They're targeting mobile phones here, which pretty much everyone has at least one of at this point. And we don't know what their pricing model is going to be for the service. Why would someone buy an Xbox to stream when they can play natively or stream on their phone/PC?
You guys realize that Sony is partnering with Microsoft for Azure game streaming and Nintendo is rumored to be doing the same right?
Stadia doesn't require Chromecast and can be streamed on phones. If you have a laptop you have access to Stadia and xCloud. We don't know how far reaching xCloud is it could be an app on Roku devices it could be....
Netflix is in major debt lol. Long term how long are they going to keep this up?? Movies are also passive media. I wonder how significant this whole xcloud nonsense is going to pan out lol.
Yes GaaS, Microtransactions for the win. Eying for those 2 billion gamers.
They also sell their games on several platforms but, I mean you are free to ignore that too I suppose.
Probably true. You have to have an advocate in the room and gaming never did at MS until Phil got promoted.
Surely this focus on GaaS, Microtransactions and Game Pass changes the entire way of how games are being developed. But yeah feel free to ignore that as well.
Agree. Mattrick was just his ventriloquist dummy. When Mattrick got swept out, investment only got worse in Xbox with Spencer in his spot. The difference in the Xbox brand has been removing Myerson, not Mattrick. Mattrick was horrible connecting with consumers though...which is why he was perfect for Myerson.
I mean, are you leveling this specifically at Game Pass? Because that service is relatively new, but we've had a major push towards GaaS and microtransactions throughout the entirety of the current console generation. And you'd have to be playing dumb to think that'll stop whether game streaming succeeds or not.
Someone who only plays Microsoft Solitaire on their phone is a gamer to them. It doesn't really matter who you are
You didn't hear? They tripled their studio count and doubled their employee count in some studios to sell off the business! Rock solid logic!
You mean the CEO that has turned Microsoft into most valuable company in the world and the same CEO who has supported Xbox more so than any CEO before him?
Not at all, in Mattricks interviews he came across as a clueless suit, but one that was in charge, the guy was poison for the brand. And this is backed up by Moore and Bach (in so many words) during thier roundtable wIth IGN.
I think its because the Xbox is the longest running American console in the business in a league primarly ran by Japanese Behemoths like Sony, Nintendo and Sega - and their clearly not going anywhere. Just my humble opinion though...
Perhaps it is Mario Kart, but FH4 is amongst the top. Number available was PG numbers around ~9 mill, we've not had numbers from its closest competitor (GT) which FH4 has routinely beaten. Still no doubt it's one of the best racers (ever) that won GOTY awards, which goes against the point the original poster made that there's no game from MS that has made a mark. He's been banned, which is not a surprise (and deserved, thanks Mods).
And that's fair. They made massive changes and they won't land with everyone.
Sure but I don't think there's a large audience of that due to numerous barriers. Also I don't think console games fit well with mobile, that's why typical console to mobile ports don't generally sell compared to your usual mobile games.
