… In an internal memo to Xbox employees, obtained by The Verge, Sharma admits that “Game Pass has become too expensive for players” and that Microsoft needs “a better value equation.” “Game Pass is central to gaming value on Xbox. …
… Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. …
… Sources at Xbox tell me Sharma has been looking closely at Game Pass pricing recently, with a view to offering a wider range of pricing models. …
… There have been suggestions that there’s money to be made in mining asteroids, or extracting rare earth elements from the Moon, or performing drug research in microgravity, but there is vigorous debate among experts over the business cases for these plans. …
… That’s the argument I’m making — not that there’s no value, but the value exchange is not clear enough. …
… The Internet darling valued at $100 billion in 2001 when it merged with Time Warner is for sale by Apollo Global Management for about 1 percent of that. …
… Have you debated it? Do you have an agreement? We debate it a lot. …
… That kind of dynamic customer response – in terms of pricing, people are making it illegal in this country to do dynamic pricing in that way because it feels unfair. …
… There is strategic value in having the right strategic relationship with the not-for-profit, and that value goes to all shareholders. …