HAHAHAHA I see what you did there
I wonder if heâs still sitting somewhere blowing into a DualSense controller, mumbling between breaths: my precioussssâŚit will be okâŚstupid xboxisss
I understood your analogy perfectly. They can still see some success, but I am countering that this wonât be Disney scale or the late heavyweight move as everybody claims.
There is a simple reason for this.
Supply pipeline.
And if my estimates are correct, it will probably worsen. Not because of Sony, but because Xbox is behaving like a heavyweight.
Kotaku are irrelevant. Website built to fabricate articles for clicks.
Also that analogy doesnât fit because if anythingâŚSony went in with the sub service first with PSNow. Yes it was streaming only but it was still a sub service for games only (not incliuding xbox live and PS+) and they offered their own games on it. MS used that and offered a better service.
If anything Nintendo would be the âdisneyâ if they followed suit.
Nintendo making a gamepass equivilant and offering up their incredible rich history of games would be enourmous.
Sony canât make up another service and call it the PS Pass. They already have PSNOW. It has a shit ton of their old PS3 and some PS2/ps4 games on it.
As long as Microsoft does the $1 deals they will always lead subscriptions.
As long as Microsoft ships their games with multiplayer they will always lead subscriptions.
As long as they keep gamepass on PC and Cloud they will always lead subscriptions.
The day I see Sony release their games on PC and Cloud day 1 is the day we no longer need playstationsâŚ
The clock is ticking. What comes first? Sony countering gamepass tooth and nail or Assassins Creed launching on gamepass?
Either way, Xbox be proven right with a large lead to boot or Ubisoft games sell more Xboxes then Playstations.
Iâm dying here. Twitter has been amazing today 
I donât think we should look too literally into analogies like this since there are a lot of differentiating factors between the industries that make each trajectory unique. Iâd argue these differences work in MSâs favor and against Sonyâs too.
The exposure Game Pass and day 1 PC releases offer for mind share growth is just surreal for MS. SoT hit 20mil when the game was totally written off by most upon release. It might have sold, what, maybe 5mil tops without GP? Forza Horizon 4 woulda been lucky to top 5mil too in the normal model of distribution, yet it might be at 30mil by the time its sequel hits later this fall. What kinda numbers is Halo Infinite gonna pull with a million other things going in its favor? What about Starfield? How will Ubisoft+ affect the trajectory if it comes this fall? What about other pair tiers, built in TV apps for GP, streaming stick for GP, iOS support, X1 being able to stream XSX gamesâŚIt is just really hard to know where the realistic ceiling is just here for year end 2021.
Iâve said this for a while now: A year from now (aka circa spring 2022) the industry is going to look entirely different.
Massive punch in Sonys face
Literally saved me $70 +tax. Get to cancel my preorder now.
Bond, Sarah Bond. MVP. Licence to Thrill
This is a game that I have always wanted to check out based on reviews and word of mouth (havenât played a baseball game in years), but I usually just buy the occasional PlayStation action adventure exclusive. So this is awesome to be able to check this out on my Series X (next gen native version included too) with Xbox Game Pass!
There are a couple of interesting things about this move: (1) It seems like a calculated move to flex some on Sony while bringing major value to Game Pass at the same time, almost like a little bit of pent up frustration with Sony doing moneyhats on âgame modesâ in 3rd party games and timed exclusives and such and (2) While Xbox could still add more studios at some point, this and Outriders could be a sign of a transition for them to large investments into big Game Pass publishing deals for content too.
Weâve come so far holy shit!
Was anyone else here a Game Pass tester on the Xbox Insider program? I was lol. It had I think 20 or 30 games? It ended up being how I played Sunset Overdrive. I remember thinking it was just gonna turn out to be a silly little PSNow knockoff, and not really a big deal. How wrong I was lmao.
They will of course add more studios and more third party titles will launch on Gamepass. As the service gets bigger so will the calibre of the third party games. This was inevitable.
Microsoft asks themselves âWhat will make Gamepass grow faster?â
Then they do it.
And the last two things on that list are:
Launch GTAVI on Gamepass day 1.
Buy Nintendo.
Then Phil Spencer shall weep,for there was no more gaming to conquer.
Sonyâs unwillingness to publish the game on xbox and leave it to MLB has come back to bite them on the ass. Sony made a bad business move and Microsoft have capitalised on the situation.
Quite the power move!
I was gonna say that sometimes MS isnât listed as the publisher when they release games on other platforms then I realise what you meant, so since MLB was listed as the publisher MS made the deal with them and not Sony to put it on Game Pass? Very interesting if true and very smart of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si7x8XVecIo
Sony 1st party devs working on Xbox Series S|X dev kits. What a surreal timeline we live in.
Phil Spencer may go down as one of the most innovative people in gaming history. How he turned around Xbox and made it into a powerhouse within MS is unprecedented.
He is literally disrupting gaming the way Netflix disrupted the movie industry.