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SvennoJ on 12 October 2021
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SKMBlake said:
Chicho said:

If this was the case they would have gone under already. You can not stay in business this long without turning a profit.

Yeah but you forget that the subscription prices keep going up and up. I've stopped my netflix subscription once the 4 screens UHD reached 16€ in Europe. And now the 1 screen SD is sold at 9€ per month, which is insane. I mean, SD in 2021.

Here it is CAD 9.99 for SD, CAD 14.99 for HD (2 screens) and CAD 18.99 for 4K (4 screens)

I'm still paying for HD, yet got that for CAD 6.99 at the start with more big movies and series. (which are now on other services)


xCloud or gamepass ultimate is CAD 16.99 a month here. XCloud will be 1080p only for now.

So it's sitting right between HD and 4K compared to Netflix. However pumping out a bit of video at 5 mbps (1080p) or up to 25 mbps (4k) just requires a lot of storage, while hosting video gaming requires data centers closer to users with advanced hardware to deliver real time games. Hardware that needs to evolve to keep up with future gaming demands. Gaming also tends to be a bigger time sink than watching tv, at least for those that go for gamepass.

Netflix does run a profit now and then, then starts losing users and have to throw a lot of money at user acquisition again. It's a tight balancing act with competition and needing to stay self sustainable. A balancing act that is losing me as a consumer (and you as well I see)