So are you saying any of the original series content that Netflix actually put money into isn't finance by them.  Including, miniseries, specials (comedy etc), documentaries and movies.

I think you might be severely underestimating just how much development costs have increased, and how fast.

"Shawn Layden referenced PlayStation’s The Last of Us 2 – a game he oversaw – which is roughly double the length and took double the development time of its predecessor. While the former PlayStation exec did not comment on the Naughty Dog game’s budget, he referred to a common theory that development costs had doubled with every new console generation, and claimed that current-gen games had reached between $80m and $150m for most AAA games." Source.

That's for this generation (PS4, Xbox One).

"Industry research firm IDG Consulting recently said it believed that more major games publishers would explore raising the prices of their games on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, as development costs are expected to increase." 

"In 2005, a AAA developer making a top-10 title-Electronic Arts developing the next Madden, for instance- was spending somewhere between $25 million and $35 million. “But let’s say you’re a more reasonable, cost-rational development studio,” Osaki said. “Now [in 2020], for that same [top-10] title, you’re looking at development costs somewhere between $75 to $100 million. Some folks are spending $100 million to $150 million depending on what studio, what genre, what IP you’re looking at.” Source.

GT5 (10 years ago) cost Sony- $60 million. Fable Legends (2016) reportedly cost MS- $75 million.

I wouldn't be remotely surprised if Sony's big AAA games are hitting $100 million in development costs.

And?  Netflix gave a ton of free months away for new consumers, to the point most were like 'why would I not use a different card/email everytime and continue with free months?'.  

Criticizing an awesome service like Gamepass because you have to pay 79$ for game is a bit sad.

Yeah, which/how many Xbox (or even PlayStation) first party games reached 12 million (or even 10 million) copies in a 12 month window?

And four of them in the same year? With only minor price cuts? That's... very optimistic.

Oh shit business are going to business, do you think Microsoft created gamepass because they feel nice and like giving? Each company is going to do what they feel will bring them the most profit

You litterally have said Gamepass is confusing people and mock them with the 10$ answer.  We already had the bitterness in the Monster Thread blame Sony not Nintendo or Microsoft.

Secondly  Netflix free trial and you will find some links.  I am sure they gave away free trials last months during the lockdowns.

At the end of the day it’s up to gamers to decide you want cheap mediocre games like sea of thieves? Buy a subscription service, you want high quality games? Support the developer and pay for it.
I wonder if the people who defend Netflix have actually watched their original content, because honestly most of the the Netflix movies I have watched are almost embarrassing.

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Yeah, mediocre and almost embarassing content.

You and I both know the 1 dollar is just there to get you to get on the service.  Once you are in they believe they will keep you and the service over time will pay for itself.  This is not a short term investment but a long term bet and its something MS can invest in because they have the money and the infrastructure to do it.  The thing they need to invest in is the content and they are getting their cues from other service related companies like Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Amazon Prime, you name it.  MS is looking to push their service on everything they can looking for subs in the same millions of users like Netflix, HBO etc.  As some have stated, MS is not in the console marketshare war anymore they have moved passed that and are looking for a much bigger prize.