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www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-expected-game-pass-would-have-77-million-subscribers-by-now-but-it-reportedly-only-has-30-million-as-xbox-boss-admits-the-strategy-has-failed

In an email to staff, Sharma admitted Microsoft’s gaming strategy had failed, and a key part of that failure had to do with Game Pass.

“Our business today is not healthy,” Sharma said. “We are operating at margins that are 3-10x lower than comparable platform and publishing businesses. We entered Gen 9 with a smaller install base and a higher cost structure. To grow, we bet on Game Pass, multi-platform, and a broader portfolio of content. While those businesses have created meaningful value, they did not grow at the pace we expected. As that happened, our core business weakened, and we added more teams, more investment, and more time, hoping for a better outcome. And now the industry is facing the most severe hardware crisis in its history. We must reset Xbox.”

....I was about to say something sarcastic and mean, but then I realized Sharma probably had nothing to do with most of the business decision regarding game pass until recently.

Still doesn't save from the fact that game pass was shit, but I kinda feel bad she has to be the one to explain all of this, when it was her predecessor + MS execs who really caused this mess

 

[NerfedFalcon]

Still doesn't save from the fact that game pass was shit, but I kinda feel bad she has to be the one to explain all of this, when it was her predecessor + MS execs who really caused this mess

So it goes. If the new guy doesn't clean up all the messes that the old guy made on their first day in office, they're not just as bad, they're worse than the old guy who made them in the first place.