In the first of a two-part series, Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews goes in depth on retailer GameStop's business over the last several years, providing data on everything from revenues to used game sales, parsing out important longer-term trends.
Even as the company sets out to overhaul the very definition of Xbox, cuts at its studios risk creating a negative image reminiscent of EA's worst era
I appreciate the article but this guy must be living in a delayed universe, The reputation was ruined 10+ years ago and hasn't recovered since. As such people have voted with their wallets and stopped buying Xbox products in large amounts.
Their reputation was lost way before that. From the moment Microsoft said they entering the console business, we all knew it would be a downgrade.
That's not true at all the OG Xbox had drive and they had hunger and they wanted to accomplish something. It was a great console.
they didn't quite reach their goals and they gave up prematurely because they couldn't win. It was halfway through the Xbox 360 when kinect released and that was when they lost their way and we're a rudderless ship ever since
In all fairness, Xbox had some great games with online play, Xbox 360 even better. Xbox consoles started to die with the Xbox One. Ditch consoles for the PC and PS.
@Bathyj hard to compute ay. Xbox was never better than a PC and that's all they ever were. A demo box. Doesn't get more true than that.
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Rumors of Turn 10 being either shut down or hit with massive lay offs is on the horizon.
The issue is MS will do something right only to do something very, very wrong. And they do this what seems calculative at this point. Doesn't matter what they do the Investors and leadership want more and more money an endless bottomless pit of purr insatiable greed. A company that acts like it's broke or hurting is what really, really infuriates me. They've surpassed apple again well over 3 trillion who acts like they're a million dollar company is fk stupid. Pivots and changes for no reason and can't do things for more than a year with out a pivot or changing their metrics.
That would be really bad since Phil just hyped up next year as a big Forza year at Summer Game Fest.
Isn't the point that it's irrelevant how profitable MS is, the suits have decided it's time that the Xbox division started making them money. Hence the layoffs, the pivots.
That wouldn't surprise me, as motorsport has been heading down hill since the great number 4. Where as playground have consistently put out better games. I think the two studios will be merged under playground games banner.
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Ross Scott—also known as Accursed Farms on YouTube—has been fighting tooth and nail for almost a full year to help spearhead game preservation. Starting after it was announced that Ubisoft's The Crew would be shutting down, permanently ending support for the game, Scott launched the "Stop Killing Games" initiative.
That makes a twofold deadline for the Stop Killing Games initiative. Or, at least, one headed up by Scott: The UK petition, which ends July 14, and the EU Citizens' Initiative, which ends July 3.
If you live in the EU then Please sign this or our game ownership rights and game preservation is
at stake. I know there isnt much time left but please consider signing the petition
People whine and in the end don't do a thing. Then whine more when they get screwed some more smh. If this makes it then it'll be monumental for consumers. That Pirate software guy was no help either smh.
There are many exciting updates this month for Xbox. Copilot for Gaming is available now for early preview on mobile and will be coming to PC soon. Xbox PC app introduces a wave of new updates: Aggregated gaming library gives players quick access to games from Xbox, Game Pass, and other leading PC storefronts, and with publisher channels players can browse their favorite franchises. Updates for the Xbox Console includes customization for Most Recently Used, free-to-play benefits, Game Hubs, and dialog improvements for game saves.
"Players can now hide system apps, pin favorites to the list, and reduce the number of tiles displayed. This update is part of our ongoing effort to make Home more personal, flexible, and responsive to feedback."
This is welcomed, i like a less cluttered home screen.
Gotta be a slow news day when a 18 hours and 3 comments (now 4)makes it to the front page🤷🏿
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Well anything that adds and help gamers is a good thing even if some don’t need it there’ll be more that will use it.
Well its MS news... those are usually pretty dry, unless it has something to do with another game being ported to PS. then its top of the pops.
"Well its MS news... those are usually pretty dry, unless it has something to do with another game being ported to PS. then its top of the pops."
Oh look no further than the "Upcoming layoffs at MS" topic. It will easily top the Hottest of the week.
Special guests like Mr. Dead might also show up. You just watch.
I wouldn't want to deal with the pack of idiots at Gamestop if my life depended on it. Their employees suck, are rude, and know little about gaming.
i hate gamestop
i used to work for them
and yea they are kidna annoying
by forcing a game informer subscription even if you dont want it
they would play the new games and sell em as new
and some would take money of your edge card
I buy most of my games new or used online because it is more convenient and cheaper than gamestop, not to mention that you don't have to go out on a hunt to find a particular game that you want. Also, you get next to nothing if you trade in a game and they make you take store credit instead of cash. I am way better off just keeping my games than selling them to gamestop(it is just not worth it) and having them turn around and mark up the game at least 500% of what I would get for it from them, besides eventually I always replay games that I own after a while of not playing them, and the games themselves will just go up in collectible value as time goes by. Even if gamestop offered decent-to-good trade-in value(cash) for people to trade in their games I would still prefer to keep my games because I know that I would want to play them again multiple times in the future. Once in a blue moon you might find a good deal at gamestop but most of the time there are better deals online.
http://www.gamesetwatch.com...
IT's gone up significantly since 2006. Which was the start of this-gen. What does this tell us? From 03-05 compared to 06-10: Gamestop made a 3.22x profit this gen compared to last-gen.
People have been trading in games more often since this-gen started. Maybe it's time Publishers start pricing their games more aggressively. The difference between 2006 and 2010 is huge. It's clear that simply trying to justify the $60 isn't working. You need a lower asking value and justifying that with just as much content if you want more sales.
It's no surprise at all that people want the best bang for the buck. And at $60, it's not doing it. Those graphs prove that, and from Gamasutra no less.
were a lot of gamestops do have a lot of terrible employees, there are still a few that are run by a great passionate staff. people like to complain about the people working there forcing subscriptions and reservations but unfortunately that is mandatory for them to keep their job. where this is annoying to the consumer, it is equally as painful on the employee. gamestop is a business and they are in the game to make money, and frankly I would rather go to a gamestop and have the selection and put up with a cheesy sales pitch before I walk into a walmart or bestbuy and have absolutely no customer service or half the selection. and as far as game prices go, the $60 price has been around for many gaming generations, im just happy they havnt increased!