@olddadgamer: Anyone can clearly see GameSpot and IGN are peasants in original reporting and only report on at least second-hand information from other outlets for clicks. Not well at all, either. At least, this article links to their source that clearly lists Goddard as the writer-director whose credits include said movies.
TL;DR: GameSpot once again copied somebody's homework and got caught red-handed.
I wonder how many clicks does it generate for GameSpot to, once again, totally misrepresent what was clearly said in an official communication. If I wanted, I could write an article destroying this piece of "reporting" easily. I, for one, like the occasional opinion pieces on this site, but for reporting news, you guys should be ashamed of yourselves.
Little correction: 11 games were shown, not 10 (as you can see on the recap image).
Cool format, and mostly everyone seem to have appreciated it. Credit where credit is due, shoutout to Tina Amini and team for listening to fan feedback and improving upon the format!
@blaznwiipspman1: And that's exactly what he said as well. GameSpot peak journalism once more... When asked about consolidation in general, Layden talked about how small studios being bought potentially destroys their creativity. Didn't even mention ABK. This site is a joke.
Consider like 10 million users paying $15 each month for Game Pass. That's a conservative baseline. Also consider additional revenues from attach rate, DLCs, consumables and additional purchases, users buying other games not on Game Pass -- because they will be kept in the ecosystem... Not counting additional attaches for Azure or M365 because it's even less straightforward, but it's there. Or hardware, like controllers.
That's easily hundreds of millions of revenue a month, extremely conservatively, all because of Game Pass. A month. So Microsoft can go to whoever and pay a few dozen millions for a deal and be unfazed and turn a giant profit still. People will buy Starfield. They'll subscribe to Game Pass, and even if only for a few months, they'll recoup the costs of development and marketing quite fast. And Starfield's going to have a very long tail.
I love how people with brains somehow can't figure this out. It's a business model. This is why engagement matters. And it works very well for them. And for me as well. Win-win-win.
Lots of paraphrasing in and from that one related article. They said Microsoft should reconsider putting in more effort IF the UK and EU put up roadblocks.
GameStop: "Why Some Experts Believe That Microsoft-Activision Blizzard Merger Won't Happen"
I know you guys have to feed the family and all, but this is a far cry from journalistic integrity.
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