“Greg Miller of Kinda Funny had a roughly 40-minute-long interview with Todd Howard, of Bethesda fame. During the interview, Todd stated that Starfield's first expansion, Shattered Space, will be released in the Fall of 2024. Shattered Space is included for owners of the Starfield Gold Edition and is potentially going to focus on the elusive House Va'ruun.”
They also discussed new display modes coming to Starfield on “console“ 🤔 I will link to a video of that portion when it’s available.
More frames is always better. But playing the Switch at 30fps and Steam Deck at 40fps/higher settings has made me a little more tolerant. But given the choice (or playing a competitive multiplayer game) I am team 144+
Xbox putting live service games on other platforms is not only something they've been doing for years but it's also something that Sony does with MLB, Destiny 2, and the upcoming Marathon..
Holy hell… How disingenuous can one person be? How are you equating a licensing deal requirement and two games that were multiplat BEFORE an acquisition to Xbox putting their own games on competitors platforms?
I didn’t avoid anything. Your “question” is some gotcha nonsense. Of course ABK is part of Xbox. I didn’t separate the revenue numbers. They did. You two can try to spin that all you want. Xbox was illustrating that they’d be in the red without ABK while also showing that ABK didn’t have a great quarter either. That’s why when Xbox execs got in front of the press, all they wanted to talk about was their software sales performance on PlayStation… Your Xbox goon buddies on Twitter even broke down how Xbox talked more about PlayStation than Xbox on their last press release 😂🤣😂
@kvallyx: yep, when Microsoft repeatedly states that the Game Pass service is already financially viable, profitable, and sustainable, @ghostofgolden doesn't believe any of that..
but when Microsoft provides simple math that shows how beneficial the ABK purchase was, he translates that to "Xbox is doomed"..
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This is simple! All they’d have to do is show some of the “simple math” they provided in the quarterly results that shows that Game Pass is profitable. They have yet to do that. In fact they‘re the only company that doesn’t share any profits metrics. Them showing that Activision Blizzard had an operating deficit is the first time I think they’ve ever shared such data.
You and Antwan can’t shake the fact that Xbox themselves provided with and without ABK revenue figures and yoy comparisons. It really does a number on your spinning narrative 🤭
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So now you believe everything MS says? When they provided Game Pass numbers, you were convinced they were lying. NOW you trust them for some reason?
I point out how they play fast and loose with the truth in headlines and PR releases. A financial report is hard to dispute. They’ve been hush, hush on what information they’ve shared, sure. But they’ve always been transparent with their “games,” like when they were rolling software sales and services revenue together. It’s pretty obvious why they were doing that. And the only reason we knew was because they told us. When have I said they were lying about Game Pass numbers? I’ve said they’ve stretched the truth with the “profitable for us” claim. Which is hardly a hot take.
They do that to demonstrate the ABK acquisition was a sound investment, it's a way for executive leadership to demonstrate that they have a degree of competence, I.E we have identified a weakness in our hardware demand and thus first party exclusive investment will not be sufficient or have an appropriate ROI to justify the level of risk for the required capital expenditure, so they went a different route to grow revenue through a major acquisition, so the with/without comparisons are there to vindicate the executive leaderships decisions. The operating loss is also expected to reverse as costs associated with the merger reduce/cease and the market rolls into Holiday 24 which should provide a bump in revenue. Xbox hardware volumes being down and continuing to head down is exactly in line with predictions and is partially what spurred the ABK deal.
Yup. Like I stated earlier, mergers and acquisitions are their growth plan moving forward. What they showed in their financials breakdown was that the ABK acquisition brought in a great deal of revenue. But also that without it, they would have been down year over year. ABK alone won’t save them. Xbox needs something to hit or they will just fall year over year in ‘25. Their games have been performing well on the PlayStation platform, so maybe that’s the boost they’ll need moving forward.
@ghostofgolden: Maybe you should answer the question you were asked instead of dragging me in your avoidance .😂
You and Antwan can’t shake the fact that Xbox themselves provided with and without ABK revenue figures and yoy comparisons. It really does a number on your spinning narrative 🤭
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