US, Mexico, UK and maybe Brazil(?).
Yup, it's not a huge piece of the pie (they lose money on the consoles) but then people buy software for the consoles which is a plus. Win (kinda)/win, especially if you lock someone into your ecosystem.
How can this be remotely true? Didn't MS won several NPD months?....are they lying?
This comes from MS so I guess it has to be true (it's Xbox and PlayStation not Series and PlayStation 5, though).
How can this be remotely true? Didn't MS won several NPD months?....are they lying?
The most important country.
People wont read it.
According to reports, Microsoft's statements, and public announced deals, Microsoft wants Call of Duty to stay on PlayStation, and is even intending on bringing it back to Nintendo's platforms. It would seem that, even with Microsoft's infinite pockets, the deal doesn't make financial sense without Call of Duty remaining multiplatform for at least the rest of this console generation. What Microsoft actually wants is for their gaming division as a whole to expand - and gaming is a heck of a lot more than just consoles. Sony's tantrums have everyone focused on Call of Duty, because without Call of Duty directly associated with PSN, Sony have literally nothing to grow their money-printing PSN network - because Sony didn't bother to maintain their own multiplayer titles. Microsoft wants Call of Duty "best of Xbox", sure, but they also really want ABK's extensive mobile and PC footprints - areas Sony pays little more than lip service too.
Releasing some pink bikinis for the xbox controller.
I know. It was sarcasm because of the recent "high-performance" console comments. Microsoft seems to choose who they are competing with depending on who they are talking to at that moment.
That would only make sense if CoD was exclusive to PS, and it isn't. You don't play CoD, do you?
Sorry, I was presenting Sony's opinion of Call of Duty on PlayStation, not mine. Genshin makes most of its money on Mobile, according to reports. If you think Genshin drives PSN adoption in the same way as COD, you'll need to provide the receipts - because no one but you is making that claim.
Less than 20% of the market after 20 years in the industry? Check.1. Attempts to purchase the biggest 3rd party publisher - check.
2. This would be the most money Microsoft ever spent - check.
3. Owns the most gaming studios among Sony and Nintendo - check.
4. Wants to make one of the biggest revenue earning IPs in gaming exclusive to a platform with less than 20% of market share - check.
The FTC was in meetings looking at Microsoft like...
The attempt to disrupt the gaming market by spending more money than your competitors can is just the start. Got to crawl before you walk...
Who said consoles were the only measure of success? I'd argue that consoles are the easiest metric of success because there is lots of tracking info available. It's also the easiest way to determine how well your brand is doing relative to other companies. Doesn't change MS' third place finish in most metrics of success in gaming.
Yeah of course, same with FIFA and shite like that, it's unfortunate people like football and fall for regurgitated shit yearly lol.
You're not paying attention.
This graph is showing MS' console market share. It is the easiest way to represent how each company is doing in the console space during that time period. It is only misleading if it is not representing the data it is claiming to represent. If you have any data that shows that MS has a larger or smaller share of the console market than they are representing alert the FTC of your findings and provide ample evidence. By the way cloud gaming isn't even offered as a stand alone service so I have no idea why that would have any relevance to this chart. Other charts can be presented to show other parts of the business like the mobile share chart MS also provided.You're not paying attention.
You agree that console sales is not the only metric for success, thus you're also admitting that this chart is MISLEADING.
- Microsoft doesn't gauge success on unit sales alone. The FTC knows they're pushing for cloud alongside game pass.
- They're tracking 2021 exclusive titles. People know Game Pass hurts retail sales. People know that Microsoft will release more exclusive titles starting next year. It's very likely that retail sales will suffer going for while increasing Game Pass users.
- Their concerns aren't only about competing in the console space.
Unless the arguments show that this transaction is breaking laws it doesn't matter.
FTC's concerns are also OUTSIDE of the console market.
The FTC can't argue they don't care about console because they created an imaginary 'high performance' console market. So that's not true. Game pass can't hurt retail sales because the FTC is arguing that Game pass is a separate market. So that's odd too. Again the only thing that matters is proving MS is breaking the law with this transaction. There is no creditable evidence that MS has a gaming monopoly or in a strong place in console relative to the other gaming companies.
They did, then they made some more to offset the ps5 shortage, then they discontinued it again.
They shot themselves in the foot by bypassing immediate sales in 21 by upgrading the Xcloud server blades instead of putting them in retail consoles as well, but it had to be done somewhere, so might as well get it out of the way.
Once again, you're not paying attention. I don't know why Xbox gamers on here fail to comprehend something so simple.
The FTC isn't going to do anything They are hoping that the CMA blocks it All their arguements are weak, and they only filed the petition hoping MS would back off.
Not worth arguing, they are still pretending PS5 is hard to find and nobody wants an Xbox.
It was all doom and gloom a year ago. They were saying Microsoft is firing on all cylinders and Sony was in trouble.
Before Sept this year I had seen 3 series S in stores 1 X and 2 PS5, so your anecdote does not equal others. Yet you proclaim it as fact.
They don’t need any further encouragement here.
Huh? You lost me now.
You think that MS hasn't provided any information on what the combined entity would be post acquisition? Sounds like you haven't been reading any of the info about this deal. None of this matters of since again the only thing that should stop the acquisition is if the law is broken. MS is not a monopoly and this deal won't change that.
