Microsoft profits post implementation of cross buy

[DonFerrari]

Zekkyou said:

DirtyP2002 said:

PS3 lost almost every exclusive as well.
They are all available on PSNow.

No PS3 needed! ! !

I think this is being sarcastic, but i don't really understand why. PSNow currently only offers a portion of the PS3's exclusive library (and a spec of its library at large), but if a time comes when it offers most of it (at the same quality as the native versions), and you have the means to access the service (a device it's on, and the necessary internet speeds), then no, there wouldn't be much need to own a PS3 :p That seems pretty logical to me.

The same applies to the X1. If you want to play X1 'exclusives', and own a PC capable of at least matching the experience offered on an X1 (a self-built PC in the $300 - $500 range should do fine), then you have a lot less reason to buy an X1. Sony and MS still benefit in both instances (to what degree vs buying the console depends on the circumstances), you're still investing in their closed ecosystem, but a hardware sale has still been "lost". In-fact, i'm a prime example of this. I'm a PC gamer who buys consoles specifically for exclusives, and i made posts several months ago mentioning that i was putting off buying an X1 until i was confident there was a long-term need to. As it turns out, there isn't. I'll still be an MS customer, i'll still be buying their 'exclusives' through a closed ecosystem (or at least i will once the W10 store improves), but a hardware sale has still been lost.

There is plenty of argument to be had as to how and to what degree the move will effect the X1's sales (maybe there are many like me, maybe i'm just an anomaly, maybe other related factors will actually increase the X1's sales), and how much of that will translate into investment in the W10 store, but right now stating any position as an indisputable fact (as you do in your original comment) is silly. 

Well, Sony tacking the incetive to own a PS3 after they already launched PS4 is no big deal... and in case instead of having you buy the used SW on PS4 (with BC) you have to loan or overpay it for PSNow, so they are winning twice.