alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 months agoMicrosoft reportedly estimated that Game Pass led to $300 million in lost sales of Black Ops 6, with 82% of copies sold being on the Game Pass-less PlayStation 5www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down12
arrow-up1102arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft reportedly estimated that Game Pass led to $300 million in lost sales of Black Ops 6, with 82% of copies sold being on the Game Pass-less PlayStation 5www.pcgamer.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareyesman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoSubscription > point of sale. It’s way more profitable to be a landlord than a shop keeper. That’s why everything is subscription now.
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoOnly if you can keep people subscribed, the lure of a true perpetual purchase, vs a subscription service is that subscription is a lower fee. But they have to lock you in somehow.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·3 months agoBut they lost money
minus-squareMongostein@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·3 months agoThey didn’t mention GamePass income. There are people out there who basically only play Call of Duty. They’d be paying $360 a year for it.
minus-squareJerkyChew@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoDon’t forget how much we pay for DLC. Those Blackcell Battle Passes and Beavis & Butthead skins aren’t included with GamePass.
minus-squareMongostein@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI don’t play it so I wasn’t even thinking of that. Good point!
Subscription > point of sale. It’s way more profitable to be a landlord than a shop keeper. That’s why everything is subscription now.
Only if you can keep people subscribed, the lure of a true perpetual purchase, vs a subscription service is that subscription is a lower fee. But they have to lock you in somehow.
But they lost money
They didn’t mention GamePass income.
There are people out there who basically only play Call of Duty. They’d be paying $360 a year for it.
Don’t forget how much we pay for DLC. Those Blackcell Battle Passes and Beavis & Butthead skins aren’t included with GamePass.
I don’t play it so I wasn’t even thinking of that. Good point!