By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
Kerotan on 04 July 2016
Edit Thread
Slimebeast said:
Kerotan said:
I thought it would be a big deal but apparantly game sales on pc xbox live are very bad. Someone quoted recently that only 2% of a games sales took play on there. Unless that improves MS really have nothing to worry about in this regard.

Wow. So Microsoft is risking the value of their whole Xbox brand and sacrificing the pride of their fans, just to see that a game like say Quantum Break sells an extra 20,000 copies on PC (assuming it sells 1 million on Xbox One during its lifetime).

Actually I already had estimated it to be 40,000 PC Quantum Breaks compared with 1 million console, but it seems it's even worse.

And I just can't see the potential going into the future. Nearly everyone has access to the store through just a couple of clicks on their desktop, but they just don't care. Personally I hate it, the tile layout, the colors, everything.

I just can't believe how stupid Microsoft are. How can they not see that Windows Store will never succeed? I'm 100% sure of it. The maximum potential I see is that i can lift 4-5% more a year from now or when the next Halo comes out.

Halo 6 sells 5 million on Xbox and 7% of that, 350,000 on PC Windows Store is the maximum potential. But that's it. And that will be only a fraction of what they would need to sell for this strategy to have been worth it compared with the old system with Xbox exclusives.

I just can't believe how out of touch Microsoft is with the market once again. It's mindboggling.

Their strategy is all over the place.  At least Sony are sticking to their guns instead of trying to eat all the pies at once.  

 

PS4, PS VUE,  PS NOW and PSVR.  Sony aren't messing with valves market which it has nailed down.  MS are trying but the reality is they should have tried 10 years ago.