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SuperRetroTurbo said:

I think it's a ploy that somehow benefits both service provider and customer, more the prior in the long run I assume. I've never actually crunched any numbers to know but I'm more than sure MS did.
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My issue is when top executives make statements pertaining to the insignificance of console sales in favor to subscribers.

It sounds more like a cop out (admitting defeat) rather than the truth or at least what should be an objective of theirs.

MS keeps citing the billions of gamers they want to reach with gaming subscriptions. It's all based on long term explosive growth. It's not sustainable within the 'small' pool of console gaming as it is now. Console gamers are insignificant in the pool of people playing games. That's what they mean by the insignificance of console sales in favor of (potential) subscribers. Their objective is to reach the mobile market.