Did I say you were calling it crap?
You said it was spin. So yeah, the implication was that I was down-playing the service for the purposes of anti-MS propaganda and was trying to convince the public not to buy Game Pass because 2020 was going to be a rubbish year for gaming.
Ok Neil Cavuto how do you convince holiday shoppers to buy into a platform this year that has a service that is constantly changing & will get better next year but you can't tell them what all those titles will be right now? I really would like to know what a wise business entrepreneur as yourself would do.
You advertise the service as it is, show what games are coming in the short, mention more games are added every year without implying any limitations. Give numbers on how many games will be available to subscribers, so "access to over 300 games with new content added monthly for only $10 per month" and a montage of the biggest, bestest, loudest, most popular games that people are most like to instantly see value in, without needing them to be educated into the value of exploration of indie and left-field games.
Honestly, how is it better to show 32 games for 2020 without any word that there'll be more than this than to say that since launch, 5+ games a month has been added (was that over a hundred in the year?) including <list biggest and best titles here>? By not being explicit, you leave pundits filling in the blanks with their own expectations of more of the same or better.
Anyway, if you can convince them this year that the future is bright for the service, they are less likely to jump to a different service or platform next year. A year that will see 2 new platforms launch. I think it's a great time to show prospective buyers what the future will bring.
I agree, but if that future isn't (apparently) as strong as the past, you're better of, IMHO, showcasing how strong the service is
now.
I would even say it's solid not knowing what the other titles will be.
Where does MS's messaging say there will be other titles? Was that explicit, or are consumers having to work that out for themselves?
BTW, it's always console war when those who are not users of one platform come into said platform's threads. It's been like that here for years.
Rubbish. The
vast majority of users here, bias or no bias, engage in discussion about the points rather than the platforms and each other. You can see how platform bias ruins discussions by the god-awful mess that 'console RT' talk became. With that jerk constantly moaning about platform bias gone, it quickly settled down to people talking about the tech and possibilities and limitations. If you don't trust the rest of the community here to discuss fairly, you'll just keep poisoning discussions, both with responses that antagonise and also how you interpret people's ideas.
Incidentally, I've just realised my view of the game offerings was lower than it should be because I confused ID@Xbox with the bottom level tier. That's actually Live Creator's Program, so I thought these titles sounded like filler rather than quality indie titles. So the games themselves aren't as weak as my first impression seeing the list, but I still think, personal opinion, talking corporate messaging, that the message here wasn't a strong one and Game Pass could have been sold a lot more strongly.
