Game Pass Was Supposed to Save Xbox – Instead, It's Killing the Company
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Re: Game Pass Was Supposed to Save Xbox – Instead, It's Killing the Company
#2> Every gamer has dreamed about having an infinite library of games to choose from.
Eh, that sounds like I would have difficulty picking which games to play. I kind of prefer having a narrower selection from my shelf (and digital shelf)
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#3> Every gamer has dreamed about having an infinite library of games to choose from. Eh, that sounds like I would have difficulty picking which games to play. I kind of prefer having a narrower selection from my shelf (and digital shelf)
That's the kind of statement dreamed up by product managers who are not and have never met a gamer. This is what happens when you think you can imagine what your market wants from first principles without actually talking to anyone involved.
This also applies to programmers >:(
Re: Game Pass Was Supposed to Save Xbox – Instead, It's Killing the Company
#4It is easy to see lost sales with a 15$ service vs. the full ticket price of 60$. But I wonder how big of a dent it takes out of piracy where “trialling” many games (vs settling on buying just one) is a big incentive to torrent them.
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#6> Every gamer has dreamed about having an infinite library of games to choose from. Eh, that sounds like I would have difficulty picking which games to play. I kind of prefer having a narrower selection from my shelf (and digital shelf)
That's the kind of statement dreamed up by product managers who are not and have never met a gamer. This is what happens when you think you can imagine what your market wants from first principles without actually talking to anyone involved. This also applies to programmers >:(
I don’t know about anybody else, but I don’t have infinite time to play those infinite games.
Re: Game Pass Was Supposed to Save Xbox – Instead, It's Killing the Company
#7It is easy to see lost sales with a 15$ service vs. the full ticket price of 60$. But I wonder how big of a dent it takes out of piracy where “trialling” many games (vs settling on buying just one) is a big incentive to torrent them.
I think piracy is besides the point here. Most people will pay for a month, finish the game they wanted to play and then cancel. This goes for both pirates and land lovers. What MS has in the end is a game sold for a fraction of the price and no customer conversion to subscriber.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's the kind of statement dreamed up by product managers who are not and have never met a gamer. This is what happens when you think you can imagine what your market wants from first principles without actually talking to anyone involved. This also applies to programmers >:(
I don’t know about anybody else, but I don’t have infinite time to play those infinite games.
Doesn’t sound like you’re the target demographic.
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#9Good. If they would have succeeded then it would have choked out anyone charging actual money for games. Developers would have been even more compromised than they are now.
Re: Game Pass Was Supposed to Save Xbox – Instead, It's Killing the Company
#1041yo, lifelong casual gamer who has 100s of hours on many games and also goes years without playing any but also frequently jump in here and there.
I recently bought a PS5 Pro in anticipation of GTA6. I’m pretty shocked at how boring and lifeless big modern AAA games are. I feel like I’m basically playing a cinematic sequence in a Marvel-slop movie.
“ A game idea should be at least 90% mechanics and less than 10% story. Any more than 10% story is a red flag.” -Tynan Sylvester
Everything is just an Unreal engine demo now?