Phil Spencer criticizes buying exclusive content/DLC

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LudicrousSpeed said:

AngryLittleAlchemist said:

1. Wrong, it is one of the more popular bundles and just a week or two ago it was 250$, making it just as expensive as the Battlefield 1 bundle. It only came back to 299$ recently and even then the only games bundles lower were the Battlefield 1 bundle and the Minecraft one that JUST RELEASED for 229$

 

2. Nope. I'm talking about the renewed edition. The Xbox One chart I was reffering to was from last week, which showed the most bought as well as the game most played that was a paid for game(i.e. no free games). It showed the Rainbow Six Siege Year Two edition. Now to be fair it is probably showing the overall game's statistics, but when you consider that A)  the first version of Rainbow six to show up is the 60$ edition and B) there's a likely possibility that the majority of sales are for the 60$ version that becomes irrelevant. Either way there isn't a Rainbow Six Siege bundle, and Siege is for the most part a "niche" game compared to Gears yet it is getting more and more popular while Gears isn't. 

 

Ya, it's called the charts from last week you could've accessed. Just look at "most played paid" games and you can see what the most popular games are. Other titles like Halo 5 were higher, which is somewhat to be expected, but Gears titles have generally been able to derail Halo titles that released years prior for at least a few months straight. Considering it was a  new game on sale too ... not to good. 

 

Actually though, thanks for pointing that out. I didn't know that Battlefield 1 was that low, shoot, would've picked it up. oh well. 

1. The 1TB bundle is $300-350 at every retailer I have seen, that's the typical price range it has varied between. Never once saw it on sale for $250. You might be mistaking it for the blue Gears 500GB bundle, which is $250, but I've only ever seen that offered at the Microsoft store, if they even still offer it, so no, it still wouldn't qualify as "massively bundled". The fact of the matter is the vast majority of Gears bundles are the 1TB and the special collectors edition. More expensive than the more commonly stocked Minecraft and BF1 500GB bundles. And the Minecraft bundle has been out awhile, it didn't "JUST RELEASE". It was just put on sale. No offense, but you don't really seem to know much about this stuff you are throwing out.

2. Siege is an online shooter with a long tradition on consoles. lol @ being niche. It's not ARMA or something. Furthermore yes, it's been getting more and more popular thanks to continued free post launch support and friendly DLC, where as Gears has shitty grindy unlocks and premium cosmetic DLC. I hope Siege continues to rise and Gears continues to fall. But where one shows up on "Xbox charts" is irrelevant. Bottom line is you can buy Rainbow Six for $25 and have been able to for awhile.

By sales data I meant any sort of real data, not popularity charts. And yeah, pretty much every game has been on sale this holiday. Thats why its pointless to criticize a game because it had a sale during the holidays.

Some people really need to do research before saying things they have no idea about lol. The USA charts just came in and it shows that Battlefield 1 very high on the list(higher than Infinite Warfare!) which shows it is the most bundled game in the USA.

I really disagree that Gears 4 needed to fall the Coalition just needs to drastically change the Microtransaction cost or something similar to Halo 5.