| derpysquirtle64 said: Of course exclusives matter. It's not even a question. My argument with Mr Puggsly initially started because he thinks that Microsoft's main problem right now is that they should focus on expanding their studios and games portfolio and think about selling them to bigger crowd. (That's why I asked him "why don't bring them to playstation then"). I disagreed with him because IMO, the bigger problem for Microsoft is awful potential market penetration worldwide and provided an example for that. It doesn't matter how many awesome games you make, if your brand and services like GamePass (which is MS main focus right now) become irrelevant outside of US and EU West. Because you won't have the ability to sell your games and services to the huge part of the world. So, to sum up, I think that MS should prioritize fixing international appeal issue first, and then go after exclusives. (Or in a better case, do both at the same time) |
Expanding their out means they could become more appealing and ofcourse encourages Game Pass subscriptions.
Bringing games to Playstation is not a solution for pushing their services. It goes both way, but Sony has been open to sharing games with PC. They even allow PC users to access their games via PS Now.
A big problem X1 had was being too expensive at launch. Not only does that hurt them internationally, it hurt them in the most important markets. Hence, which is why I feel Lockhart would be great to move more hardware... everywhere.
They could get more penetration internationally just by making better decisions, better pricing, better games, etc. Thr answer isnt better marketing or some BS like that.
Supporting PC allows them to access a massive number of PC only gamers around the world. It gets more people using the Microsoft store. It also allows them to push Game Pass on PC. It makes more sense to support Windows than Playstation. I am talking to someone lacking in common sense if that needs explaining.
Go after exclusives? They are making a bunch. You want more moneyhatting?
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