A thread about Xbox being Stupid

[Old_Hunter_77]

Microsoft shakes up Xbox marketing as key exec departs for Roblox

Jerret West is leaving Xbox at the end of the month.

www.theverge.com

Not just leaving but going to freaking Roblox- the real money-maker in video games.
I also like the bit about moving marketing "inside the game content" or whatever. This dovetails to the point Sterling was making in her video highlighting Spencer's celebration of the showcase.

XBox is moving to be the AAA version of Devolver Digital- not actually make anything just sort of oversee a ton of other content from the boardroom.

 

[BrawlMan]

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[BrawlMan]

Xbox Game Pass getting big changes, ditching day one releases for basic tier

Microsoft has confirmed sweeping changes - including price increases - to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service in th…

www.eurogamer.net

Xbox Game Pass getting big changes, ditching day one releases for basic tier
Plus price increases across the board.

Official Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 screenshot showing an enemy in tactical gear

Microsoft has confirmed sweeping changes - including price increases - to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service in the run-up to October's launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, which will include the removal of day one releases for its overhauled basic tier.

As reported by Windows Central, which says Microsoft has now confirmed the details, the first big Game Pass change comes with the imminent closure of Xbox Game Pass for Console. While this will continue to be available to existing members until their subscription expires (notably, from 12th September, Microsoft will only allow users to stack Game Pass for Console for up to 13 months), new users looking for a basic tier package will need to subscribe to Xbox Game Pass Standard, which launches in September.

This costs $14.99/month and includes Xbox Live Gold for multiplayer gaming, plus access to Xbox's back catalogue - but not, crucially, access to first-party releases on day one. That means console players wanting to play Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 via Game Pass when it launches on 25th October will need to subscribe to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.

Ultimate, which will also remain the only Game Pass subscription tier offering access to Xbox Cloud Gaming, is getting a price increase too, with its monthly cost rising from £12.99 / $16.99 to £14.99 / $19.99. Things are a little bit different on PC insofar as PC Game Pass will continue to get day one games, but its price is also increasing - this time from £7.99 / $9.99 per month to £9.99 / $11.99 per month.

There's one additional price increase to note: Xbox Game Pass Core (formerly Xbox Live Gold) will see its annual cost rise from £49.99 / $59.99 to £55.99 / $74.99, but its monthly price remains £6.99 / $9.99. Recurring billing prices for all Game Pass offerings increase from 12th September, according to Windows Central.

All this follows Microsoft's $69bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard last year, and confirmation in May that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 would be a day one Game Pass release when it launches in October. In response to reports that Microsoft was planning "changes" to Game Pass to take advantage of Black Ops 6's arrival, the company told Eurogamer the game would be "playable on Xbox and PC for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Xbox Game Pass for Console members" at launch. And that still appears to be true - albeit now with an additional cost, and not if you're a new Xbox Game Pass Standard subscriber.

 

[Old_Hunter_77]

Ok so since this change is being timed closed to, and reported with, the upcoming CoD, let's look at some quick math:

17 american bucks per month for the tier that will get you new CoD. 70 bucks to just buy the game. So basically like 4 months subscription = just owning the game. A game with multiplayer, where the whole point of such games is to play it much longer than 4 months!

Of course it's kind of not fair to just compare them as CoD costs because GamePass gets you like hundreds of other games, so as a value proposition there's no comparison. But the news and the marketing- whether deliberate or not- is making it seem to me as if it is.

I don't think they've said yet when CoD will be available for players on the lower tier. It's only a difference of two bucks but, as we've seen with streaming services, that's how they get ya- two bucks here, two bucks there.

 

[BrawlMan]

that's how they get ya- two bucks here, two bucks there.

Which is what the same crap Sony keeps pulling (Look at the PS+ cost when they fasley promised back in 2015 not to raise the prices for it anymore) and why all of them can go to hell and die.

 

[BrawlMan]

Calling it now, This is going to make MS lose money and a possible lawsuit.

Microsoft CFO wants to turn Xbox into a subscription business, and is "really encouraged by some of the progress" of Game Pass - NewsBreak

Amy Hood weighs in on Xbox's future

share.newsbreak.com

 

[BrawlMan]

A listing of all Microsoft's and XBOX failings, and calling out the many studios they bought just to shutdown them down, cancel the interesting projects, or all the above. Especially during the 2010s. Due note it is a long list. I got it time stamped.

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[hanselthecaretaker2]

A listing of all Microsoft's and XBOX failings, and calling out the many studios they bought just to shutdown them down, cancel the interesting projects, or all the above. Especially during the 2010s. Due note it is a long list. I got it time stamped.

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It’s almost like their only goal at this point is being king of the hill.