What is your opinion on gaming subscription services?

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Cerebralbore101 said:

Ryuu96 said:

Microsoft never claimed to have all of the data of every single person's purchasing habits on every single device, nobody would believe they have that data, they aren't speculating on limited data, they're posting facts about their own ecosystem, folk in the Xbox ecosystem spend and play more via Game Pass, they have the only relevant data needed, data from their own ecosystem.

It's not incomplete data, that's just...they're talking about their own ecosystem dude.

1. Even if we were to incorrectly assume that they only meant within their own ecosystem they would still have a deeply flawed dataset. Their ecosystem includes PC. Microsoft does not have a way to track all sales of games on Steam, GoG, EGS, or any of other multitude of stores on PC. Microsoft can only track purchases made through the Windows Store, or purchases of games they themselves have developed. Example: If I buy Halo MCC on PC via steam, MS knows I spent that money, because it's their game. If I buy a 3rd party game through the windows store MS once again knows I spent that money, because it's their store. But if I buy a non-MS game on Steam, GoG, EGS, or any other PC storefront MS has no way of knowing I bought that game. 

Are you still trying to prove their data is wrong by coming up with your own strange definition, what their ecosystem is?

Microsoft's gaming ecosystem is NOT all Xbox consoles + the whole PC platform... Microsoft's gaming ecosystem is all Xbox consoles + a part of the PC platform (the Windows store). They never claimed to track all sales of the other PC stores.

Or shall we also define Sony's gaming ecosystem is all PlayStation consoles + the whole PC platform, because PSnow is available on PCs?