Plus imagine how much money/time was saved not doing a PS port of Starfield.

In 3 years a XGP subscriber delivers more profits than an XSX buyer that bought one game. Whether you buy an Xbox or subscribe to GP, the exclusive brings in business into the ecosystem whether it's a $500 box sold at a loss or $180 in annual subs on a PS5. Why bother with 'exclusives' if you then offer to put it on competing platforms? With XGP on PS you'd have access to Halo, Forza, everything Xbox on PS.īut.the point of exclusives isn't to sell the exclusives, it's to get customers into your ecosystem for continued revenues. Using that as 'proof' is just At first it doesn't make sense. They may be abusive, but they're not stupid. Of course Sony blocked a subscription service that bundles games they individually sell for $70 in a $15 sub. Microsoft says Sony has decided not to take such an open approach with PS Plus. Xbox is also sticking up for itself by telling the UK CMA that it intends to add all the ActiBlizz games it possibly can to Xbox Game Pass, increasing the value of its subscription and giving players on Game Pass platforms another consumer-friendly option to play Activision titles. And doing so will still cost less than the cost of switching by buying a new Xbox console.' As all games that are available on Game Pass are also available to purchase, PlayStation gamers will continue to have the ability to buy Call of Duty on PlayStation. 'Sony has chosen to block Game Pass from PlayStation, so it is not available on PlayStation.

In defending its Activision Blizzard deal, Microsoft has suggested that Sony blocked any attempts to get Xbox Game Pass onto PlayStation platforms, showcasing Sony's stance in reducing competition. Again via The Verge's Tom Warren, Microsoft has discussed Game Pass and the fact that the service could have been on PlayStation, had Sony wanted it. More and more information from the UK authority's scrutiny of Xbox's ActiBlizz deal is starting to trickle out, and this drop is a juicy one.

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