Global Hardware Jan 10-16 - PS5 Sales Near 5M, Switch Remains Best-Seller

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Dulfite said:

eva01beserk said:

Could be. But lets not forget the main issue with these subscription services is that they lack content that pulls and keeps people subbed. You see it like the reports of Disney plus and Netflix and others that people sub for a month to play or watch the one thing they like then cancel and repeat. For you to assume that these people stay sub indefinitely is just absurd. Now im looking into this as if you are offering a service meant fo the more value oriented consumer then it seems obvious to me that thuse looking value will see the benefits of only subbing for a month at a time and playing the titles they want. Because if you notice that they dnt mention if those subs are concurrent, and on the last report they said individual subs. People are not fooled anymore by PR speak. 

Who cares if they are concurrent? They are gaining more month over month and year over year than they are losing on "one month/one year and done" kind of people. They can deal with the concurrent problem down the road with more added features that entice people to stick around. All they care about is the money coming in. And by the way, just because they aren't talking about concurrent numbers isn't an indication of how many aren't re-subbing. The rate could be much better than you think, we can't assume it's bad. The fact that Disney+ has had such tremendous growth over such a short time span, as well as HBO Max, and Gamepass, and Office 365, and the fact that these companies are posting major profits during financial reports shows this method works.

I would guess MS would care if they are concurrent or not. A game paying one month subscription and playing the few good games avaliable is a major loss for MS. Considering the lack of content MS puts out I see no reason for player to stick around. Could that change in the future? Sure it could, but as of now I see no reason to belive that a big chunk of that 18m is not concurrent and that they would also be special deal buyers. So the numbers you give as being "conservative" to me sounds like a pipe dream. Untill MS actually gives hard numbers, theres nothing indicating that things a possitive for gamepass.