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

[DonFerrari]

LudicrousSpeed said:

DonFerrari said:

The numbers I have is that the store decided it isn't profitable for them to keep Xbox there... or do you think they done it because they like to lose money?

Do you think Microsoft revealed the Xbone the way they did because they thought it would be received well and they'd sell a ton of units and make tons of money? Not every business decision is a wise one.

Even if they had one shelf designated for Xbone hardware, that's that much less money they'll have generated by hardware, and more importantly the software and accessories that go with them. As bitter as the statements made about Game Pass were, this seems like more of a message they're trying to send than any wise business decision. Either they're ok with making less money so long as they make their point, or they made so little from Xbone anyway that it is irrelevant to them and thus irrelevant to us as well.

But you have no concrete numbers or facts yourself, so it's dumb for you to tell someone they're just defending something without merit when in reality none of us know a damn thing official and we're all just sharing our opinions on the matter :)

Sure not all business decision is right (but for competent companies their research and estimative was that they were doing a good move).

Sure again that it may have been more on sending a message than a sound business decision, but on missing better data I'll go with they have made a good choice (as I also think that even thought it may seem MS will lose money from gamepass, they have done their simulations and will probably earn more than they would on previous model, so if no one have more precises number MS get the benefit of doubt).

People are pointing as if they know it is a bad business decision, so the burden of proof rest on them.

KiigelHeart said:

They stopped selling Xbox consoles as a protest against game pass afaik. They most likely don't have concrete numbers themselves. Maybe game pass Will give a boost to console sales which leads to More physical games sold? Or like stated above, it's åossible they weren't making much money from Xbox anyway so they're protesting against something that's a good value for gamers. And yet we have people here defending them. Go figure.

They don't have the number of their sales??? Ok them. As much as you can defend MS right to do business as they want I and others will defend other companies to do the same as long as it isn't a crime.