Comment on $6.2B in profit wasn't enough: Nvidia hikes GeForce Now prices for Canada and Europe

• IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  MS probably doesn’t even make a profit with GamePass. They spend hundreds of millions to get Triple-A games on the service. GamePass is great for the consumer but in the end it will destroy the industry as we know it and give MS way too much power in the industry. People like to shit on Epic for their exclusivity deals, but MS is doing the same with GamePass. MS is trying to monopolize the customer base. And once they have achieved that they will not only raise their prices but lower the amount they will give to developers.

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  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Phil Spencer confirmed it’s not making money in the FTC leaks. That’s why in MS’s financials they don’t disclose gamepass financials.

    It actually staggers me how widespread the belief that MS won’t up prices is. I wonder if they thought the same about Netflix or cable TV subscriptions? Lol

    And yeah, also in the FTC leaks MS stated they’d love to do a hostile takeover of Nintendo or Valve if they got the choice. I don’t know why people think Microsoft are on their side. They’re a 2.5 trillion dollar company with a history of anti-competitive behaviour lol

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    • variants@possumpat.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I dont think anyone doubts the prices will go up, but if it costs less than a AAA game every few months then people will pay it for the ability to play those games without a console or PC and to be able to play multiple games for the price of one

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• LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  And again if that happens I’ll happily evaluate the value. For now I’ll choose to save thousands and use that money in the future for theoretical price hikes.

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  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You don’t think MS will up prices? Lol

    Phil Spencer in the MS FTC leaks literally said that Gamepass isn’t making money

    And save thousands? Thousands? You’d seriously be buying more than 33 AAA games each year? Sounds like you’re exaggerating by a pretty large amount lol

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    • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Oh at least 30. I probably clear a game every 2-3 weeks. And even if they up prices

      I’ll deal with prices as they come for now, I’m saving, yes thousands and playing more games than ever.

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  • eltrain123@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes valve, ea, Ubisoft, Nintendo, sony, all on the verge of bankruptcy. I’m sure all of them will crack any day now.

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• ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This only really works if they start making games exclusive to gamespass

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  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I don’t think that necessarily has to be true.

    Even so, MS is already dabbling with buying publishers and wielding them as a weapon through enforcing exclusivity. See buying Bethesda and destroying development of the PS5 port for Starfield. I think it’s naive to think this will get better and not worse.

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