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Manlytears said:

Humbly, i ask the esteemed users here...
From a business point of view, do you think it would be a good deal for Xbox to have 1 console and be 100% multiplatform at the same time?
Having a console is a correct decision for MS and, at least for now, a necessity for gamepass expansion, but what about having exclusives for the Xbox console? Is it really important? Gamepass reduced game sales on Xbox, so wouldn't it be smart to recover those sales with users who don't have access to gamepass?

I mean, theoretically Xbox users will make use of Gamepass, which is one of the platform's main attractions. In an ideal world for MS, Gamepass would be on all platforms, PlayStation, Switch, Apple, etc., but that doesn't seem possible. That said, I believe the next best thing for Xbox would be to get sales from other platform users (who can't use Gamepass)?

Xbox has Gamepass, the reason to invest in the console and the main revenue generator. In parallel, Gamepass games can be sold on Playstation, Nintendo, PC... all at full price, generating more revenue. Does it make sense to you? Or does it seem like a bad idea?

Well, as users we all would be better off if everything is multiplat, right?

But this is from a business point of view, and that makes it into an: it depends. It depends what is the core business (and I'm not sure what it is for MS). If your core business is games and services, than releasing a hardware can be beneficial as you can push stuff, offer players an alternative and be a bit independent of other manufacturers. Valve does that with SteamDeck. SteamDeck isn't at all positioned to obliterate all competition, it is an offer for players but Valve is fine if you play Steam games on other devices.

But if the hardware is the core of your business, maybe as a jumping board to introduce more services or devices than you need exclusives to push it.

I can't really tell what the Xbox is for MS.