kirby007 said:
goopy20 said:
I think it'll all depend on how keeping those games exclusive will impact GP subscribers growth. Is a 4-yearly Doom being timed exclusive really going to matter in the grand scheme of things? When will Starfield, Elder Scrolls 6 and the next Fallout come out, and will they be any good? Who, knows really. Skyrim come out a decade ago and Fallout 76 probably wouldn't have had much impact if it was exclusive on any platform. Same thing with timed exclusives like Deathloop and Ghostwire on ps5 btw.
All I know is that right now GP is on Xbox, PC and Android and they managed to grow to 15m subscribers. Maybe 15m sounds like a lot but I don't think that's gonna cut it to break even on a 7,5B investment and the deal they made with EA. Especially when they've been giving GP out practically for free with their $1 trials.
MS keeps mentioning there are 3 Billion mobile gamers out there, saying "If everybody plays, we all win". On paper it makes perfect sense and I think they would really need to tap into that casual market big time if they want to turn GP profitable. Its why they are releasing the $299 Series S, thinking it will draw in the casuals by being cheap. I just think they're completely underestimating the fact that not every person with a phone wants to play (console) games. Let alone pay $15 bucks a month for it and a $299 console. We can already see the first signs of this strategy not working as there's still plenty of stock for Series S where I live, while Ps5 and SX were sold out in minutes.
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i think you are once again stretching, there is no stock anywhere, there might be preorders but thats non related towards the market the Series S caters for, please stop and just respond in playstation topics from now on out
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Of course there's no stock when they aren't even out yet. But pre-orders for Series X and ps5 were gone in minutes, whereas you can still pre order the Series S almost everywhere. All I'm saying is that there is a lot less demand for Series S, and you tell me who MS is targeting with their $299 console?
https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/22/xbox-series-x-pre-orders-sold-out-xbox-series-s-still-in-stock-in-the-uk-13310155/
