I knew I couldn't be the only one.

Im expecting that Stadia will be discontinued within a year or so.

C'mon bud, I know what the gig is here.

They'll keep their agreements in check, after that they can actually do whatever they want and whatever makes business sense to them. You know if Sony buys anything it too is allowed to do what it wants (and it does regardless of what people like to say). 

Nah, it was to get back at people saying XBox has no games. Follow the thread :p

xCloud is where we are headed, whether you want to or not.

So timed exclusives are what finally woke it up. Incredible. What was the bear doing for the last 19 years?

Yes. If only those teasers hadn't teased a trillion dollar corporation so hard.

How are those things even connected?

Pick one: MS as the Victim or MS as the trillion dollar corporation. It doesn't really work framing it as both.

The reason MS made a $7.5 billion dollar acquisition and Sony woke up a sleeping giant bear?

Turns out it's Timed exclusives and Sony fans being irritating online.

I'm speechless. 

Microsoft should buy Playstation next

@Dallinor

Within the gaming industry I can truthfully say MS is a underdog and that their budget up until recently was limited and not assisted by Microsoft as a whole. And I never said they spent 7.5 billion because of the online teasing. Merely it’s a happy coincidence and poetic justice regardless. MS wants Xbox to succeed and in doing so will make moves that crush current narratives. Call silencing haters a nice side effect.

Um, Sony fans can just buy a Xbox One X/Series S/Series X. Nothing is stopping any Sony fan from being a multi-platform gamer.

I see your point but it doesn’t change how things are starting to look. Sony is looking more and more like a walled garden where as MS is much more inclusive. To be fair Xbox puts their games on Steam now. They give 30% cut to Valve but hey you see the sales charts. These are people so loyal they will never go to Windows Store. 70% cut is better then getting nothing. Point is MS benefits more from sales within their direct ecosystem but chose to expand outward as well. And it makes them more consumer friendly as a result. 

Says who? What evidence/quote? Because historically it took Minecraft and the 2 billion to buy it several years before it made back the money. And now they laughing with how much it continues to do so. MS is playing the long game.

To make this clear, we all know on some level Game Pass and it’s growth is MSs true goal. So tell me, how does Elder Scrolls 6 or Fallout 5 on PS5 boost Game Pass subs? Xbox getting a cut from sales doesn’t boost the Xbox brand and especially Game Pass if PS gamers don’t feel the need to get into Xbox. 

Game Pass is at 15 million now. Imagine if it hits 50. That’s 500 million per month, averaging it to $10 per month per user due to PC GP users paying $10 and general people picking up trial runs.

You want to know how they gonna make it back? That’s how. You grow Game Pass to juggernaut levels. Having Starfield exclusive will add millions to PC and Xbox Game Pass combined. Same for Elder Scrolls and Fallout. Games like Doom and the rest will do their thing at lesser degrees but ultimately boost the value and keep people subscribed. 

Xbox can make the 7.5 billion back all by themselves. It will take years. There will be no easy solution but it centres around making Game Pass the most tempting option. And that won’t happen if PS gamers know they can simply wait it out.