rapsuperstar31 said:
crissindahouse said:
I'm sure there is a group which will do everything to make it a PR nightmare but I still wouldn't care as MS. 90% of gamers wouldn't buy physical games next gen even if they could so that they won't care what people will say about Xbox.
The always online thing was definitely a bigger problem for many and yet it still isn't the reason why Xbox wasn't so successful last gen. If other things would have been better, then this "PR disaster" would have been noting more than hot air.
Something which is a much bigger problem is that Xbox doesn't have a straight strategy when they always try to consider everything because there could always be some people complaining. Sometimes you simply have to go your way instead of trying to go three different ways but none of them to full extend.
You don't have to please every gamer. You just have to offer the best product for a part of gamers. If 100m people think Xbox is the shit then that's enough. That still can mean that 500m think a PC, PS, Switch or handheld is better for them.
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Losing 10% of your console purchasers is worth it? I don't believe 90% of gamers are digital only. There are certainly quite a few digital only gamers, but there are also quite a few gamers that buy both digital and physical games. PC gamers wont shut up about Baldur's Gate 3, but we really don't hear that many PlayStation or Xbox gamers clamoring about it. Why is that?, it's not on Gamepass or PS + and it's not currently available physically.
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We know from the insomniac leak that generally 60-70% of sony first party game sales are physical. Even if Xbox users specifically were at 90% digital it's not just about your own users. You have to care about what the people who aren't currently Xbox gamers want else you're limiting your potential to expand your sales. The time will come when all consoles are digital only but being the first to do it, and this early, would be a mistake.
Last edited by Zippy6 - on 27 January 2024
