re: Xbox is winning the new gen console battle right now

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Difference between Xbox & Sony's strategies are essentially the difference between Netflix and Disney, but on a smaller scale/budget.

Netflix works strictly on a subscription model and puts out a lot of great content. Fantastic content even. But because of the subscription model, and the need to always have new content they can't really swing for the fences too many times. Sure they'll drop big money on a couple of movies a year, but blockbuster budgets are rare for them.

Disney however goes all out on the blockbuster budget movies because the subscription model is secondary for them. They want the movie theatre money first and foremost.

They put out multiple $150M+ movies a year, and once they've made their rounds in theatres then they show up on Disney+ (Covid releases withstanding).

Gamepass is going to release great content too, and include the occasional blockbuster game (Halo, Fable, etc), but for the most part won't swing for the fences the same way as PS will, simply because PS needs to make games so good and so hyped that people will drop $60-70 on day 1 to buy them.

As with Netflix vs Disney, both are profitable models if done right, and based on so many messages of people saying they'll buy PS5 and get gamepass on PC you'll see a lot of gamers spend money with both companies. But with one company you'll get quantity and lower budget products (not necessarily lower quality, just lower budget), with the other you'll get a lot of attempts at blockbusters.

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this is correct. If you think that releasing games like God of War, Horizon, Last of Us, Bloodborne, etc, on a $10/mo service on Day 1 is sustainable, you have lost your mind