But... Playstation has actually been leading in sales and revenue for years compared to Xbox, that's a fact. That's the difference. And I don't see a thread here every 2 days praising Playstation. Go figure...
by exploiting xbox one failure. Right now, they dont have that opportunity. Both consoles are on playing field.
I know well how businesses operate (disclaimer : I'm a MS shareholder, but have no money in Sony right now). Companies always define targets they know they can reach. Because when they don't it looks bad, and they want their shareholders happy.
Not reaching a growth target so soon in a business entirely based on subscriber base growth is bad, there's no way to spin it really. But it may be due to unexpected lack of console shipments in this shortages era.
Again, you have no clue about it. Just because you own a ms share, doesnt mean you know how they operate. I work in a company, and the company always gives us a target for profit. What they do, is increase the last target we had, so we can make more profit. Gamepass reached their last target expectation. This time, they increased more than the last target, and it didnt reach where they hoped. That doesnt it was a failure.
That's a strange way to look at it. Compared to Xbox Live Gold subscription (the money MS already had before buying tons of studios), people basically paid nothing on top of that, that's what matters.
That is how subscription model works. You offer low fees, to attract new customers. Once the customer is hooked to your service, they wont cancel it. If they cancel it, they wont be able to use the deal again, after certain months. If they want to sub it again, they will need to pay 10$-15$. I was a sub to the service, and max I had was 4 months. If I am an xbox user, I am forced to pay for xbox live, or be subbed to gamepass. Either way, MS wins.
I made a grand total of zero thread praising Sony, so I wouldn't earn much money. It must be the 20th thread praising Xbox in recent months (didn't actually count), yet nothing actually changed, sales apparently still favor Sony, so why the constant cheerleading ?
People are happy that xbox is changing their approach in this gen. Xbox las gen was horrible. It was so bad, that the only notable games were halo, forza, and gears. That is how bad last gen xbox was. Now, they got gamepass to start with this gen, 1st party xbox games are all day1 on the service. We saw fps boost, and most important, BC games. That is all on 1st year. People have a hard time processing these information. Which is why you see all these praises nonstop.
Why would it make a blood bath ? Everybody can play it on PC or Series S / X consoles, with or without Gamepass. It's a good thing for everybody if it's a new AAA IP different from the usual Forza / Gears / Halo.
Its all about those games being exclusive to xbox. Some people trolled, or were serious about landing on competitor console. We had post after post, about those games appearing on those console, or why it should appear on those console. And its because its bethesda main studio game, after skyrim and fallout 4.
I am neutral, so these things dont bother me. I am strictly PC guy. But that doesnt mean I cant enjoy other systems. That is just dumb thing, to stop yourself from enjoying games. And my most important rule, MS and Sony are big corporation. They dont give a crap about us plebs. There is always new generation which will replace us. And those are the targets for these corporation. Defending them, does nothing for me, except waste my time and my energy. No reason to make my self angry on behalf of them. I like games, and that is all that matters to me.