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@klobrille What if multiplatform is profit maximizing for Xbox? Is this simply console warring at the end of the day?

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@RampCapitalLLC 100%

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@TheStalwart Surely you’ve got a card with no foreign transaction fees, so € is the way to go.

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@johnarnold I always get a cup of coffee (black) so I’ll run in and order at the counter. The problem arises when they place you behind the complex work of art style drinks and I end up waiting ten minutes instead of them just pouring my coffee and handing it to me.

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@axios Don’t use emojis.

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@klobrille Agreed. Bring back exclusives, model GP after PS+ Extra. They’ve got the IP but they’re squandering it.

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@axios Keep in mind a lot of content posted on Reddit originates from X.

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@Wario64 $5.99 on PSN

https://t.co/orwDhMmOJ5

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@JamesStanard @longislandviper You think Microsoft is just scratching around in the dark, clueless to whether GP is profitable because such a thing can’t be measured? Microsoft assuredly has internal measures for GP profitability, but we will never have access to such information.

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@longislandviper Profitability can be warped and manipulated in many ways, and since we don’t have an income statement and balance sheet for the Xbox segment, we’re in the dark.

Common sense suggests that the ROI of GP has to be piss poor, and Microsoft’s actions here affirm that.

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@Chris_Dring Say I’m Xbox and I spend $500MM to develop a game. Let’s say it sells 1MM copies a la carte, so $80MM in revenue. The rest of the engagement occurred on GP. How much money did the game make?

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@klobrille 7 years for nothing. I wonder how much Microsoft pumped into the studio. A pure loss.

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@DestinLegarie Microsoft could not care less about Xbox. It’s clearly not a big profit center, relative to its other segments.

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@tomwarren @JezCorden Propping up the entire segment on 35 million GP subs is obviously not going to work.

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@DestinLegarie I think Xbox’s finances are quite bleak and their leadership views AI as the solution to improve profitability. They’re all-in on GP at this point which forces them to find ways to cut costs more aggressively. If it only attracts 35 mill subs at this price point, imagine +$10.

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@KySportsRadio Great list.

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@GenePark 100%! I’ve always thought this.

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@DavidSacks They would cut if not for the impending tariff-related inflation.

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@JezCorden Who makes 30% (or whatever it is) in this scenario? Microsoft or Steam/Epic?

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@KySportsRadio Congrats!