An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Microsoft's revenue from Xbox console sales was down a whopping 42 percent on a year-over-year basis for the quarter ending in June, the company announced in its latest earnings report. The massive drop continues a long, pronounced slide for sal...
  • yeehaw@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I have a real opposite problem with exclusives. I don’t think they should exist. A console should just be a means to an end: to play a game.

    I get why they do it but it’s bullshit. It’s just a custom PC that plugs into a TV.

    • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      The case I see is like this: Many publishers increasingly argue that they don’t have a strong monetization plan for big epic singleplayer games unless they have a dozen forms of microtransactions. For Sony, the monetization plan for God of War is the PlayStation 5 - and all of the residual purchases that come after someone owns one. 80% of those purchases will be of games that are on both Xbox and Playstation - but went to the latter because God of War and Spiderman are awesome. With that in mind, the teams making those games can sorta just aim for awards, not perfect profitability.