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[mckmas8808]

The Activision acquisition served just to the purpose of increasing revenues and turning Microsoft into a multiplatform publisher.
For the Xbox brand it was pure poison, the opposite outcome of what their fans expected/wanted.

But it helped the Microsoft Gaming brand in a BIG way.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

 

[JimmyRustler]

They should just trash it, admit that it was a mistake and finance great exclusives again.

There, I said it.

 

[HJuggernaut]

Yea because they haven't put any cod games there

 

[Pandawan]

Who is the worst aquisitioner Embracer Group for bying bunch of studios and selling them a few years later for cheaper price or Micrsosft for wasting 70 billions on Activion to find out it didn't boost GamePass

 

[Iced Arcade]

did they even put many Activision titles on gamepass? I know the recent COD but other than that?

 

[PauloRoberto]

Who is the worst aquisitioner Embracer Group for bying bunch of studios and selling them a few years later for cheaper price or Micrsosft for wasting 70 billions on Activion to find out it didn't boost GamePass

For a corporate POV, Microsoft, easy.

- Biggest aquisition of MS history
- A lot of dirty secrets/tactics were revelaved
- Now shareholders and other divisions will/are paying attention and they WANT results.

 

[SteadyEvo]

I simply don't care lol if it's profitable or not to MS.

Indy, Age of Mythology Remake, Stalker & CoD campaigns for a fraction of the price I would have paid if I had bought a perpetual license was a really good deal for me and in the future I hope MS keeps bleeding money to put high quality AAA ~$70 priced titles day 1 on gamepass.

That's my stance on it. For the price of 2 games I get a year of quality new releases Day 1.

 

[Arsic]

What about engagement?

 

[sainraja]

Their new strategy isn't fail-proof, obviously, nothing is. We have to understand that MS had to change the rules of engagement and needed to brute force a switch in how the market works and I think that is what they have been doing — it is the stage we are in right now. It makes no difference what put them in this situation.

You have to make the best of the situation you are in and they already tried playing by the established rules—it didn't work out, so I mean, putting their games on PS isn't an indicator of failure; this is the first time they are trying this, they failed with other strategies, but not this one. If they are successful, the others will be forced to follow, but that remains to be seen and I am afraid, this all depends on a cloud future which they are ready for.

 

[Crayon]

Their new strategy isn't fail-proof, obviously, nothing is. We have to understand that MS had to change the rules of engagement and needed to brute force a switch in how the market works and I think that is what they have been doing — it is the stage we are in right now. It makes no difference what put them in this situation.

You have to make the best of the situation you are in and they already tried playing by the established rules—it didn't work out, so I mean, putting their games on PS isn't an indicator of failure; this is the first time they are trying this, they failed with other strategies, but not this one. If they are successful, the others will be forced to follow, but that remains to be seen and I am afraid, this all depends on a cloud future which they are ready for.

I was with you until others are forced to follow part. If nintendo and sony do work successfully within the established rules, why do they have to follow ms? There's this cope out there that ms is always leading the way, secretly winning while our eyes say it's losing.

 

[sainraja]

I was with you until others are forced to follow part. If nintendo and sony do work successfully within the established rules, why do they have to follow ms? There's this cope out there that ms is always leading the way, secretly winning while our eyes say it's losing.

Well, I did say it remains to be seen. They may not follow at all... hard to say right now.

 

[Sanepar]

Thanks gamers for not embrace this crap subscription model!

 

[onnextflix5]

They need rethink their strategy, day one is a mistake, a hybrid model like ps plus, is much better, they need a console first approach, not this day one everywhere nonsense, carry on like this, they will be out of the console business soon enough.

 

[IAmNotFromDelaware]

Have they tried adding more rainbows in their games?

 

[Beechos]

Watch them bundling office 365 with gamepass soon to boost up numbers.

 

[Beechos]

They need rethink their strategy, day one is a mistake, a hybrid model like ps plus, is much better, they need a console first approach, not this day one everywhere nonsense, carry on like this, they will be out of the console business soon enough.

It eventually can work once they buyout some more big pubs and own most gamings ip/catalogs outside of nintendo and sony where the only way to play them will be on gamepass at that point they will long be out of the console business though.

 

[Kumomeme]

it just add value to the xbox studio by adding ton of fully established ip that they failed to generate by themself.

 

[demigod]

Thanks PS, PC, Nintendo gamers for not embracing this crap subscription model!

Fixed for you.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

Watch them bundling office 365 with gamepass soon to boost up numbers.

You joke but they have already put Xbox into Windows...

 

[Ashamam]

You have to make the best of the situation you are in and they already tried playing by the established rules

Buying Activision was out of the 'established rules' playbook? I don't think so, the acquisitions were an example of trying to disrupt established rules. My point being this isn't so much a new strategy as a new.. new.. strategy. It's beyond me why they don't have new management.

 

[sainraja]

Buying Activision was out of the 'established rules' playbook? I don't think so, the acquisitions were an example of trying to disrupt established rules. My point being this isn't so much a new strategy as a new.. new.. strategy. It's beyond me why they don't have new management.

Re-read my post. I am saying exactly that. I didn't mention acquisitions specifically but it is an action they have taken to support this new strategy. I was referring to their strategy of putting their games on all available platforms, including competing ones.

 

[Beechos]

You joke but they have already put Xbox into Windows...

That is the grand plan. Sub, sub, sub. Remember when computer productivity software used to cost hundreds of dollars for every release now everything is a sub.