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Mina the Hollower sold over 500,000 copies...so far.
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2/ It was about finding a way to make Game Pass and cloud cheaper for people who can't afford it. It's about finding opportunities to leverage ads for people who can't afford the premium tiers of their products and services.
3/ "It is coming from that perspective of HOW do we reach more people..."
Like he said, he's not trying to flash a pizza in your face.
AND he has nothing to report on MSFT's plans anyway. This was all speculative.
The following is a DM I sent to a friend when Phil Spencer retired. Unfortunately, what I thought was going to happen...happened.
#Xbox over-extended, as did much of the industry.
1/ This segment from the Xbox "reset" almost certainly means the company will be investing in their core mega-IPs, and cutting, or downsizing the non-core IPs / studios.
They'll keep select small studios and BUs, but I expect a lot of downsizing in "non-core."
Here's a bit of positive news regarding #Xbox:
Forza Horizon 6 is still in the Global Steam top 10 for the week of June 2 - 9. It jumped a spot back up to 2nd position.
However, I've been told that if it wasn't on Game Pass, they would have sold 80 billion more units. 😆
2/ Additionally, expect much of the smaller IP work to move to contracts and 3rd party exclusives. I fully expect MSFT to lean more on the external dev strategy, so win or lose, those salaries are not on the payroll.
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1/ The full Matthew Ball section on #Xbox using ads:
youtu.be/rTM-I_HDC9A?...
He lead the conversation with tiers of services that are based on ads, not payments (or small payments).
