would subscribe for more.
Man, Infinite is gonna be a megaton hit for Game Pass then.
So happy for Rod and the whole team at The Coalition. Gears 5 is fantastic and easily in the GOTY conversation for me.
So happy for Rod and the whole team at The Coalition. Gears 5 is fantastic and easily in the GOTY conversation for me.
Also, remember that Outer Worlds is hitting the service right as those first month trials start to expire. Have to imagine a lot of people will keep the subscription going once they pick up on how many games are actually on Game Pass.
This is the case for me. I paid for 24 months of Gold for €85 and 2 months of Ultimate for €2, making it around €3.30 a month. I'm PC only and the full price of the service would be €10 per month.
I have no intention at all to buy the service for full price and I've already canceled it. I just won't be buying very many games until May 2022.
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I think Microsoft timed those promotions right to create the perfect storm.