It really sucks local co-op died as fast as it did. I also think online multiplayer has kinda declined since parties and all of that. Took the fun out of trash talking and there really hasn't been a lot of captivating multiplayer games so far. Titanfall and TLOU are great starts, though.
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Xbox 360 has around 17M Gold subscribers.
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It really sucks local co-op died as fast as it did. I also think online multiplayer has kinda declined since parties and all of that. Took the fun out of trash talking and there really hasn't been a lot of captivating multiplayer games so far. Titanfall and TLOU are great starts, though.
dead souls
Member
Your first sentence couldn't be more true to me. I have no desire to play online multiplayer anything.
ethomaz
Banned
Actually it was B.S. like that, that made me pickup a PS3 years ago.
I'd have to imagine the number of subscribers will seriously go down moving forwards because of new consoles.
Yeah this does make absolutely zero sense to me. Were MS going to be satisfied with 17 million total lifetime sales of XBO? If not, why even come up with their original plans?
Being a media all-in-one box that requires Gold to even use and having only 17 mil subscribers, was 17 mil their target of sales? Did their head office not understand the numbers?
A silver account can still connect online you know.
They most likely thought it would lead to more Live subscriptions. Plus you can still be online with out having a gold sub.
They also thought that they would sell something like a billion xbone or something this gen.
Yeah they were that dumb.
Because like locking things like Netflix behind the paywall, MS thought it would be an actual benefit and drive people to buy subscriptions.
War Gaming CEO would only be privy to such info behind a strict NDA...
So either the guy just nonchalantly broke agreements, or he's talking out of his ass.
Either way... massive grain of salt and almost pointless to discuss as we have no way of knowing if the number is accurate.
So either the guy just nonchalantly broke agreements, or he's talking out of his ass.
Either way... massive grain of salt and almost pointless to discuss as we have no way of knowing if the number is accurate.
Maintenance
Member
I thought it would be more, like 30m. Online only future to 17m people, sure, why not.
Welfare
Member
So you go from 17 million to around 50 million. A bigger jump, but still. That would be the maximum, give or take a few million.
That quote is about the entire console industry; it was a ridiculous quote but it's not saying they think they can sell 1 billion Xbox One's.
In Service
Member
There were a few things happening at the end of the last generation. I for one, even as an early adopter, got bored of the 360 and dropped my Live subscription for a couple of years until the XBO came out and I subbed back in.
I'm sure that alot of people were in that boat too. Some others may have skipped Xbox last gen and be new subscribers to Live. 17m has to be the lowest figure.
Of course, assuming every XBO owner is a subscriber we might only get up to 25m tops?
What are the PS+ numbers?
Arthr2ShdsJcksn
Banned
They got a solid decade out of me, but I'm done for the time being.
I pretty heavily shifted over to the PS4 and am not willing to pay for two services. Good on them, though, and I may be back in the future.
I pretty heavily shifted over to the PS4 and am not willing to pay for two services. Good on them, though, and I may be back in the future.
But couldn't use media which was how the Xbox was originally being promoted.