Xbox itself says that it is a part of the "Xbox ecosystem." Who are you or me to deny it.
Source?
No I'm not. I don't think you understand how Math works.
Oh, the irony.
Yeah, Jim Ryan puts a gun to my head, and I must subscribe to PS+ every year.
Can't play online if you don't have ps plus. Most ps games are online games. You need it. Game pass is not needed. Just a great value, hence why it's so popular
No chance
My sources are official numbers.
PS+ has 48 million subscribers. https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2022/02/ps-plus-reaches-record-number-of-subscribers-on-ps5-ps4 (link to Sony's financial report)
Xbox has 25 million subscribers. https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/01/18/welcoming-activision-blizzard-to-microsoft-gaming/
Edit:Lognor You are leaving "laughing" emojis on this comment which is nothing but two links to official sources? Man, seriously, seek some help. This is not healthy.
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Because they are not the same service.
You and a couple of orhers in this thread are the ones moving the goalposts by ignoring the fact that PSNow and PS+ are not the same, just like XBL and Game Pass are not the same.They always move the goalposts because if they don’t, they never win.
You forgot the billions of smartphones that are all talking about GamePass.
Someone else with the 100 million XBL subs
Ps+ is still the most popular subscription.
EA Play has non free demos… and people subscribe to it.The very idea of non-free demos
What next, gonna try and get us to pay for the privilege of being served ads?
How many subs PS+ has, has nothing to do with the discussion at hand.Ps+ is still the most popular subscription.
www.statista.com
Most PS games aren’t online. F20p games don’t require ps+, you don’t need it to play fortnite and those are the most played online game. Once again you’re showing how you don’t understand anything you’re saying. Sony exclusives barely have an online component as of now. Also, Gold always flopped compared to ps+ and it was required to play f2p games and it never set the world on fire…
Yes, more than Gold and GP. Your XBL data includes everyone, even those not paying for gold (the vast majority of Xbox users don’t pay for gold or GP). gold subscribers and GP subscribers are less than ps+ They’re lower than ps+. “Another one” as you say.How many subs PS+ has, has nothing to do with the discussion at hand.
Btw Statista shows 48 million PS subs as of 2021
PlayStation Plus subscribers 2023 | Statista
The June 2022 restructuring of Sony's video game subscription service PlayStation Plus caused a fluctuation in user figures, which currently hovers around 47m.
I think the Gold was at around 30-35 million? Im not sure and it doesnt matter.
Ps+ is still the most popular subscription.
You really are the worst kind of fanboy around.
True. I am, as always, so worried about what others think.BtwKarak
You should start preparing for why you “love” spartucus even tho it “on paper” has less then gamepass…..you don’t want to make it seem to obvious, remember, you “don’t have sponsors”!!!You gotta seem still impartial!!!!!
We don't know that. When MS doubled the XBL Gold price, there was a huge sh*tstorm which indicates that there are a lot of Gold users who are not subscribed to Game Pass. I'd say XBL Gold members + Game Pass subscribers = 50M is pretty realistic.
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Why do you even care to reply to Lognor? He is clearly a troll or a child.
Call of Duty is the best selling game on ps every year. You need online to play the main game. That's why ppl but ps plus, not because the service is popular or a good value. You NEED it. Fifa is mostly played online. You need ps plus to play online. I could go on. Get a clue
Once PS Now is merged with PS+ next week, they will be the same service. And when it comes to comparing "which company has the biggest subscription service", PS+ and Gamepass will be compared with each other.
Yep. Realized it too late that either he was just trolling or he is incapable of presenting rational arguments. I've now put him on ignore.
Why do you even care to reply to Lognor? He is clearly a troll or a child.
That’s not how popularity works. It literally works like the mode - whatever is up taken the most is the most populous, therefore the most popular.
Well the lowest tier is what we already have, so people won’t lose out, but yes, I’d expect there to be some goodwill from Sony and for all current subs to be given the top tier for free for a period of time.
More likely, via a blog post on Wednesday. Games to go live on the subsequent Tuesday.
Why would you compare PS+ with Game Pass? You should compare PS+ to Gold members.My sources are official numbers.
PS+ has 48 million subscribers. https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2022/02/ps-plus-reaches-record-number-of-subscribers-on-ps5-ps4 (link to Sony's financial report)
Xbox has 25 million subscribers. https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/01/18/welcoming-activision-blizzard-to-microsoft-gaming/
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www.pushsquare.com
The point of argument when I joined the conversation was already about these two services. Lognor was claiming that Gamepass is more popular than PS+, and I refuted with official data that it isn't the case.Why would you compare PS+ with Game Pass? You should compare PS+ to Gold members.
GP should be compared to PS Now, which was 3.2M last year. (Cant find a more up to date number than that)
PS Now Has a Respectable 3.2 Million Subscribers
But there's tremendous room for growth
PS Now is, admittedly, a footnote on the list of PlayStation services these days – but its number of subscribers has been gradually growing. As of the end of March this year, the service had 3.2 million members, which is dwarfed by PS Plus’ ginormous 47.6 million – but is almost double where it was at the same time in 2020.
I had to go back a bunch of replies to see where it started.
This is a you problem. I don’t have Playstation Plus and I don’t need it. I’ve never subscribed to Xbox Live Gold and never needed that either. I did get XBL Gold through Gamepass though just because I wanted Gamepass on console and PC, in total I’ve played 30 minutes of Halo Infinite and Forza Horizon 5 just to try, wasn’t for me.
Don’t you need it to play online on PS? that’s why it has more users
Per all these articles... that's the entire point of Sony's code-named "Spartacus."
I think it's not crazy to believe they might just change the tier that you are on to (aka to the top one) and that would then be reflected in the next time that they bill. I don't know if I have explained that well.Without an upgrade fee?!?
Look, look at his balls…..
You arnt trying to say that console warriors are hypocritical? No way, they are an honourable group of enthusiasts who only care about truth and honesty. Their sole aim is to cut through all the FUD and highlight that Console A is infact better than console B. If people could only see what they see, they would then agree with them about which console is better.
If Microsoft cared about this comparison of subscription counts (I doubt it), they could just do the same and merge the Xbox Live Gold as the new lowest tier of the Game Pass, which contains online gaming and some perks (free XBL games and/or some 1st party games).
Yeah, it's a bit of weird one. I think neither company cares about the PR of comparing themselves to other platforms. Definitely not as much as fanboy's.
What gives you the “goodwill” indication? The Horzion FW flip on the free upgrade promise and backing off? Or the GT7 screw up?
I don't think they can follow the same route or, at least, if they do, it won't increase the numbers by much.
After that deal ends, they would still have to pay the $15 price for the GPU to maintain online play. Those that don't want to switch to GPU for good, will maintain subscribing to the much cheaper XBL Gold.
