UK minister: It’s not a problem that Grand Theft Auto isn’t UK-owned
… How do you solve a problem like Xbox Game Pass? The big story this week is that Xbox is set to change the pricing on Game Pass. …
The big story this week is that Xbox is set to change the pricing on Game Pass. Again. This time the subscription service will receive a price cut, just over six months since its whopping 50% price hike in October last year. The catch? Brand new Call of Duty games could be excluded from the service (or at least will need to be added on). A drop in users was inevitable after that initial hike, but Xbox would have expected a rise in revenue overall. Xbox boss Asha Sharma reportedly told staff that Game Pass had become ‘too expensive’, so presumably it’s lost more players than anticipated. Unfort
UK minister: It’s not a problem that Grand Theft Auto isn’t UK-ownedUnlike PlayStation, Xbox does release games on PC and console at the same time. But again, the results have been mixed. Starfield did well on PC, selling over two million games on Steam back in September 2023 (Ampere). But if we look at last year’s games, the results were less-than-impressive. Avowed had just 140,000 players at launch, The Outer Worlds 2 peaked at 170,000, while Indiana Jone and the Great Circle reached just 240,000. Steam isn’t all about the launch period, and PC Game Pass figures are not included, but even so, these are soft numbers. Nevertheless, Xbox has made PC a major pa
Should PlayStation and Xbox change their plans on exclusive games?
… How do you solve a problem like Xbox Game Pass? The big story this week is that Xbox is set to change the pricing on Game Pass. …
… There were small things like changing the logo and altering the company name, and more significant shifts, such as cutting the price of Game Pass and making some first-party games console exclusive. …
… What’s more, the profit margins on Xbox’s first-party games are impacted by their inclusion in the Game Pass subscription service. Putting its games on PlayStation not only widens the audience considerably, it’s also an audience that will buy the games at a premium price point. …
… She’s changed the name of the division, reduced the price of Game Pass, and brought back exclusive games. …