If Randy Pitchford was a disqualifier, then David Cage should be too.
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I personally think that all Microsoft should be doing right now is rounding off genres not covered by current developers. These are the games that they should be pursuing through Global Publishing or looking to acquire developers for. E rated games, fighting games, and pushing for some JRPG's exclusive to the platform.
So that 14M EA play..... that means delta ea play subs between last quarter and now equals approximately the number of gamepass subscriptions on xbox minus gamepass PC only subscriptions right?
Edit: Reason I say is that at first I was really confused why that number wasn't >18M until I realized EA play is not part of PC gamepass...
Edit: Reason I say is that at first I was really confused why that number wasn't >18M until I realized EA play is not part of PC gamepass...
I didn't know about David Cage's situation. You are right. I don't want Quantic Dream too.
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China is gonna be another market like Japan that MS will miss out on.
Similar attitude shared.
There is also the whole anime scene with Sony:
Gonna be a tough gen for MS unless they buy IPs fast or Embracer/Tencent buys everything first lol.
Tell that to anyone asking why this game or X game or whatever releasing on all platforms but Xbox. This is why people joke or skip Xbox because devs ignore it unless Spencer drop some game pass cash.
We are still begging for Killer Instinct BTW. A first party game. Sometimes we get tired of begging and rather play where the games at.
Sorry for being grumpy. Just sharing my thoughts.
I'm not sure what you're grumpy at, but I'm pretty sure my intent was misunderstood. "That's a thing" refers to the PILES OF ELECTRONICS BEING GIVEN OUT TO EMPLOYEES WTF. And then, clearly, you can see that there are no Microsoft products being given out at said free electronics bonanza. Clearly, Microsoft is not held in high regard at Mihoyo. Doesn't mean they can't make a deal, but yea.
And I agree, I'd like to see MS make much bigger waves in Asia - though.. China is a fraught situation. The reporting is that MS wants to get OUT of China in some senses. It's become a bit less safe of an investment and business target in key ways (while remaining the only good option in others). And I'd like to see them invest in Anime games too.
But.. It is what it is. They can only focus on what they can.
Depends how they count it. They more than doubled their subscribers with Game Pass. BUT, they also have increased numbers with $1 promos on Steam and PS. I wouldn't discount that. Likely millions of subscribers there too. So, I'm PERSONALLY inclined to interpret these numbers as only GPU subscribers who have actually downloaded an EA game (which yes, therefore could not include PC). Which means it's hard to actually do any inferences from this. But who knows.
Yup, I agree but is Video games service like Game Pass have the potential to have +100M subscribers like Netflix ?
For exemple PS+ generated 0,916B$ for Q3 (47 Millions subscribers) and 3,54B$ yearly.
PS Store 4,14B$ for Q3 and +12,98B$ yearly through Games & Especially Add on content.
Suppose sony had a service like Game Pass with 40-50M subscribers would the PS Store revenue be that high ? That's the question I'm asking myself, because for Xbox & Sony the bulk of their income is Third party content & Add on content.
To made simple, imagine :
PS store revenue from Digital software this Q3 = $1,69bn & Add on content (DLC, MTX etc...) Q3 = $2,45bn
So The highest gaming segment revenue for Sony & surely Xbox too
I take sony as an example because they really detailed their Q3 and their business model is a bit similar to Xbox just with higher income.
I can see Undead Labs, Zenimax Online, Rare, 343i & Playground Games have a big role on that.
You know from made games for XBox before Sony right... Well probably equal amount ( ninja blade, otogi, meta wolf chaos and chromehounds vs. Demons souls , deracine and bloodborne)
Combat??? In a Bloober game?
The budget must really be increased this time
While Xbox have done a decent job of getting more high profile Japanese games on Xbox (Yakuza, FF, Dragon Quest, Nier) I agree there are some big gaps in the catalogue.
However, it's quite clear that Xbox is an ecosystem tailored to "western tastes" (even more so with Bethesda now). This will probably be the case going forward for quite some time. Unlike others, I don't think Xbox will acquire Japanese devs but will instead aim to get more Japanese games on game pass so the publishers get a guaranteed return (avoiding an Ace Attorney situation).
For the foreseeable future, people that want all available Japanese titles and only want one console then Xbox just isn't the right choice.
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and much rejoicing was had
not much value(TO ME) in the studio that fucks up any project they are on that isn't called Borderlands and is ran by the living PR/HR issue known as Randy Pitchford
It equals the number of Game Pass Ultimate subscribers specifically. EA Play is only part of Game Pass Ultimate for now, and will be added to PC Game Pass sometime this year.
I don't think Microsoft needs more FPS studios like Bungie or Gearbox at all. They have Halo, Doom, Wolfenstein, Perfect Dark...
And they have Battlefield on Game Pass too.
And they have Battlefield on Game Pass too.
Xbox goal is a global ecosystem and it's not trying to tailor to "western tastes". It being tailored to "western tastes" is merely a result of location and opportunity. Xbox is still looking to acquire more studios. If and when an opportunity presents itself from a Japanese studio and/or publisher looking to sell that Xbox see is a deal worth buying and a mutual agreement can be made, then it will happen.
but Brothers in Arms is not an important IP for Gearbox even as a publisher. It was getting nothing but mobile releases since 2008. hell Gearbox probably forgot it exists
You still have the issue of fitting Pitchford's ego past your reception's door.
But I guess Embracer just embraced it all? lmao
Sure. But you said the fuck up every project that isnt Borderlands. But the BIA games were great.
Yuuup. I'm sure they had to do their due diligence, but glad they didn't go through with it.
ok but you're also trying to use a series where the last main entry was 13 years ago...
Hinted abit. Seems to be incubation fase atm.
Also a tv shows was announced. So they didnt really forget about Brothers in Arms.
Gearbox Entertainment Announces New Brothers in Arms Series, Showrunner
Scott Rosenbaum, an accomplished showrunner with more than 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry, will spearhead a new television series based on Gearbox Entertainment’s successful Brothers in Arms video game series. The Brother in Arms series, based on true events, explores...
www.gearboxsoftware.com
Using for what?
Was just saying the imo did great work in Brothers in Arms also next to Borderlands. Nothing more.
I see Bloober Team as a developer with a lot of potential.
By the way, there is an AMA (Ask Me Anything) tomorrow, if you want to ask them anything.
using as an example. (and that's not even meant as an attack towards you btw lol)
and heck even their Half Life expansions were good. But again it was so long ago it's not even relevant.
but it's not a studio with any success worth pursuing. You might say "but Borderlands" but Take2 still has publishing rights soooo what's the point
Killer Instinct's last game before it was revived was 17 years. Perfect Dark hasn't had a game since 2005 and is now being revived with a new entry.
IP's and Franchises constantly go through lulls and get revived. Not saying this will necessarily happen with Brothers in Arms, but it wouldn't be surprising either for a new owner of these IP's usher in it's revival.
Edit: Sorry, I have no idea how I completely misread the conversation going on and injected something completely irrelevant. LOL
My bad ToadPacShakur
You said that fuck up everything apart from Borderlands. I just said that the BIA games were amazing also imo. Nothing more.
I was more talking about Gearbox as a whole. They are a studio that can seemingly only do Borderlands well. Give them anything else and you'll learn the same lesson SEGA learned the hard way
So, if that report from 2019 (or it was in 2020?) about Bloober signing a three games deal with Xbox Gamepass is true, this next game will also be available day one in the service.
I'm excited!
I've gotten almost all their games discounted myself, that's why I think seeing them on Game Pass would be good (not something to buy at full price but a nice bonus to get)... they can put one game almost every single month of the year and have a big backlog of old ones still not on PC/XBOX... their gameplay lend themselves very well to be played on mobile too. I don't think they would be very expensive, I know older people who buy their games (and big fish) like clockwork to enjoy every month. And maybe I don't know, they can be groomed later to be something else? More ambicious?
Big Fish is another casual company that is absolutely massive.
I will preface this post by saying that the only thing you should look at from Microsoft's revenues to quell your doubts about Game design being impacted by Gamepass is that Xbox is making way more money today than they were making in the pre-gamepass days. We don't know how much income Microsoft makes from gaming but what we do know seems to paint a rosy picture.
Now, your assumption is that Microsoft is making less money from digital game sales because of Gamepass which is conjecture. We have had several executives and devs say that they sold more copies of their games after they got on gamepass. You might argue that the games not on gamepass see fewer sales now, which once again is conjecture. Majority sales of third party software is AAA releases anyway which rarely get added to gamepass and most of their sales are front loaded while they enter game pass way past their prime sales period. The smaller indie titles are seeing more sales when they get added to gamepass and may offset an "assumed loss" of sales from indie titles not on gamepass. Finally when good titles leave gamepass, they create a FOMO and people buy these games if they love them too much and want to keep playing them. Overall, I think Microsoft is making more money from an average gamepass subscriber than from a non gamepass subscriber. In fact Microsoft has said as much before ( Microsoft's Game Pass Subscription Is Dramatically Changing Video Games - Bloomberg ).
Another thing you should notice is that the number of Xboxes in the world are less than half the number of Playstations and yet Microsoft made 5 billion in revenue compared to Sony's 8.4 billion. Even if you offset a ridiculously overestimated 1 billion from PC, Microsoft is still making an equivalent amount from each user as playstation so clearly Gamepass hasn't negatively impacted revenue per user and in fact I would argue the contrary because there is no chance that they made 1 billion from PC last quarter with no new games.
Finally, Microsoft has always made multiplayer games with a service focus. Halo, Gears and Forza existed in a pre gamepass world already and they had been working on Sea of Thieves since before there was even an idea of Gamepass. So what is changing now? The only thing that has changed is Microsoft is making more single player games today than they were making 3 years ago and the reason for that is the existence of Gamepass.
I mean technically they did acquire a Japanese dev, and have stated they want to. It's good to have a mix of both
Last quarter Xbox had its biggest third party revenue ever and the quarter before they had their second biggest third party revenue ever, I really wouldn't worry about that.
In the long term (like in 20 years lol) Microsoft's plan is to have xCloud as their platform. They are going to let players play their owned games via streaming, we know that. What would happen if there wasn't a console is that a dev would put their game on the Microsoft Store and then people would play it via streaming and Microsoft would still get a 30% cut because instead of paying for the hardware, they are paying for the cloud infrastructure (which devs cannot allow, same way they can't allow to sell consoles at a loss).
But that would be in the case that consoles disappeared, and that would far into the future. But Microsoft is thinking about that already.
maybe their own subscription service or license out the games to either platforms to get more money ala Gamepass/Gold or Playstation Plus or something like that.
My theory? Embracer+, a subscription service. They might want to reach a deal with Microsoft to have it as a Game Pass add-on, too, like EA with EA Play.
I really do think that if Game Pass gets a ton of subscribers it'll turn into something like cable tv, where you can purchase additional channels (you can get EA Play by upgrading to Ultimate, well, now imagine being able to add Ubisoft+ or other services to your Game Pass subscription too). Amazon Luna is already doing that.
I really thought that Gearbox was next, was very surprised that Embracer got them, wouldn't be surprised if Randy was a sticking point (I know I'd want that dude gone if I was planing on buying them).
If MS are still intent on buying another publisher I wonder who's left, Paradox is the only one I can think that MS would be interesting but the problem is A. They're publicly traded, and B. Tencent owns a 5% stake in them.
An original IP character action game would play more to his strengths.
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