Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
Same guy says software sales are struggling and the console market is fukked in 2024.
But y’all ain’t make a thread on those tweets
Subscription gaming growth as flattened -Mat Piscatella
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There's only so many people who own consoles, the subscription growth will eventually cap. This is common sense.
Just like how xbox live and PSN probably see reduced growth, everyone who was going to get it got it already, the only new subcribers will be new gamers.
Just like how xbox live and PSN probably see reduced growth, everyone who was going to get it got it already, the only new subcribers will be new gamers.
Square biz.
Lets keep it a buck. The gaming industry is no different from the wrestling business, the music industry, and even Hollywood. Its all mentally bankrupted. The reality is that the suits are still trying to understand the whole digital streaming landscape. In this case, trying to meet the demands of quantity, instead of engaging in patience and quality.
You see all of these developers getting shut down and laid off, because they can't keep up with the original vision due to the dire need of suits trying to push 200 shytty games with broke ass mechanics and glitches. One thing, I appreciate during the PS3/360/Wii era is the focus of innovation, patience, and a simple patch up. If the game is busted beyond control, touch shyts.
Now we call that shyt "early access" which is a scam in itself because a developer can put out garbage, make promises, add a beta patch, and suddenly 1.0 is there with just a period dot next to the logo. Yet, the game is still busted as all hell and lacking the polish but its 1.0, so that should MAKE A DIFFERENCE! :D
The gaming industry is being carried by everything gamers hated, including themselves:
- Greed
- Outsiders
- Influencers
- Impatience
- Lack of quality control
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
This but also, gaming in general is just a far bigger time commitment and has an accessbility issue. A lot of people in one household cannot play video games or make use of having a buffet of random games every month for a huge set price.
Its a market that still speaks to such a niche able-bodied, time insensitive audience, that it’s ceiling is always going to far lower than music and video
If only more companies could sell more hardware at a loss
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
If only more companies could sell more hardware at a loss
Xbox Loses As Much As $200 On Every Xbox It Sells, Phil Spencer Says
Microsoft expects to make back the money through sales of games and accessories.
www.gamespot.com
Microsoft is losing the most money on console sales and this is when they are selling them at full price, not the now discounted rates
"Breaking news consoles sell at a loss!"Xbox Loses As Much As $200 On Every Xbox It Sells, Phil Spencer Says
Microsoft expects to make back the money through sales of games and accessories.
Microsoft is losing the most money on console sales and this is when they are selling them at full price, not the now discounted rates
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
Real Gamers™: “ Ah mah gawd, this backlog, I’ll never play/finish all these games!!!!”
Also Real Gamers™: “i love gamepass it gives me 1000’s of games to try every month!”
Also Real Gamers™: “i love gamepass it gives me 1000’s of games to try every month!”
If only more companies could sell more hardware at a loss
You mean like dropping the price by €150 in Europe last month to sell 19% less consoles than Dec 2022?
Losing $350 per console to sell less
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
There really is no metric left for xbox stans to deflect to
bigdaddy88
The King Of Power
Subscriptions will only be viable once people can't afford to buy games. Specially if the prices keep Increasing every year.
No! I mean like being the #1 seller of high end gaming consoles while simultaneously increasing the cost of producing said exclusive selling software and selling less of it in comparison to previous generations!You mean like dropping the price by €150 in Europe last month to sell 19% less consoles than Dec 2022?
Losing $350 per console to sell less
That's the road to success!
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
No! I mean like being the #1 seller of high end gaming consoles while simultaneously increasing the cost of producing said exclusive selling software and selling less of it in comparison to previous generations!
That's the road to success!
Yep, because in your head microsoft spending 100-300m in game development and marketing and seeing no return with gamepass isn’t forcing them to port the games to other consoles that are actually selling hardware and games.
Thats the road to success!
There's room for subscriptions but not for games people really want. People don't want to feel like things they paid for can just be snatched away.
