Xbox game pass cost ms money12/24/2023 ![]() Again, my belief that their strategy might lead to expansion to other platforms relies on Xbox hardware not expanding and in fact declining how it currently is. I recognize the benefits of being a platform holder however there does come a point (if Xbox hardware doesn’t turn around) where the opportunity cost starts outweighing the benefits of taking 30% cut on all software. Now we can speculate exactly what he means by that (maybe a stipulation of that is an “Xbox store” on those platforms) but it does seem like Xbox’s software and services approach does lend itself to expanding to other platforms more than the traditional console model, as we’ve already seen with PC/Steam. ![]() Phil has already said he wants Game Pass on PS and Nintendo and he also said after buying Zenimax that the deal was about putting the games “on platforms where Game Pass exists”. There would be almost no reason to buy an Xbox if all their games also went to Playstation, and people spending on money other companies' games on their Xbox is one of their biggest revenue sources. MS will continue to keep certain games third party when it makes sense, like Minecraft and CoD obviously, but there is no scenario where MS will make more than they make now, even being in 3rd place, by becoming fully 3rd party. You're not making most of your money in game from selling your games, you're making it from taking a cut from other people selling games on your platform and from services like Xbox Live Game Pass Core. That's from the cut they make from people spending money on games on iOS. Meanwhile, in 2021 you know who made more from gaming than both MS and Nintendo? Apple, who don't make any games. The biggest 3rd party publisher is ABK which made half of what MS made, and they'll soon be part of MS. The only 3rd party publisher close to them is Tencent, who still made less, and that's because they own stock in lots of other companies like Epic. ![]()
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