In a not-so-distant future, we could be seeing Halo get back to its roots. Let's see XBOX stop treating Chief like a billboard instead of the hero he's meant to be.
Circana's Matt Piscatella is once again running hard PR for his client while not addressing the massive failure of Microsoft's latest release in E-Day.
$23 is certainly not "nothing," but let's also be serious in the fact that the 1.7 million who played E-Day on Game Pass aren't all new subs. In fact, most likely aren't. Several new users probably started a sub & already cancelled, too so they effectively rented the game.
Offering 1st party on day one in Game Pass actually does reduce the value of those games because of the way Microsoft treats their products as Game Pass filler. XBOX's first party games need to come off of GP so they can be properly marketed as AAA titles.
MS fell in love with their growing GP revenue and userbase, and completely dropped the ball when it came to the actual games.
Offering 10% off, demo time, exclusive perks, etc while offering their products as actual worthwhile purchases would be a step in the right direction.
Circana constantly discredits themselves as any level of standard, because they actually work FOR these companies. I can't believe anyone takes these people seriously. MS, Sony, etc all PAY these people to run PR for them. The charts are just a biproduct of that relationship. Circana is a PR firm.
@Stallion83 It's because they know that no one wants to buy it. And what they value doesn't mean they're doing well, or that it's a good idea.
There's a reason they're floating pulling all 1st party off day 1 game pass. lol
Keep reaching though.
@Khryn_Tzu That's a good point.
I think the setting was epic. The story was awful. The actual gameplay was OG Gears, but the set pieces were... Meh.
And with Gears, I put that story as uber important,and they didn't just botch it, they made it woke and garbage.
All the red flags in Gears of War E-Day were real. Now it's flopped. Do you think XBOX has learned anything form this?
I mean just check out the estimated sales. AWFUL.
Watch: https://t.co/70rTOlMjj3
Gears of War E-Day is an abject failure.
It hasn't even made $40M of its rumored $400M budget back. It's made less money, sold less copies, and activated less people on Game Pass than Halo: CE.
Watch: https://t.co/xtoT1EXBZ6
The Coalition is likely DOOMED! This is GOOD for gaming.