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Machiavellian on 28 September 2020
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method114 said:
Machiavellian said:

If you only look at just the console space no, but you have the console, PC, and mobile space.  That is a huge gaming market and I can tell you its why MS is putting their whole company behind GP.  Gamers tend to always look at now and today as if tech and markets do not move grow expend and make something obsolete.  Gaming as a whole is a huge business getting all the gamers on your sub is the end game.  MS would jump for joy if every Xbox sold also sold with a GP sub but that isn't the case and probably will not happen for a very long time.  The key for any business is not to develop just for today but you have to also develop for tomorrow.  Gamers really do not understand how important it is for a business to have sustained money coming in on subs then having to spend money up front to produce a game and hope it sells good at retail.  Even if GP just broke even it still would be a big win for MS because they want you in their eco system, not only selling you on their services but also other businesses.  MS has these huge server farms, if they are not running to a certain level they are losing money.  No matter if its their own internal stuff or some other business.

I'm not just looking at console. I'm taking into account PC and Mobile space as well. It all comes down to the monthly cost to me and I truly wonder how many people out their game so much they are willing to pay monthly for it. I'm not saying it wont work or not I really don't know I'm interested in seeing how it works out for MS. 

That is why the service needs to have a lot of different content.  Content matters a lot to a service like this.  If MS only had F2P or GAAS small titles things like this it would not be enough to entice a large enough sub crowd.  Instead they must have AAA, AA, Indie big and small.  The amount of content only needs enough type of games to make a person say, well if I paid 60 to 70 Dollars for 2 of these games, well it paid for my sub. Once you have them hooked then the amount of content is what will keep them.  When I first jumped on GP, I did it because between the big games I knew I was going to purchase they were on the service and I jump in on the 1 dollar deal.  Now that I have GP, I have played a lot of games I would actually never have bought but since they were on GP there was no risk.  This is the mindset MS want a gamer to have.  We have so many first party games at least 2 should appeal to you and if so then you save getting the service then purchasing them separately.  Once you are in you probably going to find a few more games that will make you continue to keep your sub and value it.