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The cat is out of the bag, but why should the average punter care?
Gamers, investors, consumers and competitors finally get a concrete answer on just how profitable Microsoft's Xbox video games division actually is.
Well well, so Xbox is making more profit than Playstation, hu?
Interesting. Very, very interesting!
From what i read they made 230million a month(revenue). What i wanna know..how the heck are they paying for the cost of all those games to be on gamepass?
That was last year... and as the article mentions, could be skewed by the way the numbers are counted. Phil goes on to admit "the Xbox business today runs at a single-digit profit margin" (note that they leave out what that single digit is, so there's no way of knowing if it is above or below Sony's 7%)
Keep in mind this is BEFORE the Activision deal closed which removed an additional $69 billion... their profit margins now could be (and likely are) in the negative. This is why Phil said that if they don't get substantially more GamePass subscribers by 2027, they may exit the gaming business entirely. Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda, Activision/Blizzard go on fire sale, and you know who will likely buy them at that point. Microsoft just put ALL their eggs in the GamePass basket, they'd better hope they don't end up like Netflix, etc... circling the drain as they all realize the streaming subscription services aren't profitable or sustainable.
Lmao the dude puts a disclaimer - "Comparing this number with the other Big 3 players isn't exactly straightforward. The accountability methods may be different. We're not entirely sure how Microsoft calculates its accountability margin"
I am wondering if the $3.7 billion for Bungie are included oder excluded in the Playstation numbers.
Leaked Microsoft documents have revealed the estimated costs of putting third-party games on Xbox Game Pass. More games now included in list from original verge post.
Expensive that’s for sure.
• Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga: $35 million
• Dying Light 2: $50 million
• City Skylines 2: Unknown
• Red Dead Redemption 2: $5 million per month
• Dragon Ball: The Breakers: $20 million
• Just Dance: $5 million
• Let's Sing ABBA: $5 million
• Return to Monkey Island: $5 million
• Wreckfest 2: $10-$14 million
• Baldur's Gate 3: $5 million
• Gotham Knights: $50 million
• Assassin's Creed Mirage: $100 million
• Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League: $250 million
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor: $300 million
• Mortal Kombat 1: $250 million
• Grand Theft Auto 5: $12-15 million per month
• Blood Runner: $5 million
• Net Crisis Glitch Busters: $5 million
That's over a billion on Gamepass for these titles alone and some of them are "per month"
The only “per months” are rockstar lol. Crazy how much money they pull in over these 2 titles. It’s unbelievable how much of a cash cow GTA V is, no wonder they have been in no rush for VI. Just hope we get a damn good single player still and they don’t neglect it because of the success of MP
