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Azzanation on 26 May 2018
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Aeolus451 said:
Azzanation said:

May i asked why does it actually matter weather its sold on what system and how much? 

As you both can clearly see MS isnt about just simple 1 platform figures anymore. Its all about the combined total of there platforms. For example - its about increasing Live revenue not how many Xbox consoles are sold.

1million players are 1million players regardless if there free trails or paid members. Its all about getting people on Live and hooking them to subscribe. Thats there buisness model. Thats why games like SOTs were designed, for the long haul to keep gamers paying.

Thats the buisness practices i see from them. Live subs earn more money than consoles sold.

Well, this is a forum that's mainly about video game and consoles/pc sales so don't act like I'm asking or talking about something abnormal here. You're being goofy.

One million players is not just one million players for any game that has free trials or part of third party subscription service. The numbers mean different things. It's more difficult to gauge how well it's doing but I guess that's the point of not providing tangible numbers or breaking it down. 

Yes its a games sale site, but you are looking far too much into it. MS hasn't signed an oath to this site, they don't even have to tell us anything. There business model is completely different to Nintendo's and Sony's. This day and age, we must start accepting it, a digital world and service especially for the Xbox brand. 1m players is still 1m players who went out of there way to play SoD2 which I would think is a great thing considering the games (Low) budget and sale price.. seems like a win for MS/Xbox. 

Does it matter if half those numbers were on Mobile phones, free trails, or forced bundles? It seems many on this site excuse forced bundling so might as well excuse the rest of it. Nothing is ever accurate. Just like Wii Sports for the Wii, greatest selling game of all time.. yeah okay. (I loved Wii Sports, just saying)