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Re: Xbox Game Pass Annual Revenue Nears $5 Billion For First Time, Says Microsoft CEO

Coletrain

@BAMozzy so my mum, who is 70 and plays candy crush, doesn't spend a penny on it mind, never played anything even close to a console or PC in her life, is a good barometer of how successful Microsoft gaming is? Just because they acquired King? Not really though is she.

It's just a way for Nadella to tell investors how big the whole thing has got with this ABK acquisition. It's absolute tripe, and has nothing to do with Microsoft gaming.

For the record I don't hate COD and I adore Pentiment. But let's just agree to disagree on these numbers being in any way worthwhile as a way of knowing how well Xbox gaming is doing. When Amy Hood predicts to that the financials will decrease in Q1 2026, you can bet that King sales have jack all to do with it

Re: Xbox Game Pass Annual Revenue Nears $5 Billion For First Time, Says Microsoft CEO

Coletrain

@BAMozzy did I dispute that a mobile player was a MAU? No, I didn't. I said it inflates the figures.

And yes, as an Xbox gamer I very much do want to see how that translates to console and PC users without mobile. My PERSONAL OPINION is that presenting these figures like this is BS because it presents a mobile player as no different from a hardcore gamer like me, so it tells me nothing interesting about my hobby and it's success

Re: Xbox Game Pass Annual Revenue Nears $5 Billion For First Time, Says Microsoft CEO

Coletrain

@Ricky-Spanish no offence taken bud, no disputing how successful the gaming division has been at all and I'm a huge Xbox fan now.

I'm thinking more that the total addressable console and PC market that can access Xbox games (let's just ignore grannies and kids playing candy crush on iPad for a minute lol) is probably 500m on its own, so when they say that stat alongside gaming revenue and services growth, its just misleading

Re: Microsoft Highlights First-Party & Xbox Game Pass Success In FY25 Q4 Earnings Report

Coletrain

@VoidPunk I don't like that they fired turn 10 but as a game, FM8 was trash. Low effort, nothing fun to do. Once I was over the initial thrill of it being a new game I drifted away quick.

I mean that we (consumers) are still being supported with games, I was replying to a comment around someone being worried about hardware sales affecting Xbox consumers. Not sure what you mean about the Xbox exclusives losing $100 though sorry

Re: PlayStation's Q2 2025 Sales Charts Are In, And Xbox Is Dominating The List (US)

Coletrain

@fatpunkslim no no, I saw that news several times over. Generated a lot of clicks I'm sure!

I agree, Sony will follow at their own pace, but it's not their business model right now. Don't get me wrong, I'm not in the camp of "if you think that means god of war and the last of us you're a simp", but one job listing means nothing in terms of broad strategy. Now Helldivers 2, that's more a signal of intent

Re: Talking Point: So, What Other PS5 Games Do You Want To See Come To Xbox?

Coletrain

Probably would want gran turismo just with Forza dieing on its backside, but honestly I'm not really wanting any of the Sony games. Would have bought a ps5 if I did. I burned out on cinematic 3rd person action adventure story games during the PS4 era.

Still, really cool to see them at least planning for this kind of thing, I don't think it devalues the brand because it's already so, so strong

Re: Xbox Game Pass Contributed To 'An All-Time High' For Subscription Spending Last Month (US)

Coletrain

@Scrubchub of course they would, who would pay £/$70 for Spiderman 2 if you could pay 15/20 and complete it in a month.

I know the internet is a crappy place for discourse a lot of the time, but I just hate this sentiment that ps buyers sometimes act morally superior based on their choice of console (I know, it's not all of you ps buyers!) It really wouldn't cost me much to trade in my XSX and get a ps5, it's a choice I've made because it suits my gaming needs better and it costs me a heck of a lot less

Re: Xbox Game Pass Contributed To 'An All-Time High' For Subscription Spending Last Month (US)

Coletrain

@Scrubchub obviously you have to buy the games if you want the latest and greatest on ps5, and I think because the choice isn't there (like with GPU) then some people end up with a tribal mentality that game pass users and the option to have it is killing the industry. Xbox bad, PS good etc.

Like, if that turns out to be the case MS will stop doing it and I'll happily stop using it, but we're not some inferior beings incapable of rational decisions on how we consume games and services. On forums you get "Xbox trains users not to buy games" like we're Pavlov's dogs!