Image credit- Tech CrunchĪccording to the reports, the Steam Deck is efficient in running the 8,000 titles available on its Verified list and Library, furthermore, higher-end games may give it a tough time in its processes. Also, they are planning its series to reveal and make it available to its users. And despite their messaging, there is more to GamePass outreach than just delighting gamers: attracting and keeping developers is at least as important.In addition, Yang considered that “a true next-gen Deck with a significant bump in horsepower wouldn’t be for a few years.” He stated this as a reward because the company cheerfully completed one year of the launch of Steam Deck. Gamepass is more akin to microtransactions than most folks realize.īootom line: there is way more to the MS strategy than just putting game streaming everywhere. Because most AAA games today come with DLC and some form of post-sale revenue generator. That is why the counterintuitive 'developers make more money putting games on gamepass' is true. DLC and microtransaction elements aren't included. Note that GamePass offers up the basic games only. They give game developers a (mostly) precictable market to target that is independent of gamepass.

Make no mistake, the consoles are as important as the BC catalog. That and ubiquity: so getting it on every platform extant is a good thing.Īs long as a flagship platform exists to show off tbe games at tbeir best. GamePass is great but for GamePass to make business sense it needs to be paired with oldies but goodies.i Old (successful) games can be a license to print money if handled correctly and the easiest way is by taking tbem (cheaply) to non-console games. Or, as EA just discovered, tbe first MASS EFFECT. There are folks playing HALO CE for the first time every day.

The MS subscription + sales strategy lets them make money off 20 year old games. More seriously, reaching out to non-console gamers is a far easier way to grow their gaming ecosystem than either trying to steal market share from other consoles (see above) or goi ng software-only which is both presentist (what have you done for me lately) and hit or miss.t They will be railing against MS daring to compete against their 'precious' until they kick the bucket. If the PS3 launch edition and WiiU didn't convince them to switch brands nothing never will.

Well, the thing is the console market suffers from baby duck syndrome and it is dominated by older folks who imprinted on Sony and Nintendo and will never accept an XBOX.

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