Starfield - 83 Metacritic.
Isn't it a winning strategy, though? Xbox is selling what, about half as many consoles as Playstation but generating 75% of the revenue. That's a fiscally more efficient when you consider hardware is usually the lowest markup item with the highest price tag in your product stack.
They have problem with their saying power/player retention. It wouldn't be an issue if Microsoft can pumps out games faster tho.
I didn't think XB revenue was available.
Has MS started revealing that? I'd also say operating profit was more important. $10 billion on $12 billion revenue would be way better business than $0.4 billion profit on $20 billion revenue.Wouldn't releasing mare games faster compound the issue of player retention?
The numbers I read were from a Windows Central article. Looks like the source of the data from the charts is Newzoo, a gaming analyst company.I didn't think XB revenue was available.
I haven’t verified this one; but it has several data points by July.
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All games do this. With the exception of a few live service games.
I'm glad that it's working for you and you're enjoying your experience. Unfortunately, it's not working for most consumers and they're picking other consoles. Most people purchase one console, maybe 2 and they're picking PS5 and Nintendo switch most of the time. It's just an undeniable fact. Of the AAA games that are released, the best come from Sony and Nintendo. 3rd party AAA are mostly time wasters like you said and are not worth playing. Barring rare exceptions like Rockstar, your multiplayer FPS, and Sports games, the rest is just unremarkable. This is especially true for Ubisoft games.
Thats cool that you're daughter is getting to experience a bunch of titles and you guys are getting to play together. I still want Spencer gone though and as someone who really enjoyed the 360 era of Xbox, he's dragging the whole ship down. He's got to go so that Xbox can start growing again.
Objective argument then quoting metacritic? Yes Metacritic, the bastion of game reviews..... I don't use metacritic for anything other than seeing how user reviews align with meta-critic reviews. That tells me how accurate the meta-reviews are... When you get your game for free from the publisher, you're inclined to be far less critical especially if you want to keep getting the game for free. If we're going to use "objective arguments", I'd trust the opinions of those who actually spent their hard earned money on the game than those who get it for free. 120k plus people determined that the games are 6-7/10 game. If you actually played both games, you'd see it clearly for yourself. That's exactly where I scored them when I played them and it seems that the masses agree.
I wonder why there more negative reviews in November when that is when the beta patch was freely available that improved performance.
No, i don't really think that most of the negative reviews are about performance. DLSS was available via mods shortly after release. You're merely speculating with no strong evidence to support that hypothesis. Regardless, the game still remains as the lowest rated Bethesda games. This is 3 consecutive misses in a row. Fallout 4 was a step back, Fallout 76 was a complete miss and this is yet another one. It's simply not a good game. In a rating scale that only really exists from 8-10, a 6 is basically unacceptable.
This all depends on how you define success, assuming that's what you mean when you say "it's working" or "not working". Is it a success if you make more money than your market competitors? If so, Microsoft, with the inclusion of ABK, would be more successful in that metric. Is it selling more hardware? If that's the case then Nintendo or Sony are winning, depending on how you classify them as competitors.
The video game market is changing and I wonder if historical precedent for what it means to win a console generation is even going to matter anymore.
That fact that Starfield has a lower average review score than The Elder Scrolls Redguard is proof that video game reviews are meritless beyond human comprehension. I'm only sort of being hyperbolic with this statement. I also find it somewhat funny that many people are complaining that Starfield isn't enough like older Bethesda games, when the reason I stopped playing it is because it's too much like a Bethesda game. I didn't find it bad, only uninspired in the same way I've found much of their output since and including Skyrim.
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Xbox will have "important announcements" at The Game Awards
Xbox's official newsletter is inviting players to tune in to The Game Awards show on December 8, 2023, for important announcements and Xbox news.
This is a good decision to be at The Game Awards.
