First link is 2021, Im not just quoting Aaron in the 2nd link. Not sure if the link has showed up.
Heavily reinvesting from and probably investing from other Xbox profits and doesn’t mean Gamepass is profiting, close to or will do.
Maybe eventually everything becomes streaming, but doesn't it will carry on with this model.
Its a good deal and maybe Nintendo and Playstation will do the same with 1st party or maybe its profitable enough and they wont.
Part of me would be interested but I like own certain games, and depends on price.
It's not very often I see someone contradict themselves so thoroughly. So congrats for that I guess.
You're repeatedly saying that nobody has said GP is profitable. In your quote above, you make sure to clearly define that line of being profitable by saying that "doesn't mean Gamepass is profiting, close to, or will do".
The main source is apparently Aaron Greenberg, and you so kindly provided a link as well.
Its not profitable. Not sure what you’re on about
https://segmentnext.com/2021/05/06/xbox-game-pass-profits/
Microsoft’s video game subscription service Xbox Game Pass may be a fantastic value for money offer for Xbox gamers, but many have wondered where the profit is for Microsoft. Unsurprisingly, there isn’t much. Speaking on an episode of the What’s Good Games podcast, Xbox marketing general...
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The thing that impresses me most is your header for the link. That's bold. To claim something with such certainty, only to immediately provide a link that clearly states otherwise. Convincing? No, not in the slightest. Bold? Absolutely.
Remember, you clearly defined it.
"Profiting"
"Close to"
"Or will do"
If the words in the link itself "Gamepass not a big profit" weren't clear enough, your trusty source Greenberg reiterates it in the article with "Xbox marketing general manager Aaron Greenberg explained that, while the subscription service isn’t extremely profitable"
"Isn't extremely profitable" and "not a big profit" obviously doesn't mean what you think it does, because it means that while it's not "a big" profit or "extremely profitable".... That it is indeed profitable.
You've been all over this page screaming to anyone who will listen, that it's absolutely not profitable despite your very own source saying otherwise. Now why don't you trod off somewhere else to so miserably argue that point.