Barely a week has gone by and Xbox unleashed another megaton. A former Playstation exclusive is appearing on Xbox Game Pass day one of release! A Sony game appearing on Xbox Game Pass is a big deal and Gaz unleashes his madness in discussing his take on it. He also shares his opinion of how Playstation Plus is thoroughly thrashing Xbox Games with Gold in the quality stakes, the Xbox mini fridge and also tackles comments on this site.
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coolbeans
The Sauce giveth and The Sauce taketh away. Your high energy is getting away from the facts, bruv. Shiiiieee...
I'm going to breakdown my "response-ception" into several points:
*The bottom of my cropped comment even STATES that the "not profitable" argument is weak to begin with. There are terrible assumptions made pushing that point, but I didn't think some of your counter-arguments worked either. That's what I was getting across.
*Multi-billion, multi-trillion, multi-quadrillion... in any case I still think that point stands. In this video and your previous there's this... dismissed attitude about it - potentially - being unprofitable since MS rakes in cash elsewhere. For a quick comparison: that's like assuming the next thing Google does as something that'll work b/c "they know what they're doing due to how much cash they're sitting on."
*No, I'm not sitting on their meeting boards. Here's a link from last year where Aaron ADMITS it hasn't been very profitable in the short term: https://wccftech.com/microsoft-admits-xbox-game-pass-isnt-really-making-a-lot-of-money-right-now/
*The INVERSE can just as easily be interpreted from Gangsta's comment: the $1 deals are working so well for MS it begs the question how much Sony is willing to sink (short-term) to make PS Now more than just an afterthought in the future.
That's the main takeaway: willing to see red now in order to create THE games subscription hub and eventually reach critical mass.
-Signed A Happy GamePass Ultimate User
Gaz
"That's the main takeaway: willing to see red now in order to create THE games subscription hub and eventually reach critical mass."
But is it unsustainable though? SHIEEEEEEEE
You're confusing profitability for sustainability. Just because services/products are early loss makers doesn't automatically make them unsustainable.
"the $1 deals are working so well for MS it begs the question how much Sony is willing to sink (short-term) to make PS Now more than just an afterthought in the future."
Again this isn't a counter-point. Its proof against the whole unsustainability argument.
Gangsta_Red
Lmao! Absolute insanity my dude. This goes to show the absolute power and advantage of day and date on Game Pass. The fact that xbox players can play these two games along with other games on GP for one low subscription price while other gamers on other platforms have to drop $70/$80 shows the advantage GP has over it.
It's exciting to see what other deals MS will have for the future of GP and of course, this just crushes the fanboy narrative that only old games or AA games appear on GP
Donnie81
Honestly this shows that no game on any platform is safe from gamepass. I don’t expect to see Mario or god of war but you never know at this point