DonFerrari said:
Azzanation said:
You both heavily underestimate how much Xbox rake in via Xbox Live and GP subs over the years. MS wouldn't allow so much money to be spent if Xbox wasn't profiting.
The Halo franchise alone has generated over $5b to date.
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Sure Xbox made 80B in profits but we never heard of them, sure.
Nintendo and Playstation in their best years probably make 3B USD on profit. But you want us to believe Xbox was making enough profit that they covered those purchases themselves? You jest right?
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I never said they made $80b, don't be silly. You mentioned they didn't cover the cost for these companies.
Your exact quote "Xbox haven't done the profits to buy mohjang, zenimax nor activision." And i proved that Halo alone has made over $5b which covers more than the Minecraft acquisition. That's just one IP, not including the profits straight from Live all those years ago. They would of made the money for the Bethesda and Mojang acquisitions just from the Xbox brand, however the Activison Blizzard acquisition will be focused around the GP long term subs etc.
You also forget that MS have been profiting with subscriptions long before Sony and Nintendo implemented it. The entire 360 era, they were making billions off Gold Live. Or do you like to ignore that small detail in your arguments?
Still confused? Sony made $12b off PSN, DLC and Digital games in 2019. Now think about this, Xbox has been doing this online system aswell and their subscription model has been around a lot longer, so do the maths.
Also MS/Xbox don't announce profits from Gold and subs, thats why you never heard of it.
Last edited by Azzanation - on 22 January 2022