More NA only promotions. XD
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Thank you for that. The tweet lists old generation consoles they are stop dealing with, PSP, PS1, PS2, GBA, and Xbox. I found the response tweet here:
https://twitter.com/marcos27pr/status/1445006500871692288?s=19
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These companies all measure their revenue gain per ad $ spent. So they know how effective or otherwise the various avenues are. Itās not like they just make it up.
Not about the funds itās about how effective it is. I also think gamepass as a concept isnāt easy to advertise in 30 seconds. Netflix didnāt advertise much did they? Not that I remember seeing anyway.
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Iām not sure about Netflix but Spotify, HBO and Disney+ have done/does it.
Itās not like these companies donāt commit mistakes, marketing wise MS has always had many misses.
Anyway, concerning Xbox, they are still marketing with much less funds outside anglosphere, certainly less than Windows, XD https://twitter.com/MicrosoftUAE/status/1445072333392207878?s=20
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but donāt xbox make/sell digital cards ? they can make a deal both end can profit from it
Xbox series launch had similar marketing stunts didnāt it?
There is a difference between a conversation about targeting regions and their advertising strategy. I think in general MS have decided that traditional advertising doesnāt do much for them.
I said explicitely they market things well within anglosphere andā¦thatās it.
Concerning traditional advertising vs their āorganicā shit, I honestly think itās a cost saving choice, Iām not really convinced it is as effective as Sony marketing for example.
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With even Nintendo embracing cloud versions of games, going a step beyond digital games, I wonder how the retail market will react. Maybe theyāll be alright with it since they can still sell the kid targeted AmiiBos or other profit friendly accessories? Or maybe digital redemption cards?
Thereās still pockets of console warriors clutching at the physical only sales numbers, but its just a matter of time before thatās gone entirely.
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Yes, unlike other thing that have seen revolutions in digitalisation like books for example, physical games have 0 worth/use other than as collectibles maybe.
More US only promotions, there is one each new day, lol. I think this subject is much more important than useless (for actual Xbox customers) Nintendo collabsā¦IDK how they could be so narrow minded to think world ends outside NA or, in the best case, with good old UK dominions.
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Consoles are DRM infested nightmares, so I get why people would prefer to have physical versions for that reason. For PC, digital has been the standard for over a decade cuz of the open ecosystem anyway, plus games that release for PC are gonna have the best shot at being preserved long term.
OKAY WE GET IT PHIL, YOU LIKE DESTINY 2.
Like Destiny 2 isnāt even an Xbox franchise, why include it on the packaging?
Gears of War would have made more sense, or a Forza car, or SOMETHING.
This is why the whole ā3 billion gamersā thing Xbox talks of seems like such an empty ideal to me, there are so many things they gotta work on before they even start to penetrate these non western markets, itās crazy.
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Itās not even āwestern marketsā, itās ānot anglo-american marketsā, lol, a subset within a subset.
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Maybe on the 20th anniversary of Xbox Phil announce that Bungie has been reacquired Xbox very 1st first party studio comes back home would not shock me at all if something crazy like that happen.
I was just wondering why Destiny was on the packaging.
The Same Destiny Bungie made timed deals with PS and kept content away from Xbox. I understand it was more Craptivisions doing but still. When Bungie left that Sack of shite publisher they didnāt exactly do exclusive content for Xbox did they. Not that I care or have ever cared about Destiny but it has a huge install base on Xbox(my brother played it a lot) but was pissed off there was 2 year delay on added content.
Not that I care for Trolli or Destiny. I donāt like the idea of neglecting your own IPās in favour of 3rd party ones.
On top of it: Trolli is a german company, and still this is another us-only thing.
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This promotion is valid for every Xbox Live country, very well. Unfortunately this is the exception, not the rule, expecially fort 1st party games.
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