@Krib,
You're completely correct.
@gravedigger
**"growth of gamepass subs"**
Who exactly are you quoting here? Do know how quotation marks work? Normally you would "quote" someone that has said or written something, put this into context and use it to support your point in a debate.
***"Even YOU CAN'T have a profit when bunch of people got 30 months of Game Pass Ulti...
I had zero interest in this game until I watched a playthrough of the "Clean House" mission today on Youtube.
The tactics, movements, animations, weapons and equipment are incredibly authentic, they have clearly done their research.
I have no interest in the multiplayer and have not purchased a COD game in a long time, but if that mission is anything to go by this could be a solid return to form for IW.
I'm glad the team at Naughty Dog has decided to delay the game to ensure it's the best it can be.
I'd much rather wait a few extra months to play a game that is finished, rather than it being rushed out the door to meet a deadline that results in a lower quality experience.
I'm sure it was a hard decision but it's certainly the right one, other developers should take note.
@gravedigger
"LOL! You can't have a profit when Game Pass Ultimate is often 1$"
Please quote me where I even mentioned the word profit?
"What Zhuge said is that number of Game Pass subs are up, not a profit"
No.
I never quoted Zhuge (though even if I had you would still be incorrect) I took my information from the quarterly financial statement released by MS featured in the l...
"Microsoft Flight Simulator has the best graphics we've seen to date"
Bold statement, but I agree - the visuals look incredible.
"MediOcre"
Eurogamer wins the internet with the best pun of the day.
@gravedigger
"Looks like Gamepass is also a money pit too"
Incorrect.
The link you provided states that in the same quarter Xbox digital game sales and subscriptions are up 1% YoY overall, Revenue from Live and Gamepass has increased YoY and have offset a YoY deficit created by a decrease in popularity of Fortnite, which had performed strongly in the same quarter last year.
Basically YoY Fortnite made less c...
@rainslacker
"I read the data before I questioned it"
Then you obviously didn't understand it, or you would not have said this;
"while they may have gotten a lot of subs, at $1, they aren't making more money from it"
Because this statement is incorrect.
@rainslacker
"services and content revenue is relatively unchanged, so while they may have gotten a lot of subs, at $1, they aren't making more money from it"
That's incorrect.
YoY service and content revenue may be flat overall but this is due to a large decrease in revenue from third party titles YoY , primarily due to a slump in popularity of Fortnite.
Digital game sales and both Live and Gamepass...
@Neo
"So, I have to pay $169 USD..."
This gets you the controller and Chromecast Ultra and three months of Stadia Pro. If you wait until next year the base version is free and you can use any controller you prefer.
If you play on any other platform you have to buy a console or PC. With Stadia you don't pay anything to play online unlike PS+, Live and Nintendo Online.
"Plus I have to buy the games&qu...
@SegaGamer
"if you have fast download speeds, downloading games was never an issue in the first place"
You need 25Mb/s max for Stadia, Do you know how long does it take to download 50GB of game on a 25Mb/s connection? Hint - It's a quite a while.
"I never play more than 2 games at a time, so I never run out of space."
Great, what if someone wants to install more than two games at a time or mayb...
@Muzikguy
"There are tons of positives to owning disc based games"
Yet you fail to mentioned any.
Aside from trade in and resale which I already stated, can you name me any more?
The obvious one would be faster install times but this depends on connection speed and doesn't apply to Stadia.
@Traecy
"LOL!! Sold out of a few thousand. That's nice. Next."
You've not really offered anything to the discussion with this comment.
I see a lot of people hit the disagree button whenever anyone suggests something positive about Stadia and I'm fine with that, but let's discuss why you disagree.
So far only Nyxus has actually written anything worth reading in response.
@Traecy
"Not every game that releases comes out 100% perfect & Stadia will be doing some type of updates on all games releasing on it's platform"
As a user you'll never see anything more than a restart as the updated content will be installed directly server side.
Stadia doesn't work like a traditional console where updates are downloaded to your platform (the client) then installed while you wait. Your instanc...
@Nyxus
"I only buy physical games and not digital downloads"
Today the ONLY benefit to a physical game is the ability to trade in or resell. You are kidding youself if you believe that a disc based version of a game is anything other than a physical version of the digital license with the inconvienence of having to move to your console to swap it out.
Games today are not like cartridges of yesterday where the entire game was included at...
@Nyxus
"I'm just curious if people really realize what it means when we hand over complete control to a company like Google"
In your opinion how are gamers handing over "complete control" to Google, are you refering to a players videogame collection?
If so, how is this different from games purchased through Steam or the Xbox and PlayStation store?
@Nyxus
"I highly doubt that. I don't see any hype or enthusiasm for this thing whatsoever"
Of course you doubt it, because if you always do what you've always done then you'll always get what you've always got.
But didn't you recently say this?
"I'll gladly take drastically removed loading times over having to manage data"
Well, how about a way to play tha...
@Nyxus
"And how many were there?"
Clearly nobody knows, however the Founders Edition is simply a Blue Colored controller bundled with a Chromecast Ultra of which I'm sure they have millions, as they have been on sale since 2016.
I'm going to take a guess and say that preorders will be high as it has sold out in all territories across the world. Looking outside N4G at ResetEra gamers seem to be genuinely excited about t...
Gamepass is getting better everyday. The Outer Worlds day one for GP subscribers is great news.
Having said this, the game is receiving really high review scores and looks great so I'm glad it's available for gamers on every platform to play.
Fantastic article, Thanks for posting.