Drizzlehell
Banned
Let's preface this with a statement that I don't care about console war arguments. This thread is bound to eventually devolve into that stupid shit but for those of you interested in giving a genuine answer, know that it's a genuine question that I'm asking because my knowledge about this stuff is very surface level and I'm looking to get a layman's perspective here. I have no patience to sit around and read pages upon pages of forum threads and articles on Business Insider about this so I'm just connecting dots here.
All I know is this: Microsoft has a bit of a history of chasing trends and investing in their own versions of whatever dumb shit is popular at the time, only for it to fail miserably. Just off the top of my head, I can remember Games for Windows, Kinect, or the entire Xbox One launch which damn near killed the brand, but the biggest case study is when they tried to cut that slice of game streaming pie by launching Mixer and then investing millions to get Ninja and Shroud to shill for it. And then it crashed an burned.
And now they're pouring so much resources into Game Pass, acquisition deals, and all that crap, but they're spending so much money on this and all I'm ever hearing is how it will take them years to recoup these investments, or how a subscription model is unsustainable in the long run because games aren't cheap to make and you need those initial sales to break even. I'm not at all surprised that Sony doesn't put their heavy hitters on PS Plus on day one, even for Premium subscribers. Those are the money makers that need guaranteed sales in the opening weeks. You put that stuff in a subscription service at least a year later because then it makes more sense to have it there as an incentive after you get those initial sales out of the way. And I know that papa Phil keeps saying in interviews that they're doing great and that GP is a money printing machine but come on. When did a corporate figure head ever tried to sell you anything that wasn't snake oil. He will never say anything that could hurt the stock prices and piss off investors.
My main concern here is that one day we're gonna wake up to the news that Microsoft pulled the plug with some bullshit corporate statement apologizing to everyone, because they've had enough of Phil Spencer and Game Pass because it never made them any money. And then all of that blood, sweat, and tears (and money) that you invested in on your Xbox account is gonna go down the drain, just like when it did on GFWL. Just like it did with Mixer.
Now I begrudgingly click the "post" button because I can already see those first responses accusing me of being a sony shill or whatever. Curiosity killed a cat, I guess.
All I know is this: Microsoft has a bit of a history of chasing trends and investing in their own versions of whatever dumb shit is popular at the time, only for it to fail miserably. Just off the top of my head, I can remember Games for Windows, Kinect, or the entire Xbox One launch which damn near killed the brand, but the biggest case study is when they tried to cut that slice of game streaming pie by launching Mixer and then investing millions to get Ninja and Shroud to shill for it. And then it crashed an burned.
And now they're pouring so much resources into Game Pass, acquisition deals, and all that crap, but they're spending so much money on this and all I'm ever hearing is how it will take them years to recoup these investments, or how a subscription model is unsustainable in the long run because games aren't cheap to make and you need those initial sales to break even. I'm not at all surprised that Sony doesn't put their heavy hitters on PS Plus on day one, even for Premium subscribers. Those are the money makers that need guaranteed sales in the opening weeks. You put that stuff in a subscription service at least a year later because then it makes more sense to have it there as an incentive after you get those initial sales out of the way. And I know that papa Phil keeps saying in interviews that they're doing great and that GP is a money printing machine but come on. When did a corporate figure head ever tried to sell you anything that wasn't snake oil. He will never say anything that could hurt the stock prices and piss off investors.
My main concern here is that one day we're gonna wake up to the news that Microsoft pulled the plug with some bullshit corporate statement apologizing to everyone, because they've had enough of Phil Spencer and Game Pass because it never made them any money. And then all of that blood, sweat, and tears (and money) that you invested in on your Xbox account is gonna go down the drain, just like when it did on GFWL. Just like it did with Mixer.
Now I begrudgingly click the "post" button because I can already see those first responses accusing me of being a sony shill or whatever. Curiosity killed a cat, I guess.
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