Gears 5 is the first Xbox exclusive to be released after this major shift, but it’s not looking great for its Steam debut. Despite landing on Steam’s top-sellers list, Gears 5 only managed a concurrent player count of 10,196 since its release.
The numbers have declined since then, as is standard, but 10,000 remains a very small figure considering the size of the franchise, and the reach of Steam. Before Gears 5, the assumption was that the Steam audience is hungry for these big Xbox exclusives. For reference, 10,000 is not enough to land in Steam’s top 25 most played games.
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Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $61.9 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 20 percent.
Xbox content + services up 62% while hardware down 31%... seems about right with the way they tout you don't need the hardware to play. People can play on their phones or smart tv or other means. I don't hardly play on my consoles directly since getting devices like the logitech g-cloud and ps portal. Which is to also say I have been playing more digital than physical because of these devices.
Too expensive hardware when others offer the same or more for less? Good work, Green Team.
"Despite some early successes for Xbox games on rival platforms, Xbox hardware is down by a massive 31 percent this quarter."
"Without Activision Blizzard, Microsoft’s overall gaming revenue would have actually declined this quarter."
"Xbox content and services would have only been up a single percent without Activision Blizzard..."
"It looks like next quarter is going to be a similar story for gaming at Microsoft, too."
That is crazy... so A/B/K is carrying the whole Xbox gaming.
Oh and Microsoft will be fine. Windows, Office and Cloud are growing with each pc purchase.
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It's not a great game. It's an average game with pretty graphics and the brand name of Microsoft pushing it over the many 8s, 9s and 10s it has gotten. Same is the case with most other exclusives from other companies.
Not to mention the technical issues.
I feel there is a lot to take into account with this release. First the obvious is that the game is also available on Game Pass PC, where I assume most people actually got theirs from (it's at least were I got mine from). Then there is also the fact that Gears 5 is a direct sequel of a game that is not avaiable on Steam and not only that but Gears 4 is a sequel to a game that is not avaiable at all on PC. So the interest in any game on the franchise would already be lower than what we would see on a Xbox console.
The best scenario to gauge the reception of those sort of games would be a complete new franchise that is starting both on console and on PC.
I played it before release with Game Pass Ultimate on PC, cost me £2 for £2 months, I can imagine a lot of people most likely played it that way, as why pay full price for a game unless you really wanted to add it to your collection when you get the full game for 2 months for £2 and download it from the Microsoft store.
There is little reason to get it on Steam right now when people can spend £2 and play it on game pass.
10000 on 1 platform that is selling it for 60.00 when its subscription everywhere is amazing. Plus there is crossplay. Spin it how u will but there are a ton of people playing