Management’s goal of 30% profit margins for gaming has led to job losses, canceled projects
Please drink a verification can.
Take it from the CEO bonus.
Gotta fund that “AI” grift by any means necessary.
Imagine Microsoft’s top management was competent and leveraged their PC operating system monopoly with their dominant gaming position (ABK + Minecraft alone are massive, not even counting Bethesda and the older 1st studios).
with their dominant gaming position
If only Microsoft ever had that position. They’ve been distant third since the Switch 1 came out, distant second from day 1 of the PS4.
If only Microsoft ever had that position. They’ve been distant third since the Switch 1 came out, distant second from day 1 of the PS4.
Wrong. You confuse the Xbox console with Microsoft’s overall position as game publisher which includes all of Activision-Blizzard-King, Bethesda, Minecraft, Halo, Forza,… across multiple platforms.
You’re confusing the word “dominant”. They’ve never been even remotely close to being dominant in gaming.
You’re confusing the word “dominant”. They’ve never been even remotely close to being dominant in gaming.
Look up the revenue numbers. Nobody else comes close. Minecraft alone with its different editions is massive.
Sony easily beat them lol. Did you even look up the numbers?
Sony easily beat them lol.
PlayStation consoles beat Xbox consoles but that’s not the whole gaming market. Microsoft and their subsidiaries publish games for PlayStation, Nintendo, iPhones, Windows,… This is really not hard to understand.
Did you even look up the numbers?
Yep, revenue numbers from when ABK was still independent, user numbers of the various Minecraft editions, etc. All public information easily to find for any person with basic media competency.
Articles like https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/microsoft-was-the-no-1-games-publisher-in-the-world-last-month/ are really easy to find.
Now go look at both companies total gaming revenue for the whole year, not just the month that the biggest game of the year releases.
PlayStations revenue is about 50% more than Xbox’s.
The title reads like “gimme more money”, which isn’t very far from the truth
So you’re telling me M$ will kill the xbox division for good?
An Xbox spokesperson said in a statement that they take a long-term view of their business and that success “doesn’t look the same across every project or priority.” - “We look at the business as a whole, balancing creativity, innovation, and sustainability across a diverse portfolio of offerings,” the spokesperson said.
HAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHHAHAHAHAHAHA
Oh my fucking god, these corporate stoogesTo account for the lost sales, Xbox offers its developers a credit, which it calls “member-weighted value” and is calculated based on several factors, such as the number of hours that Game Pass players collectively spend on a particular title. The opaque formula seems to favor games in which players can spend the most amount of hours, such as online multiplayer titles, according to people familiar with the calculations.
Interesting, that explains why some studios are getting fucked out of that deal
In July, Hood said on a call with investors that operating income in the Xbox division rose 34% for the quarter that ended in June due to “continued prioritization of higher margin opportunities.” The company is due to report earnings again on Oct. 29.
I’m sure M$ can keep cancelling projects and firing people ad infinitum to ensure a continual rise of operating income /s
Private Equity mindset ruins everything.
