“With the acquisition of a publisher such as Activision Blizzard, and considering the risk of the company’s content becoming exclusive to Xbox, it is likely that the eventual conclusion of the transaction will give Microsoft a considerable competitive advantage in the console sector,” it said.Brazilian regulator says Sony could compete without Call of Duty, like Nintendo does“Even so, CADE does not see that such an advantage represents a risk of closing this market for current competitors.
“In turn, Sony has several predicates – strength of the world’s leading brand for more than 20 years, extensive experience in the sector, largest user base, largest installed base of consoles, robust catalog of exclusive games, partnerships with multiple third-party publishers, brand loyal consumers, etc – which should contribute to maintaining the competitiveness of PlayStation in a possible post-transaction scenario, even in the face of the possible loss of access to Activision Blizzard...
Insane
That's a terrible number. No wonder why they do not announce subscriptions numbers. Very embarrassing.
That's alot of cheeseburgers
That's alot of cheeseburgers
Game Pass is doing really well, and nothing can change that 😁
So much for that they're losing money with Game Pass argument. Back to the drawing board console warriors you need to come up with the next round of BS that'll get proven wrong yet again.
And 99% of all offerings are fucking trash 2 star games at best.
I only paid 1 dollar
Here come the looser ponies crying and whining like there leader about profit versus revenue lol it’s just sad and pathetic!! Who cares they are making truck loads of money!! MS didn’t become a multi trillion dollar company by loosing money ponies!!
Revenue =/= profit Give us the numbers ms
So it breaks down to roughly $175 million a month👌
is that a good or bad thing, because I remember the 'Game pass isn't sustainable' discourse and $2b isn't anything to really scoff at
Cool... Why should I care?
Sony needs to see this so they can do better. Majority of people don't want to stream ps3 games to play them and the options available for Ps1 and Ps2 games are disappointing
Now they just gotta acquire companies and get alot more exclusives. This will make great game libraries to prefer Xbox
I expected more, to be honest. COD alone makes more than 3 billion a year. So 2,9 billion for game pass is not that overwhelming.
HandsomeMatt1 So does that mean they might make things a bit more reasonably priced?
If I were microsoft, I'd use this data as proof they wouldn't cannibalize and monopolize the gaming industry.
Gross , I wonder what they netted
And how much is profit so they can work how long this deal would take to pay off ? Any real gamepass numbers ? Oh it’s just a fluff piece about revenue lol
Not bad to say “Xbox has no games”
oh my god that's BIG 😍
DOUBT that. Everybody I know have unsubscribed from it
Microsoft generated $2.9 billion from Xbox Game Pass last year, regulatory docs suggest.
There is going to come a time Xbox will not be making consoles just software and peripherals
Keyword, generated. Missing keyword is the qualifier, profit or revenue. Which means it's likely revenue.
Best part of this is pony spin on how little money or comparing to the number of subs on PSN - without comparing numbers of subs. Sony counts inactive subs so there's that to factor in. Guess if it keeps them cozy until November.
How much do they pay the studios to put their games on GP? Genuine question.
Sales are vanity, profit is sanity.
Now maybe drop Game Pass Ultimate price to $9.99
Profit but no games. Users are only enriched by corporate profits and endure days without games.
Well, that was from January 2021, we know they had 25 million users in January 2022
色花堂❤️98堂Microsoft generated $2.9 billion from Xbox Game Pass last year, regulatory docs suggest.
savageba55tard Wasn't there someone from Playstation that claimed a subscription service like Gamepass isn't sustainable?
So basically, if u buy an xbox u dont buy any games at all?
Interesting numbers.
Too bad making the games work via Xbox and MS Store apps is a pain. 🙃
The salt on here runs strong in the fanboys.
PS fanboys need Gamepass to be losing money to justify Sony not giving them such a consumer friendly option. Figure it out already! Sony this Gen is all about taking the most $$ from you as possible.
DAMN!!!! MS/XBOX is killing it!
Must be nice to charge 100 bucks to turn games free tf
I think I'm in the minority here where I actually like to own games permanently rather than have them tied to a subscription service js
Microsoft is not a charity.If game pass wasn't doing good then it's ceo wouldn't be making this big investments in gaming.
It should be way higher now.Phil Spencer said it long time ago that game pass is sustainable but fanboys refused to believe it.
And profit?
So revenue from one user between $ 13.4- $ 16.1 (15-18 mln subscrubers) per month. Which is more than the service costs. This is bullshit. Maybe with dlc, micro and gold revenue.
Impressive numbers with an assumption that 2.9 billion $ is only from the monthly subscription payments made by consumers (also considering game pass is subsidized in a lot of countries)
Why are there so many people saying 'Oh it's not profitable so it's bad' so what? They gave us the best deal in gaming and we're talking about Microsoft. Fucking Microsoft. If they wanna throw away money for you, just take it and stop complaining. Fuckin console warriors man
Well let's see if they keep hiding theirs profits when discussing revenues from now on, then we will know if this is actually profitable. It sure would be a gut punch to Sony's stance on Their subscription service
but is it profitable? lol we know almost every sub-service is not.
great, now they need another 25 years to pay for the Activision Blizzard acquisition
that’s nearly half of the bethesda deal alone paid back in gamepass of all places lmfao
JAAY_ROCK_ Best service and console on the market
JAAY_ROCK_ Yet XB still made far less than PlayStation as a whole. Gamepass is great, PS+ extra is quite solid. Game services are excellent value but it's staggering how people promote game pass and ignore all of the problems elsewhere. The service is good but damn talk about other things.
To put this into perspective. Fallout 4 'sold' an estimated 14 million copies, or an estimated $840 million at retail. Just short of $1 billion. One game. GP isn't anywhere remotely as profitable as people may think it is.
Revenue, not profit
Ok now what are the costs, because revenue doesn't mean much
What's the amount they pay out for third party games & First party development?
They’re gonna make $10 Billion a year once this happens
Saved me a ton of money as well, thank you Gamepass!
Hot damn!
Revenue isn’t profit fyi
Crazy to think one year of revenue paid off nearly half of the Bethesda purchase.
Basically, it’s profitable cause no way they put over 3 billion into Gamepass alone last year
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