GamesRadar - There’s an app for that.
Remember those early days of the Xbox 360, where Microsoft executives would talk up a future where the console would become the central entertainment hub in your home? I, and many others, scoffed that game hardware would ever be used for anything beside, duh, playing games. Cut to today, where I’m just as likely to use my Xbox One for Hulu as Halo.
Microsoft’s current hardware is chockablock with apps, to the point where sorting through everything can be a bit of hassle. Seriously, who can choose between four different viral video sharing apps? If you’re overwhelmed by choice or trying to weigh PS4 vs. Xbox One, then this will go a long way to clearing up your confusion.
From Cinelinx:
Developers shared that Deadpool writer Joe Kelly helped write the narrative in Deadpool VR, along with some of the less-explored areas and less-known villains of the Marvel Universe like Symkaria, Mojo World, Yashida, Lady Deathstrike, Omega Red and Flag-Smasher.
The PSN Store Summer Game Fest sale has kicked off, and here are 15 titles that are priced at $4.99 or lower that you'll want to check out.
A LinkedIn resume of a Microsoft program manager suggests Xbox Game Pass has "over 35 million" subscribers.
It is.
And Gamepass subscribers numbers only going to increase tremendously with games now costing $80+ dollars!
The best deal in game just got better overnight.
Literally what venom says. Those numbers are because they rebranded Xbox gold subscribers to gamepass to fudge the subscriber numbers more. They haven't increased for years so $80 games isnt doing that. It'll just mean another GP price hike.
Making Game Pass out to be better because Microsoft just made not subscribing worse is a hell of a spin.
Funny... When console numbers are brought up, no one ever says its because of people buying multiple consoles in the same home or the collectors buying for show. They're just counted as new sales.
You would think it would be more by now considering the recent offerings GP has AND the fact that if you want to play online on Xbox console then you must sub to GP. Tbh 35mil doesn't seem that great at all. MAybe that's why they don't tell us the numbers. Not since a year or so ago in the "business update" stream that woman said it was over 34 million.
It hasn't grown to the rate that would have justified putting all their first-party games on the service and courting high profile indie and third-party AAA games. Microsoft figured that everyone would openly embrace the 'Netflix of gaming' model but it's been largely rejected and it has stagnated in growth. To make matters worse, collapsing console sales meant way fewer opportunities for new Game Pass subscribers. All of this is why MS ostensibly sees Sony and Nintendo as more of a partner now, instead of a competitor. MS needs those ecosystems to be healthy and strong so they have audiences to sell their games to, as their own wasn't nearly enough to sustain Xbox.
I don't wonder for how long will MD try to sustain this model before giving up and going back to traditional business model in gaming. If by 2030 there are 50 million monthly active users I could see them making major changes. It's an amazing service for gamers but in AAA space it's really hard to keep pumping money into something that's not returning major profits
I Love game pass ultimate it works out really well I get to try the newest games on my PC and my son gets to play whatever him and his buddies decide because they're all on game pass and Xbox
Microsoft has gotten all of you too comfortable with renting games that you didn't even notice they completely stop selling physical media.
