• Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works
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    19 hours ago

    The number may be high but it’s an almost insignificant proportion of the industry. There’s no industry pressure to be on Gamepass.

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      18 hours ago

      There’s no industry pressure to be on Gamepass, yet.

      Microsoft doesn’t willingly lose money on something unless they think they can make it into a market distorting rent extraction hellscape. something very profitable later.

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        16 hours ago

        A) it’s already profitable, as per Phil. Unless you think he’s misleading shareholders there’s no reason to doubt that claim. B) they would never be able to buy enough studios to create industry pressure to be on GP, it’s just not possible and the service would crumble under its own weight