Xbox Game Pass |OT| Our Backlogs Are Doomed

[Roronoa_Zoro90]

@TLLDOB

Yeah but when the pandemic stuff ends, all the subscription services will take a massive hit. At least that’s the theory. Yet Sony/Nintendo will be magically immune because they are 90% reliant on traditional retail sales. Forgetting for a moment that if the pandemic lockdown stuff ends, people will not have as much time for video games, period. Whether it’s Sony or Game Pass.

Sony and Nintendo model with full retail sales will take a harder hit, if any, cheap subscriptions with big value attached will flourish even more.

[TLLDOB]

@Roronoa_Zoro90

Sony and Nintendo model with full retail sales will take a harder hit, if any, cheap subscriptions with big value attached will flourish even more.

Well this is uncharted territory so we’ll find out for the first time right? Of course the lockdowns are not ending for another 6-9 months and it will take another 6-9 months after that to find out the ramifications for video games. So we can check back around fall of 2022 to see who won.

[SpiderLink]

Who’s to say how things will change when this plague ends? It’s not exactly a scenario we’ve encountered in recent history

I do wonder if xcloud will see more adoption if people are out and about more.

Incidentally, I don’t think it’s interesting to look at who “won”, I’m much more interested in how the paradigm changes than who does it.

[CallMeCraig]

@Roronoa_Zoro90

If they are at 23, it is more than 1M per month, it’s almost unbelievable, it’s like a rising tide.

If i understand Jez correctly, his 23 million figure is from 20th of April. Just remember when Microsoft reports their financial results next week, this number should be from end of March. So Microsofts official number could be a little bit lower.

[Roronoa_Zoro90]

@CallMeCraig

If i understand Jez correctly, his 23 million figure is from 20th of April. Just remember when Microsoft reports their financial results next week, this number should be from end of March. So Microsofts official number could be a little bit lower.

They may even not announce them, I think they will say “25 million etc…” at E3, it would be a smarter use of the info.

[CallMeCraig]

@Roronoa_Zoro90

They may even not announce them, I think they will say “25 million etc…” at E3, it would be a smarter use of the info.

maybe, but they gave the subscription numbers in all of their last quarterly results i think. We will find out shortly!

[Biggzy (Hassan)]

@TLLDOB

Yeah but when the pandemic stuff ends, all the subscription services will take a massive hit. At least that’s the theory. Yet Sony/Nintendo will be magically immune because they are 90% reliant on traditional retail sales. Forgetting for a moment that if the pandemic lockdown stuff ends, people will not have as much time for video games, period. Whether it’s Sony or Game Pass.

I am personally expecting the game industry to experience at least a mild dip due to people being able to spend their money on other leisure activities.

[Opatschi]

@TLLDOB

I guess Microsoft should start swapping out those XBox One S server blades with XBox Series S by now to keep up.

Its in testing

[No-1HoloLens-Fan]

@Mort

But guys… Video Pass!

TV TV TV

[No-1HoloLens-Fan]

@Daniel

…a point where it slows down because not every single Xbox owner will sub. For example there’s like 115m~ PS4’s out there but like 50m ish PS+ subs, Xbox has half that user base or less and already at a ‘rumoured’ 22M. We could see a slow down once it hits most Xbox users are subbed and then you will see them make a big push for PC/Mobile. I can just see people panic if game pass doesn’t get 1M subs per month, can already see the articles in my head; Xbox Game Pass has had 1M subs per month, but this month they have failed to deliver that. Xbox Game Pass has had 1M subs per month, but not any more. Xbox Game Pass starting to show the cracks as it failed to hit 1M sub growth this month Is Xbox Game Pass becoming stale and losing traction, this month it has failed to even reach 1M extra growth.

What will happen when last gen support will be ended? A tough battle that would be.

I would say, that is the biggest challenge for Gamepass.

The current chip shortage is doing harm to Gamepass.

But, the xCloud strategy and PC Expansion will save Gamepass.

Consoles are still very important.

[DeoGame (Farewell)]

@Hearthian

Give the marketing team massive raises. Great work!

[Voodoopeople]

[quote=“Daniel, post:2219, topic:902”]

The last report was at 18m users as of jan 26th

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Really? Is MS financial year 1 month out then? Because anything reported on 26th January is usually for the quarter September to December.

[Mort]

I just counted and I have a “backlog” of 82 games on Xbox Game Pass…

My real backlog of hundreds of games stares at me in horror.

[jfsolo]

@Mort

I just counted and I have a “backlog” of 82 games on Xbox Game Pass…

My real backlog of hundreds of games stares at me in horror.

You might not be ready to do it yet, but you need to pick about 10-12 of those games to say that you will definitely play, and have the other 70 as games that it’s cool to think about playing, but know that you never will.

[Mort]

@jfsolo

You might not be ready to do it yet, but you need to pick about 10-12 of those games to say that you will definitely play, and have the other 70 as games that it’s cool to think about playing, but know that you never will.

But…that would be to admit defeat… I can’t! Not yet! Nooooo

Is there a therapy group for backloggers somewhere? Only half-kidding…

[TLLDOB]

@Daniel

…a point where it slows down because not every single Xbox owner will sub. For example there’s like 115m~ PS4’s out there but like 50m ish PS+ subs, Xbox has half that user base or less and already at a ‘rumoured’ 22M. We could see a slow down once it hits most Xbox users are subbed and then you will see them make a big push for PC/Mobile. I can just see people panic if game pass doesn’t get 1M subs per month, can already see the articles in my head; Xbox Game Pass has had 1M subs per month, but this month they have failed to deliver that. Xbox Game Pass has had 1M subs per month, but not any more. Xbox Game Pass starting to show the cracks as it failed to hit 1M sub growth this month Is Xbox Game Pass becoming stale and losing traction, this month it has failed to even reach 1M extra growth.

You sound panicked by Game Pass growth, just stop it.

[TLLDOB]

@No-1HoloLens-Fan

What will happen when last gen support will be ended? A tough battle that would be.

I would say, that is the biggest challenge for Gamepass.

The current chip shortage is doing harm to Gamepass.

But, the xCloud strategy and PC Expansion will save Gamepass.

Consoles are still very important.

If the only thing hurting Game Pass is a chip shortage they’re doing very well. The worst thing is to have low demand and high supply(think 2014). Now they have high demand and limited supply, it’s actually a good thing. Sometimes scarcity creates a feeling of need.

[pg2g]

@TLLDOB

You sound panicked by Game Pass growth, just stop it.

He isn’t wrong. If MS sold 50-60 million XBO consoles and they represent a majority of subscribers (an assumption), to sustain this level of growth they need to see growth in PC and Mobile.

Mobile is still a pretty unproven market and still needs upgraded server blades. At the same time, they are achieving this without big titles. So… who knows.

[TLLDOB]

@pg2g

He isn’t wrong. If MS sold 50-60 million XBO consoles and they represent a majority of subscribers (an assumption), to sustain this level of growth they need to see growth in PC and Mobile.

Mobile is still a pretty unproven market and still needs upgraded server blades. At the same time, they are achieving this without big titles. So… who knows.

You think Game Pass isn’t getting a lot of PC users? I think it is. That’s a billion potential subscribers.

[pg2g]

@TLLDOB

You think Game Pass isn’t getting a lot of PC users? I think it is. That’s a billion potential subscribers.

It might be, agree that is a huge growth area. In my mind i am thinking its like 75% console but i spend 100% of my time on consoke centric forums so wtf do I know haha