[MaximumMadness]

I still have some trouble around the idea that hardcore consumers will want a bundle that has maybe 2-5 games they would have bought otherwise + 95 more they dont really care about.

Aren't consumers just going to buy what they want anyway? Plus the Sony world just has so many more games worth playing

[manojlds]

If you look at the games shown for the next gen, it's MS is not far away. They have acquired some serious studios and reviving Fable, Halo Infinite hopefully lands, Hellblade 2 looks truly next gen and there's Obsidian, The Initiative and rumoured unannounced "AAAA" game

[sequence7]

Doesn't the success of Netflix help convince you?

That's the model Microsoft are going for with Game Pass, just pay us a fixed monthly fee and play any of the hundreds of games we have available on Android/PC/XBox.

[ck425]

Not really. The alternative before Netflix was more expensive cable/satellite tv. Netflix was both better and cheaper.

As a gamer I probably only spend ~£150 a year on a few really good big games and the odd cheap sale game. And I prefer not to spend so much because it feels wasteful, moreso than Netflix for reasons I can't figure.

Paying £15-20 a month is more money for something I feel I should be spending less on.