Impressive numbers. One thing I found interesting from the earnings is that almost 50% of Series S owners are new to Xbox.
To anyone who thought Series S is disappearing anytime soon - no chance. Too much of a new user funnel + priced perfectly for the current economic situation.
@FPS_D3TH: that's a ridiculous argument pushed by small-time developers from minor studios who don't know what optimization means. That's the problem you get when some bad websites publish comments from randos for controversy's sake.
Games on PC look awesome nowadays and they always did, and they're designed to be scalable down to run on PCs that are a LOT less powerful than the Xbox Series S.
Series S isn't gimping anything just as much as having graphics options to run on weaker computers never held back PC gaming.
Yup, Age of Empires just got announced and Wo Long just got a release date. Pair those with Redfall Starfield Atomic Heart, blah blah blah, it's so good. Cheap too with the loophole pricing
You get more content at less price and with online gaming on playstation. Easily beat. But yes it is relatively decent content...especially live service wise.
@Abriel Weaker hardware doesnt run current gen games on high settings or any settings at times.
@Crows90 in terms of day 1 launch content it's not close. Game Pass is giving day 1 access to all of their exclusives, plus many non-exclusives like Plague Tale Requiem. Current discount pricing gets you xbox live gold + game pass for $60/year. I haven't seen this value on any platform ever, unless you count pirating games on PC
When I saw the Series S numbers in Japan, I was shocked how good they were. Seems to be paying off overall. Pandemic really dented peoples pockets so $300 was a good price point.
That’s why I picked it up, the hardware is small and easy to hide… the power doesn’t matter since I generally only play Cloud. RE8 and Elden Ring are the only titles I purchased and have not. Call of Duty will be another this year
They are trying to buy some . They don’t create they buy. I wonder how much (if they buy Activision too) buy will be ruined because they aren’t content creators . Clearly they have shown they are better at ruining devs than supporting them .
Delays Starfield, Redfall, and Halo to give devs the time they need and extend deadlines at the detriment to their console release schedule. "Wahhhh, Xbox is bad to devs," sure bud
Nope. Sony never bought out devs with big IP. Microsoft is almost exclusively buying devs with significant IP attached to them. 3rd party multiplatform IP.
I know the joke is that the games are always coming and wait until next E3 and so on but….. seriously….. seems like post 2022 there will never be another Xbox drought. Guess we’ll see. I primarily lived off Sony exclusives this year while playing Elden Ring and Cyberpunk on Series X
There is no drought in 2022, the only thing is that Xbox moved 2 of its biggest games to 2023. Thank you Xbox GamePass for not letting this year feel like we missing out on games.
2022 As Dusk Falls Deathloop Grounded Pentiment Forza Horizon HotWheels.
My prediction Age of Empires II Def. Edition 1.23.2022 Ghostwire Tokyo March 2023 Redfall May 2023 Diablo IV (Post acquisition) June 2023 Minecraft Legends- July/August 2023 Forza Motorsport October 2023 Starfield November 2023
Not sure where they will insert Age of Empires 4 and Ara History Untold.
Don't forget a lot of 3rd party exclusives and Xbox GamePass deals. To many games coming in 2023. Should be a solid year for Xbox.
I find it interesting MS wants to let the world know they are growing, but don't want to say/show actual lonumbers that will show just how much they have grown.
Microsoft: PC Game Pass Subscribers Grew 159% ok, from what?
Doesn't matter, we already now they did 2.9 billions on revenue and that's very low. Even if it was 2.9 billion of profit it would be low. The reality gp isnt growing like they wish. This is again PR talk. And don't forget we are a getting Activision... Desperate..
But that's the old trick now, isn't it? High growth rates are relatively easy when you're starting from the scratch. If they had 1,000 PC Game Pass subscriptions last year and now have 2,500, that's an ASTOUNDING 159% growth! Wow!
Percentage increases are really only useful when they have some level of context to compare to. Otherwise, it's just a great way to spin underwhelming performance.
Literally what they did the entire Xbox One generation. Stopped giving out concrete numbers and went with the buzzwords such as "players/player count", "downloads", "% increase", etc.. It was and still is pretty bad.
The only way we officially figured out how many Xbox Ones were sold was due to the ongoing lawsuit/litigation.
Nice, hopefully this all adds up for them. Dedicate yourself to the brand and you will have gain traction. These ain’t the days of Steve Ballmer anymore.
What plan do you have for your wireless network? I have the second lowest internet package and I experienced no lag. And this comes after I have two cell phones, 3 Alexa’s, two tablets, desk top, and youtube tv.
dude I mean my wireless mouse, you can buy the latest technology of wireless mouse and they advertise lag. All mouse advertise that, it is a purpose of why wireless mouse is good and still they all have lag. So I dont know why these guys have act like there is no lag. I know Playstation Now was fkin lag and I couldn't stand it. Bigger lag than wireless mouse got to be annoying!
I highly doubt you had no lag, I'm willing to bet it went unnoticed/ignored.
I have the highest tier in my area (Gigabit+) and even when hardwired all of the streaming options lagged. Google Stadia (was in the beta testing program), Xbox Game Pass/Streaming via One S, PlayStation Share Play, Steam Remote Play, etc.. All of them have lagged no matter how much or little traffic there was.
Streaming is not a solid option for the near future until most Internet infrastructure improved but I doubt that'll happen anytime soon. T-Mobile and Verizon are offering 5G Internet which opens up faster internet to more areas, but that's wireless and that'll be inconsistent. Not to mention how expensive higher tiers are, bandwidth restrictions, limited provider options even in big cities, etc..
Annoying when people say Game pass isn't doing well or isn't worth it. One of the best things that have happened to Xbox/PC gamers in recent memory. Clearly Devs and actual customers (Not Sony fan boys) agree.
short term its a great deal for xbox fans, long term it is definitely not good for the gaming industry. their quality of games has been very suspect, it will conitine to decline with gamepass. you will see less and less AAA games for xbox, more AA and indie games. its already had a terrible effect with every time a new game comes out, all the xbots are whining and begging for it to come to gamepass. xbox has put all of their eggs into gamepass basket. they better hope like hell it grows like wildfire otherwise they are pretty much screwed. they have beat the gamepass model into their subscribers heads, people dont want to buy games now on xbox, they cant go back to the old model now, they opened a door they cant close.
You can buy the latest technology of wireless mouse and they advertise lag. All mouse advertise that, it is a purpose of why wireless mouse is good and still they all have lag. So I dont know why these guys have act like there is no lag. I know Playstation Now was lag and I couldn't stand it. Bigger lag than wireless mouse got to be annoying!
Up 159% but down revenue from last year Losing the bit of software sales they did have and now being closer to 0 isn’t made up by gamepass . If the Activision deal goes through how long would it take for them to make back the near 75 billion $ they spent to take games away from PlayStation ? 15? 20? 25?
Keep in mind game pass can be obtained right now for dirt cheap, they can't be making much on gamepass subs yet. Once they get people hooked and the games start rolling out, expect the cheap promotions to go away. They are playing the long game.
It wont take as long as you think since it was MS $$ and not XB $$ that was used. MS makes back lots of $$ each year from lots of other ventures than just XB.
The Activision buyout is a MS "corporate" venture and XB just gets to benefit from part of that deal.
Whatever value this service has will immediately go away once they keep increasing the price, which is right around the corner. It's exactly what cost Netflix millions of subscribers, they keep increasing the price yet the content/quality went down and other competitors scooped up people for cheaper.
It's Microsoft, this should be expected by now. People have short memories and forget how anti-consumer they were not even 10 years ago trying to restrict how you play, you can bet they'll try things like that again.
“How anti consumer they were?” Huh, they weren’t anti consumer, Consumers were just entitled, biased little brats that have a hard time dealing with change. Prime example “ MS was taking my right as a gamer away” all because they were addressing the trade and resale market… yet these devs voiced time and time again how much money was being lost due to shops like game stop, plus GameStop was ripping gamers off with their trade deals. Xbox also was offering games to be played without the disk being in the tray, but required a security check to make sure the disk wasn’t pirated. How about, Digital Downloads? Nothing they did was anti consumer. Once again it’s the bias, spoiled, entitled gamers thinking it’s only about them.
Game Pass I amazing.
“Incidentally, Hood mentioned that the company still expects the Activision acquisition to close by the end of the fiscal year (June 2023).”
As expected. Can’t wait for Activision/Blizzard games to be on Game Pass.
Impressive numbers. One thing I found interesting from the earnings is that almost 50% of Series S owners are new to Xbox.
To anyone who thought Series S is disappearing anytime soon - no chance. Too much of a new user funnel + priced perfectly for the current economic situation.
Where are the 1st party games, Microsoft?... where are they?
I find it interesting MS wants to let the world know they are growing, but don't want to say/show actual lonumbers that will show just how much they have grown.
Microsoft: PC Game Pass Subscribers Grew 159% ok, from what?
Nice, hopefully this all adds up for them. Dedicate yourself to the brand and you will have gain traction. These ain’t the days of Steve Ballmer anymore.