Gameware Stops Selling Xbox Systems in Reaction to Recent Game Pass Announcement

[Megaoverlord12]

AlfredoTurkey said:

Megaoverlord12 said:
Well, then they'll just buy Xboxes from Target, Walmart, Best Buy, Toys R Us, or Amazon. I get what they're trying to do, but I think it'll be a while before this specifically takes out a large chunk of Xbox software sales.

If Game Pass takes off and Sony/Nintendo follow suit, all of those you mentioned will likely do the same. There's simply no point in stocking hardware when no one is going to buy games for it in your store. The game industry has always made its money off software.

I would like to specify, it'll take a while. I fully expect it eventually. It will just take quite a while for digital initiatives like this to replace retail, not to mention that this contains just a fraction of the Xbox One library. Doing this is jumping the gun massively. Besides, retailers are still massively important to Xbox (and PlayStation/Nintendo). If it was a major retailer, like Gamestop or whatever, in a major market for Xbox, like the US, then it'd be a massive deal.