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Microsoft’s strategy in the video game sector focuses on attracting as many players as possible in the Xbox ecosystem, whatever the device they use. A fundamental part of this strategy is Xbox Game Pass, its starry subscription service which offers great value to players.
However, this service also has an impact on game sales, because any game available as part of the subscription service library It could lose around 80% of its premium sales provided in Xbox.
And all this at the top of subscriptions to 1 euro
Multiplayer games are an exception, as an increase in players in Xbox consoles can have a positive impact on additional content sales. Although well, we could apply it to unique game games with the sale of DLC. Recall that Microsoft pays part to publishers to bring the game to Game Pass in order to reduce possible losses. In addition, the service allows certain developers to bring players to try their games, it is beneficial to them.
But today's news is already more than questioned the profitability of the service. It was to doubt whether or not the service generates the advantages of practically born. Today, we know that at least if it generates conscious income. Or at least it guarantees that Richie Choudhary, former director of Xbox, who revealed in her LinkedIn profile that From 2019 to 2021, the subscription service generated $ 2 billion per year. He thinks that these years were the years when Microsoft was more aggressive with promotions of 1 euro or very crazy conversions of gold to the success of the ultimate game for years.
Old but interesting
Xbox Game Pass used to gain $ 2 billion a year of income#Xbox pic.twitter.com/n5wavebjh– Timur222 (@ bogorad222) April 4, 2025
Of course, that does not tell us the health of Game Pass because we do not know the costs, and therefore, we do not know whether or not it gives advantages. So doubt is there. What we can make sure is that at least it charges barbarism and possibly over time and dependence increasingly lower than Microsoft of third parties, the costs are lower, and therefore the advantages compensate.
In addition, you must keep in mind right now, those of Redmond They must amortize the purchase of Bethesda and Activisionwhich came out for a good peak.
