Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "MICROSOFT UNVEILS XBOX GAME PASS CORE, REPLACING XBOX LIVE GOLD THIS SEPTEMBER”

Episode Date: August 21, 2023

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticExplore the Gaming Revolution on "Notorious Mass Effect" with Analytic Dreamz! Join us as we dissect Microsoft's game-changing move to replace Xbox Live Gold with "Xbox Game Pass Core" this September. Unveil the reasons behind Xbox Live Gold's decline and the rise of the dynamic $9.99/month subscription tier. Discover how "Game Pass Core" enhances multiplayer networking, offers a curated game collection, and exclusive member deals, while bidding farewell to "Games with Gold" on September 1. Tune in for a concise, insightful take on this transformative shift in the gaming landscape.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

So for people out there who still have an Xbox for some reason, because I'm not condemning Xbox users or players, but let's just say, Spider-Man 2 is coming out in October and you wanted to play the game, right? If you wanted to play it and you went to the store, your local store, or to the digital store of Xbox and you try to look for Spider-Man 2 when it eventually comes out in October, you would be unfortunately upset because, Spider-Man is a PlayStation exclusive. If you don't know, Sony owns the right to Spider-Man. So what they ended up doing was making Spider-Man a PlayStation exclusive to raise console sales. And boy, did they raise it. They raised it to the point that Microsoft literally went out and bought the producers or just the company behind Call of Duty.

That's how significant that the gap was between the console war. Like, PlayStation had Credos, which is God of War. Spider-Man, of course. What else? I think they have Last of Us, Horizon Forbidden West, Ratching and Clank. Basically, they have a lot of exclusive titles that's very, very popular. So Microsoft was like, you know what? Instead of having specific characters exclusive to us, we're just going to buy the whole company. Because if you don't know, Microsoft makes way more money as a company than Sony.

But we're going to get to that later in this podcast. We're specifically focusing on Xbox Live Gold being replaced with the Xbox Game Pass core and it will be replaced September 4th, 2023 and just pour one out for all my Xbox Live gold fanboys out there because it's officially getting replaced with Xbox Game Pass core, which makes sense because the route that Microsoft is taking and having a hub of video games available to you at a certain cost rather than specific characters exclusive to the platform is a move

that I think would end up impacting PlayStation in a way that they would have to assimilate and have the same model going forward. I do believe that the GamePas is a very nice bang-for-your-buck model. Xbox Live Gold, GamePass Corps will cost the same as Xbox Live Gold at $9.99 per month or $5999 per year.

So you still pay. the same amount for over 25 games in your library. Exclusive deals and discounts. What else? The biggest thing about the Xbox GamePass Core is that unfortunately, sorry, I don't know what that was. Unfortunately, not everybody can afford to go out and purchase certain games at a $70 price tag, right, when they come out.

So the Xbox game pass is kind of like a very nice model for people to have a plethora of games as a child with low family household income, if that makes sense. So this whole model, I really like it. I really like the way that this model is set up because instead of having to buy little Timmy, a $70 game that he's only going to play once or twice and he's going to want another game to keep him entertained. I believe that there's a hub of games that you can subscribe to for $59.99 a year. Compare that to the next-gen game prices, which is now $70. The amount of quality you're getting for a little to no, well, to little to no cost, compared to like the grand scheme of things, like imagine you buy two games, right? you buy two games for little timmy now you're at 140 dollars out of out of pocket and the Xbox

game pass is 59 99 per year so if you look at that it's like wow I'm really getting my money's worth out of buying an Xbox so I could see Microsoft in the future surpassing PlayStation and popularity simply because of the game pass model but if you don't know PlayStation is also trying to implement some type of forget what it's called but basically they're going to try to implement the same thing for their hub. So there's always been free games, certain free games on each and every console. If you buy like the, basically like PlayStation Plus or Xbox Live Gold, which you need to play with others as far as multiplayer type of games.

But there's never been a hub to where you can subscribe to. And a bunch of games is just like a bunch of top tier games like Gears 5, 4 is a Horizon 4, Psychonauts 2, a plethora of other games. There's so many to name off. But basically, this has not been done in this fashion before, which makes GamePass core stand out from Xbox Live Gold. Usually, Xbox Live Gold would get games that nobody,

not nobody wanted, but it would just be very old. Game Pass Core kind of puts, it's like when movies and TV shows went from, you only being able to see it at first in theaters to like a week later went to streaming. That's how Game Pass Quarie is for gaming. Now you can have a plethora of games at your disposal in a whole gaming hub instead of having to wait months and years later until it

became free or to a price where you can afford it. So I really, I applaud this type of model because for the less fortunate people out there who can't afford to buy next gen games, that is $70 price tag as soon as it comes out, the Xbox game, the Xbox game, Pass Core is definitely the evolution of gaming that I think is very positive for the gaming community. So overall, this replacement of Xbox Live Gold with Game Pass Core is a positive move not only for the Xbox gamers, but for the gaming community as it allows less fortunate. I don't even want to put it that way like it's only for the less fortunate, but just the obvious fact is if you're less fortunate, it gives you more games to play, more discounts,

and more value for the money that you're spending. So at the end of the day, it's a W not only for the gaming community. Well, it's a W not only for Xbox gamers, but also for the gaming community. So click my link to you in my bio. Let me know what about my social media is.

What do you think about the Xbox Live Gold being replaced with the Game Pass Corps on September 14, 2023? And also, do you think that you would be more inclined, to buy Xbox with this new game hub set in place for the Xbox marketplace. I don't refer to myself as a Sony pony, but I do have to point out the fact that in terms of gaming, the gap between Microsoft and Sony is insurmountable, if that's the word, as I think

PS5 has officially won the console race. I think we've gotten to a very distinct time in history where, the PlayStation is just outselling Microsoft by a landslide. Like if you look, it's not a landslide, but in the billions talk, it's not a landslide, but in like how much a billion is actually

worth, it's a pretty insurmountable gap between PlayStation Division and Microsoft's Xbox division as in 2021, PlayStation Division pulled in 24.8, 87 billion in

revenue, while Microsoft's Xbox division made 16.28 billion. Then, in 2022, Sony's PlayStation Division made 24 billion, while, well, 24.4 billion, can't leave out that point four when we're talking

into billions in revenue, while Microsoft's Xbox division made 15.56 billion. And then for the first six months of 2023, so this year, Sony's PlayStation Division made $11.9 billion in revenue while Microsoft's Xbox Division made 8.9. So, of course, if you add all that up, Sony in the past three years has a pretty significant gap when it comes to revenue in their gaming division compared to Microsoft. And the reason why I have this article pulled up right now is because Sony reported a 31% drop in an operating income for the fiscal first quarter, citing a decrease in profits at its financial services and movies business, which is and captivates

everything as a company, right? But as far as the gaming division, that's what I wanted to focus on. As Sony sold 3.3 million units of the PS5 and it's April to June quarter, up 38% year over year. So the reason I bring that up is because Sony has made $74.1 billion in gaming revenue in the past three years. Microsoft has made $56.3 billion, right? This means Sony is leading in the gaming division by $17.8 billion in gaming revenue over Microsoft. You know, not calling myself analytic dreams for no reason because we are definitely pocket watching these numbers,

as it's important to note that this is only the gaming division because now let's transition into Microsoft as a whole because the reason while Microsoft is able to literally go out and purchase all of these owners of all of these popular games like Call of Duty, whereas Sony even had to come out and say, hey, this is unfair. They're out here buying everything and no type of competitive, we can't have no type of competitive advantage if they end up buying the company that owns Call of Duty, right? And you're probably wondering, why is Sony complaining like this that they've been leading

in the gaming division for so long? Because one, Collie Duty is probably one of the most popular games ever made, of course. And then two, Microsoft as a company has way more money than Sony. And bringing in everything as far as what they do as a company, Microsoft has way more capital at their exposure than Sony. Because Microsoft, as of March 8, 2023, so basically it is as up to day as you would get as far as a company. Their market capitalization is of,

2.3 trillion with a T, $2.3 trillion. Sony, on the other hand, has a market capitalization of $143.1 billion with a B. So, you know, I'm no mathematician, but $2.3 trillion seems a lot more than $143 billion. Maybe I'm, you know, maybe I'm mistaken. But, you know, as I'm reading, it says I'm not because, you know, Microsoft is 16 is worth 16, well, about 16 times more than Sony. So anyways, Microsoft's greater financial resources is due because they have a way more diverse portfolio than Sony. I mean, Microsoft has the largest, I don't know if it's the largest or one of the largest, but I believe it's the largest software division in the world. and also Sony on the other hand is primarily focused on the entertainment industry with gaming being its most profitable segment so with Microsoft is great in is the software division whereas Sony is their gaming division so that's why when I get to talking about gaming Sony is usually a console I hold in higher regard compared to the Xbox because for the past two generations which is the PS5 and

and the PS4, they've been leaps and bounds ahead of its time as far as quality, then what the Xbox, the Xbox Series X and the Xbox One has given us. So, and that's not even like it. For me, the reason I went from Xbox to PlayStation is simply because Spider-Man, one of my favorite fictional, no, my favorite fictional creation of all time is exclusively on PlayStation. So I decided to make this jump from Xbox 1 to PS5. No, Xbox 1 to PS4.

So I did at one point in time have an Xbox 1. Once I realized Spider-Man PS4 was only for PlayStation, guess what? I made the switch. So anyways, that is ladies and gentlemen, that is what you call a console seller. So anyways, with that being said, the reason why I wanted to get into this is because sometimes gamers as a whole are not as informed as, uh, you would like them to be. So with my platform now, I feel like it's my kind of responsibility

to try to put the information in front of you where these two companies stand as a whole and where as gaming division stand because as gamers, you would just look at Sony and be like, wow, they make way more money than Microsoft. But as a company, Microsoft is like, it's not even, they're not even getting close.

Like, Microsoft could buy Sony if they wanted to, like literally. Like, if it wasn't because of monopoly rules set in place, where companies can't just buy everything, then Microsoft could literally straight up buy Sony. So anyways, with that being said, click my link to my bio.

Let me know in one of my social medias. What do you think about that business talk with Microsoft versus Sony? And in general, what was your favorite fact throughout this segment?