Who woulda guessed it? MS actually pulled it off

[Voidler 1,679]

What have they pulled off? Having the lowest sales, worst first party and a weaker more expensive console?

[lynux3 2,215]

Yeah, they sure did.

 

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-11-13-phil-spencer-game-pass-leads-to-more-game-sales

 

[Voidler 1,679]

10 minutes ago, lynux3 said:

Yeah, they sure did.

 

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-11-13-phil-spencer-game-pass-leads-to-more-game-sales

 

but what are the engagement numbers?

[jehurey 3,308]

So........we know that Microsoft wants to raise the price somewhere.

 

They already attempted it with trying to bump up XBL Gold by $5 a month.

 

And they immediately retracted it.

 

So there's two possibilities:

1.) They must be in a fragile state, and were worried that people were going to start cancelling Xbox services.

 

or

 

2.) They did it on purpose to give people the idea "hey, XBL Gold should actually be worth more than $5/month, and we're doing you a favor by still keeping the old pricing."

 

So, Xbox-only GamePass is $10.  And GamePass ultimate includes XBL Gold in it, and also PC GamePass and also xCloud.

 

They're clearly hinting at a price raise to $20.  But can they actually pull it off without it coming at a cost in other areas, namely subscribers will start noticing the price and look at the release schedule, and if they don't see an upcoming game that is a 100% must-play, they shutdown the subscription for several months until that game comes out.

[Goukosan 2,321]

2 hours ago, Voidler said:

but what are the engagement numbers?

 

More importantly, what are the Twitch viewership number?