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Following Microsoft’s big summer gaming event, I had the chance to sit down with Sarah Bond, Head of Xbox Creator experience and one of the key leaders bringing the green brand into the future. Here’s everything I learned, including the big Xbox launches to expect this year, new updates on Game Pass, the company’s push toward diversifying gaming and, yes, how the brand plans to bounce back from its rockier moments in 2023.”
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"We have a service that is financially viable, meaning it makes money, in Game Pass," said Spencer.
without actual numbers ,its easy to say anything really.
if they spend over a billion dollars for content, how profitable is it really.
"without actual numbers ,its easy to say anything really."
We´re talking about the same company that almost 10 years ago wanted the Xbox brand dead and gone with all of Bill Gates´s blessings!
If Gamepass wasn´t profitable by now, MS would have it shut down already! Think!
Have you THOUGHT about how much money MS uses to acquire and keep all the games on Gamepass? Then think about the relatively low number of Game Pass subscribers and the amount of money they bring in every month.
There is no chance that Game Pass is actually profitable. It is a market disruption tool which a giant megacorporation like MS can afford to use in perpetuity if needed.
I'm just going to say it. Unless they're fudging the numbers, gamepass isn't profitable.
There is 0 chance that xbox as a whole is profitable with the money they've been chucking at publishers and developers.
It's the long game for them
@Kornholic
MS can't lie about stuff like this. If they say GamePass is profitable then it is. The only real overhead is licensing fees and marketing. All the infrastructure is basically accounted for as part of being a digital storefront so they can probably put all those costs in a different bucket. Even if it is profitable by $1 they arent lying
@Kornholic
"There is no chance that Game Pass is actually profitable."
Seriously dude, how old are you? In what world are you living???
Phil Spencer is the CEO of Gaming in one of the most valuable and important companies in the freaking world!
There´s no f* way he would go out and lie about a MS product or service been profitable without incurring in SERIOUS financial crimes, genius! You have absolutely NO idea of the repercussions and consequences of such acts! Period!
Just because *you* d
Diversifying gaming by making games exclusive to the least desirable console. No thanks
I can't stand this woman on stage. She has the cringe-worthy body language of a resident evil 1 NPC. She needs to put her hands in her pockets and talk as little as possible.
A saleswoman selling things...nice
Just a friendly reminder that Microsoft said in court that Xbox lost the console wars and that for the last 20 years didn’t have good enough exclusives to compete with Sony and Nintendo. I’m sure this will turn things around.
Why dont they just call her the head of xbox already?🙄... she had more screen time and dialog than Phil Spencer... all he did was introduce a black Series S.. Pathetic.