I'm intrigued to see what MS do about Minecraft on the Switch 2 if the original version still works. That's a lot of lost sales of people not buying it because they have the Switch 1 version.
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Chris Dring: Microsoft was the No.1 games publisher in the world last month | 64% of spend on Microsoft games in December came on PlayStation devices
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Topher
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"This" is referring to an entire publisher's output, not one game.
vaibhavpisal
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People put too much stock in Nintendo.
I give them 2 generations before they screw up so badly and come crawling to Gabe.
6 games. 5 MLB the shows are also on Switch and/or Xbox.
Topher
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None of which equates to 64% of spending on PlayStation games so still not examples of Sony doing "this".
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HeisenbergFX4
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I didn’t mean any slander towards this “news” just meaning it shouldn’t surprise anyone when you buy up ABK you become the big kid on the blockYou two sort it out then.
HeWhoWalks
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Shaki12345
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Time and time again this forum has been bitching and whining about Microsoft. But when I said multiple times that going 3rd party was a win for everyone and that they were going to be the biggest publisher around, I was laughed at.
Without Microsoft Sony players (me included) have almost nothing to look forward too. Everybody wins here.
Without Microsoft Sony players (me included) have almost nothing to look forward too. Everybody wins here.
Radical_3d
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Astray
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Microsoft Gaming is basically joined to the hip to Sony at this point. I legit expected the PC percentage to be higher or at least equal given all the bluster about "who needs a PS5 Pro etc".
At this point, it really behooves the MS Gaming management team to fucking behave with their single biggest gaming trading partner.
At this point, it really behooves the MS Gaming management team to fucking behave with their single biggest gaming trading partner.
HeWhoWalks
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I’m looking forward to plenty of games without the Microsoft stamp on them.
- Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yotei, Wolverine, GTA VI, Heretic…. To name a few a few. Without PlayStation, this topic wouldn’t exist.
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SweetTooth
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GHG
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poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
We won't see profit figures anyway, but with selling less hardware the revenue takes a hit but profit would be improved.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
kazuyamishima
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Just a few years ago MS wanted to sign a deal for 10 years of continuing support of COD on PS consoles.
Now the majority of sales of COD comes from PS consoles.
Now the majority of sales of COD comes from PS consoles.
Shaki12345
Member
Oh wow, you want a medal? A cookie?
Ar¢tos
Member
Isn't this going to complicate next gen?
With This dependency on Sony players Xbox will have to release launch games on both consoles for them to be profitable, and Sony will have to give them devkits before the consoles release in order for the ports to be ready, and Sony probably doesn't like that idea very much.
With This dependency on Sony players Xbox will have to release launch games on both consoles for them to be profitable, and Sony will have to give them devkits before the consoles release in order for the ports to be ready, and Sony probably doesn't like that idea very much.
HeWhoWalks
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HeisenbergFX4
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Maybe that’s because there will be no next gen Xbox
HeWhoWalks
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I knew someone would fall for that, I just didn’t expect it to be you.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Killjoy-NL
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All this data shows, is that Playstation is key to Xbox success going forward.
With 64% spending coming from Playstation, Xbox can't afford to lose them.
They're royally fucked.
Mr Moose
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They are getting 30% of that pie.
HeisenbergFX4
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Have too much going on atm to try and decipher gotcha postsI knew someone would fall for that, I just didn’t expect it to be you.
DAHGAMING
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Stand strong brother, we are out numbered but we are the ones that see clear and know Xbox are winning at all times, we got gamepass, we got the most powerfull console and the only problem is we have to many games. Its nice that Microsoft can see the lack of games on other platforms and feel sorry for the people that have been tricked into buying the consoles, as a nice gesture we drip feed out old games for them to play. Look forward to the next hardwear from team Xbox, a machine that will change gaming forever
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Interfectum
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Xbox as a hardware brand is dead. Microsoft as a third party publisher is more than alive and well.
Shaki12345
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How are they royally fucked when they are earning money? And big time?
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
MS is gonna keep treating PlayStation users like royalty, knowing that they are their most valued customers. 
Synastry
Member
Maybe there next release will finally sell 100m units.
Guardian Monkey
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XBOX is a video game brand.
Xbox Is 'Evolving' Rather Than 'Losing' Its Identity, Says Phil Spencer
"I believe it's an identity that this industry needs"
www.purexbox.com
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HeisenbergFX4
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Maybe there next release will finally sell 100m units.
Hudo
Gold Member
Do you, though?
HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
Hudo
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Nice!
Horseganador
Member
Xbox's situation is ironic, from wanting to take Playstation out of the market to having the console dead and depending on PS5 users buying games because they themselves have ruined software sales with the GP.
Astray
Member
That's the shocking part, especially considering that Indiana Jones, their big Dec release, wasn't launched on PS.
That Spencer/Bond/Booty team that wanted to keep COD on PS for 3 years only?
The one that kept publicly fucking with their biggest trading partner (just off the top of my head, you got Bond kvetching about Wukong, Spencer throwing shade at PS5 Pro in interviews..etc)..
.. That leadership team needs to be shot out of a cannon ASAP because they are clearly dumb and don't know where their bread is actually buttered.
At this rate, MS Gaming will end up being excluded from enjoying the early access to next-gen PS dev kits that ABK used to enjoy.
Sintoid
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Not yet
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Killjoy-NL
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It's pretty clear.
If the 64% from Playstation is an indication of how things will be going from here, imagine if they lose Playstation as a platform
I highly doubt shareholders would be happy about that.
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Mr Moose
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Xbox is a console, even if they try to tell you "this is an Xbox". MicroSoft Gaming, on the other hand...
Genius of Phil to make himself head of that position and not Xbox Gaming.
Interfectum
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For now. When the "box" dies, it'll just be Microsoft branded with the studios branded next.XBOX is a video game brand.
Xbox Is 'Evolving' Rather Than 'Losing' Its Identity, Says Phil Spencer
"I believe it's an identity that this industry needs"
Astray
Member
I give this shell game a few more years before MS Gaming gets called what it actually is.XBOX is a video game brand.
Xbox Is 'Evolving' Rather Than 'Losing' Its Identity, Says Phil Spencer
"I believe it's an identity that this industry needs"
Mr Moose
Member
PS users have been playing Call of Duty for years.