* The law is going to change allowing third-party stores on iOS and Android.
* It means where Microsoft was previously locked out from smartphone profits because of its Windows Phone failure, it will be able to launch the Xbox store, and for every game sold on it it can now make 30%.
* This is one of the ways that Microsoft is looking at developing its Xbox business post-console.
@Profchaos Yes, this will be in the EU region. But once the Xbox Store is up an running Microsoft will be able to easily make the case to the US government that its citizens are being denied choice and products that are available in Europe so I suspect after that it will be an inevitability that it will eventually change its laws as will other countries.
Xbox HAs only a Handful of Mobile Developers. I predict that this will be a Gamepass store where majority of the games will be streamable rather than download on your phone. If they have Call of duty on gamepass, people will flock to subscribe.
So you want a bit of the mobile money pie but discontinued windows phone? And you want to compete? What stops google and apple from refusing to allow your App Store? Android is possible. iOS? As of right now apple won’t allow it unless they allow third party app stores. And I see Microsoft bringing game pass to mobile which would undercut Play Pass and Apple Arcade. It’s not gonna happen.
Well, at the time Apple dominated the app and cell phone market. Google was in its infancy, which MS under estimated their power. At the time MS didn’t have the resources to compete. They only had a handful of developers creating apps, and game pass wasn't even on the market yet. Did MS make mistakes sure, but if you really look at the app landscape as currently constructed it’s impossible for any company to truly compete when apple dominates the sector and charge an astronomical amount to have apps on their network. Hints the new law getting ready to be passed. Apple and google has to now offer 3rd party app stores on their network. Microsoft will bring game pass in not to undercut, but to offer their promise of game pass everywhere. All this will do is create competition and widen the selection of games. Less shovel ware and we can finally see games evolve
Less shovelware? WTF are you smoking. Christ MS fans are delusional. Maybe MS should've tried harder with their failed phones if they wanted a piece of mobile. More Gears of Pop anyone?
@Cbaoth no you’re just ignorant to the actual facts I just posted. You’re in your feelings because you dislike Microsoft. I think it’s a good idea for Ms to have a store in the App Store that goes for Sony EA swing by the App Store and see all the bs they have compared to whenit first came out.
The EU is planning on opening up phones to other app stores in 2024. For Microsoft this means having their own app store for Microsoft apps. Then EA will launch a store for its apps. Epic for its apps. Adobe for its apps. As a consumer, I so no thanks. If it’s not on the Apple App Store, I won’t bother.
Some people do not like to pay that 30% that apple charges for things to be on the apple store. Its way too high. Its was all because apple did not want to budge.
Not only is it way too high, it also stifles companies, limits growth, kills competition, and innovation. The App Store is a glaring example of what anti competitiveness is. Closed network, high fees, limited access, etc. Apple always tried to corner the market with their form of “ innovation” and companies have grown sick of it.
This sounds like an ultimately good move for consumers allowing 3rd party storefronts, but I think what's going to wind up happening is everyone's just going to run their own storefront and fragment everything making it more cumbersome to make purchases. Maybe it leads to better prices in the long run if a publisher strikes a deal with one store over another because they offer them a better cut. But I'm guessing they'll just pocket those savings rather than pass it along to the customer.
As a consumer, I like to shop around to find what Im looking for. The 'everything in one place' approach is usually limited to everything that store carries, not everything you are really looking for.
In that interview a few weeks ago Phil said the main reason for the AKB acquisition was for the mobile presence. It’s obviously part of their strategy.
Most people on here including myself probably don’t care for mobile gaming but there’s no doubt it’s a real money maker with the masses if done right.
I have been saying this for a long time. MS will go all mobile soon. Yes, there will be consoles, but the games will be mobile games hamfistedly smashed into an MS console. MS gamers are going to have fun with this in the next 20 years.
Of course I want to see this by making mobile only studios and getting ready for this venture.
“Microsoft wants to compete with Google and Apple by opening up its own Xbox digital storefront on mobile devices.“
You want to compete with Google and Apple while using their platforms to harness your own store? You lost that chance when Windows 10 mobile died.
No thanks Microsoft. I know this already, YOU WILL FAIL AGAIN!
Xbox HAs only a Handful of Mobile Developers.
I predict that this will be a Gamepass store where majority of the games will be streamable rather than download on your phone.
If they have Call of duty on gamepass, people will flock to subscribe.