Xbox Head Phil Spencer Said "The Business isn't About Selling How Many Consoles "

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outlawauron said:

Barkley said:

No it's about making money, and I guarantee Nintendo and PlayStation are both making a lot more. Selling consoles helps when it comes to that. Selling games also helps, Nintendo and Sony are pumping out 10m+ sellers while Xbox is pushing a subscription that limits their first party earnings potential.

Those subscriptions are huge money makers though. Live is successful and likely lifts the entire bottom line. I don't think MS breaks down the numbers like Sony does in that regard, but if PS+ subscriptions bring in more revenue than all of Nintendo, then surely MS is doing just fine.

MS hides it under 10 feet. But if we use a rule of thumbs with PS4 having about 45% PS+ subs, then with X1 I think about 50% would be a good measure (so 15-20M subs to gold).

PSNow is under 2M, so Gamepass probably also on the 1-2M subs.

SW sales still makes most of the revenue, and for that if they don't have the platform they miss most since most of the SW sold on Xbox is 3rd party.