So sad :(
Holy shit now that's what I'm talking about.
The way that bans are handled, I have resorted to using ignore instead of report because it doesn't make a difference anyways. At least with ignore I have a modicum of control.
No. All he has said is that it's meeting their goals or something like that, but of course that means nothing as their goal is likely to lose money for years in hopes of gaining lots of subscribers.
Why?
Because that's how every single subscription service seems to work. You have no idea how much they're paying to get games just a few months after release, but I'll bet it's more than you think. It's very hard to make money on a $10 a month subscription. Did you know Netflix still doesn't turn a profit? They're massively successful and they still spend more than they make each year.
Game Pass is obviously not profitable, which is exactly how it's supposed to be at this point.
GamePass itself might not make money but secondary store sales after games leave the pass and dlcs etc could generate more revenue etc yes? I think MS was saying people are trying more and buying more games now with gamepass than without it
Nah. More revenue from knock-on effects sure, but not enough to change anything.
in netflix's defense the entertainment industry would rather fail separably, than profit together. had netflix been able to keep its old model as the equvlent of direct to consumer, instead of being forced to produce content, it would have worked, but everyone got money signs and pulled their content. in effect no one has enough content to support themselves, but they dont want to share.
What part of "one of the many reasons" would lead you to conclude that a single reason was why I'm not a fan of game pass?
Because I view a lack of profitability as a negative for an industry I'm very fond of.
That depends on how you value gatekeepers I guess. Was the music industry better or worse before Spotify/YouTube Music and Apple Music? Was the TV industry in a better place before Netflix / Hulu ?
Well, that's the thing. If game pass were to become very successful I do think it could eventually become profitable for Microsoft.
Demo discs didn't give you access to the entire game for months, where many people could experience everything they wanted from a game. I highly doubt many people are buying those games when they're leaving game pass. Unless it's a service game with ongoing content most people get their fill and move on.
We have to see how ML is done on RDNA2 hardware. They don't seem to have something like tensor cores from Nvidia and are using shader cores iirc. This will impact performance.
Netflix doesn't make a profit on purpose, because they want to rapidly grow the service.
This reminds me of the early days, when steam was doing these crazy sales and gamers wondered how this can be an good idea. The simple answer was that a lower price opens the door for more gamers, which otherwise wouldn't be able or interested in purchasing the game.
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If it was profitable. Then Gold would probably be gone also. Probably the reason its still arround it earns to much money to get rid of it and Gamepass is not yet ready to take over.
I initially had a similar view. However, looking into it, it seems like a clever play on CPU/GPU frequencies with the power target being fixed. We can deduct from RDNA1 based GPUs that 2Ghz is the sweet spot. I think this my have been further conflated with the GitHub leak, where we also saw testing at 2Ghz, and generally these frequencies are not ever seen on an APU inside consoles, so this was considered to be already extremely high for a GPU.
I get the point of burning money for consumers. But that does not necessarily means that they are not making any profit.
Netflix does not turn a profit because they don't want to. They make big bucks but decide to spend all that money in more content to get even more subscribers, and it's a very old play to get out of taxes as well, as the money you'd pay for taxes turns into even more money for you (that's basically how Amazon has sustained an incredible growth).
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DirectML is great.
And can be used like DLSS.
DirectML / Nvidia SIGGRAPH 2018:
Gaming with Windows ML - DirectX Developer Blog
Neural Networks Will Revolutionize Gaming Earlier this month, Microsoft announced the availability of Windows Machine Learning. We mentioned the wide-ranging applications of WinML on areas as diverse as security, productivity, and the internet of things. We even showed how WinML can be used to...devblogs.microsoft.com
1080P to 4K using DirectML Super Resolution:
( Left ) DirectML Super Resolution / Bilinear Upscaling ( Right )
