"Spencer replied that the number of players who had Xbox Live Gold but not Game Pass and could now be added to the count was a pretty small number”
You missed a bit.
Microsoft have a turnover of over 4 Billion a year from Gamepass.
This year there'll be some nice big hitters going to Gamepass plus titles like Call of Duty. Gamepass numbers are only going to go up especially on PC.
If Xbox & Gamepass were doing so bad Microsoft would just scrap...
One of my all time favourite games
Hiding under a rock?
Yes I heard all the rumours. The gymnastics some ppl are attempting just because the rumours turned out to be a nothing burger.
PlayStation games going to PC is that their start to something too? Are Sony doing this progressively?
You guys are so funny.
For the last two weeks it was suppose to be Microsoft going full 3rd party there was even votes on what top games ppl would like to see on PS5, Gears was the one PS5 fans were hoping for most. Yesterday was supposed to be the end of Xbox. What happened....
No Microsoft Going All 3rd Party.
No Gears of War.
No Starfield.
No Indian Jones day 1.
No Giving up on Xbox Consoles.
No End of Day 1 on Gamepass.
No Activision Gam...
However, in an interview for journalist Stephen Totilo’s Game File newsletter, Xbox head Phil Spencer elaborated more on the figure, noting that it isn’t simply counting players on free trials or other promotional deals.
“That’s fully paid,” Spencer explained. “So those are not promotional players. Those are people, fully paid subs.”
Totilo then asked Spencer if the numbers were being cooked somewhat by last year’s rebranding of Xbox Live Gold to Xbox Gam...
We learned that all the rumours turned out to be a nothing burger.
So 34 Million subscribers with the Majority paying for Ultimate at £12.99. That's roughly 440 thousand pounds per month.
No highs & lows just a constant close to half a Million a month.
Vengeance
What if Microsoft allows Steam on Xbox?
There's a possibility of this happening further down the road. The next Xbox could have a Slimmed down Windows O/S on the console. There's already been rumours that the Next Windows will have a lot of different versions built for specific tasks.
Microsoft reveal Steam on Xbox so even Sonys PC games run on Xbox.
The New Digital Series X announced with new controller plus it plays all PC games & Xbox games.
This will 100% calm Xbox going multi platform.
I think Microsoft will announce their new Xbox Series like the ones that were revealed in their Activision court case. It will be more aligned with Windows, it will be all Gamepass & Digital games plus Steam will be on there. Also they'll be pivoting to have Xbox like the old Steam consoles that came out years back. Basically a PC Console that connects to your TV.
A ton of games will become third party.
Exactly. Once they are out of the high Street with physical games I can make a big bet there will be new Series Consoles & the biggest advertising spend they have ever done on Xbox.
They just have a long term plan, the company is worth Trillions they know what they are doing.
Microsoft has plenty of plans to get more Gamepass Subscriptions. They will eventually have their own Game Store on Android Phones & Tablets from what I've heard so that will probably offer a Gamepass Subscription just for Mobiles etc.
There's a long way to go yet but a big game release every 3 months will make a huge difference too..
lolol You should do stand up comedy lol
That Indiana Jones game looks amaze balls.
All the games looked great.
Nice they are coming this year to.
Really looking forward to this. Hope it's good.
That's a tidy number of subscriptions. It's only going to go up with all the new games this year.
Now that Microsoft has loads of Studios I can honestly see them bringing nearly all their games to PlayStation & Switch.
They will just make sure they are all on Gamepass on Xbox & PC.
Jin. You know full well if Microsoft showed you they were making a tidy profit you wouldnt believe it & youd say its suspicious & you'd want to see other figures.
They'd have more chance convincing a Flat Earther that the Earth is a Globe.
Turnover is Revenue. I thought everyone knew this..