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Punished_Blinx posted...

The thing is Microsoft doesn't want to compete in the traditional sense. They don't look at Playstation and think that's where they want to be. Even Playstation is struggling to figure out how to monetize their games long term and where to demonstrate growth. Which is why they're porting their games to PC and releasing a shitload of expensive accessories and are desperate to find GAAS hits.

Microsoft's gamble was that they would become the Netflix of gaming. That it doesn't matter if people played their games on an Xbox console, PC or cloud. It does make sense but their overall problem is that people actually don't really care about playing a large library of games on a subscription. The far majority of people they are targeting are fine sticking with a GAAS title and the odd game they want to buy if that. Valve and Steam overall hit their goal in a lot more effective way than Xbox has managed to and that's even more sad considering they are mostly on Windows.

In a way their purchase of Activision was already their exit plan. If Xbox hardware and services flatlines well they can leverage all that stuff to get the growth and monthly users they want that way. They can pivot and leverage their content however they like.

Activision being their fall back is honestly hilarious given how much of a shitty situation that entire company & Blizzard are at this moment in time hahaha. OW2 a complete failure, CoD Warzone dead & people hated MW3, WoW has been mediocre for years. New ToS that will lock you out of games you bought behind their system if you don't agree to absurd arbitration & forced consent. All that money for a pile of shit.

Also exactly @the_real_Naruto .
Like yeah I'm comparing a digital marketplace with fake currency & stuff to actual real life markets & economic systems so I'm sure some people will think I'm taking the piss. But the fact that the board consistently fails to sell goods in the way that IRL companies do is what makes it so funny on it's face. They do it the right wrong way, instead of the right wrong way, if people get me.