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malistix1985 on 23 January 2018

wow glad I own an xbox, best value I've seen in years. Will deff go gamepass




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DonFerrari on 23 January 2018

If it drives up the adoption rate it may mean a lot of assured revenue, they will probably make it 12month sub only to avoid the cheapskates.



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Bandorr on 23 January 2018
DonFerrari said:
If it drives up the adoption rate it may mean a lot of assured revenue, they will probably make it 12month sub only to avoid the cheapskates.

That would fix the problem I see.  As of now why would anyone NOT just pop in for a month play a game, then drop out.

Even $20 for two months is still a third of the games cost.



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ice on 23 January 2018
Slade6alpha said:
Seems like a desperate move by MS.

MS done realized that lineup wasn't going to sell well

OT: interesting to see how this will impact sales, mainly Halo.



Ka-pi96 on 23 January 2018

Not sure how it will work out business wise, but from a consumer perspective that's a great deal!



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Ka-pi96 on 23 January 2018
Bandorr said:
DonFerrari said:
If it drives up the adoption rate it may mean a lot of assured revenue, they will probably make it 12month sub only to avoid the cheapskates.

That would fix the problem I see.  As of now why would anyone NOT just pop in for a month play a game, then drop out.

Even $20 for two months is still a third of the games cost.

I'd assume that's part of the reason for the online multiplayer focus of MS' 1st party. People are more likely to stick around beyond that month if they can't "finish" a game but instead can just keep playing it online.



nemo37 on 23 January 2018

Welp...gotta sign up again. LOL...and I just cancelled a few days ago.



Bandorr on 23 January 2018
Ka-pi96 said:
Bandorr said:

That would fix the problem I see.  As of now why would anyone NOT just pop in for a month play a game, then drop out.

Even $20 for two months is still a third of the games cost.

I'd assume that's part of the reason for the online multiplayer focus of MS' 1st party. People are more likely to stick around beyond that month if they can't "finish" a game but instead can just keep playing it online.

Sure, but it will help if they better separate their games. If we take 2017 for example.

It was Halo wars 2 in Feb. Nothing for 7 months(cuphead).   Nothing for 2 months(Forza) and then PUBG in December.

If they can do something like Sea of thieves -> Crackdown 3 -> Forza. Each a couple months apart. They could string a game pass subscription an entire year.

So if they are careful when they release multiplayer games they could keep people "playing online" the entire year. Which combined with XBL would be a good amount of money.



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Hiku on 23 January 2018

How many upcoming games are from Microsoft Studios?
Sea of Thieves, Crackdown 3, Ori 2, State of Decay 2. Anything else?

Even if it's only that, that's a pretty good deal though.

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yvanjean on 23 January 2018

This is a megaton by Microsoft.... this will lock Xbox one gamers on both Xbox live and Gamepass.

Sea of thieves was going to be a hard sell at $60 but now every one get to play the game at starting cost of only $9.99 a month. The # of users online is going to massive compare to what it would of been if it was a normal release.



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