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Why the ‘Game Pass cannibalising games sales’ story does not change anything

Blog post by Karol Severin

16 Feb 2023

This week it has been reported that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) report includes Microsoft sharing that its “ internal analysis shows a decline in base game sales following 12 months of...

The co-op opportunity

Blog post by Perry Gresham

25 Nov 2022

Microsoft

coop games

family-centric

This month Microsoft released the results from a consumer survey they commissioned into Christmas-period gaming habits. According to the survey, video games are a more popular seasonal activity than either...

The fall of Stadia

Blog post by Perry Gresham

7 Oct 2022

stadia

games streaming

games subscriptions

Google’s game streaming service Stadia is shutting down in January 2023, just over three years into its life. What went wrong for such a promising technology with the backing of one of the largest corporations...

Xbox Cloud Gaming expansion heralds a cross-platform future

Blog post by Perry Gresham

13 May 2022

xbox

cloud gaming

Fortnite

MIDiA has been writing about Xbox’s cross-platform future for years, and Microsoft is bringing this closer to reality with each step they take. Ultimately, Xbox gamers may soon not need to own consoles...

Microsoft’s new cloud focus solidifies Xbox Game Pass as the Netflix of games

Blog post by Perry Gresham

29 Mar 2022

cloud gaming

xbox game pass

netflix

Last week Microsoft announced a new division of Xbox Game Studios, the “Cloud Gaming Organisation”, designed to help developers create new cloud-native games to be distributed via their Xbox Game Pass...

PlayStation Plus overhaul: a defensive catch-up move, or foundation for growth offensive?

Blog post by Karol Severin

9 Dec 2021

Playstation

xbox game pass

games subscriptions

According to Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter, Sony plans to weave PlayStation Now (its on-demand games streaming offering) into PlayStation Plus (subscription necessary to access multiplayer...

Microsoft’s Zenimax acquisition is about the future of Games Pass more than console sales

Blog post by Karol Severin

30 Sep 2020

Games

games consoles

Zenimax

With the acquisition of ZeniMax Media, Microsoft is gaining an important content asset for its portfolio – Bethesda’s games. And while the timing of the announcement certainly won’t make Sony too...

Quick take: Xbox’s future is cross-platform, PlayStation’s is cross-entertainment

Blog post by Karol Severin

30 Jul 2020

Games

playstation now

xbox game pass

If Fortnite showed us anything, it’s that the future of entertainment is about monetising fandom – not just consumption and access to content. Games are perfectly positioned to help monetise fandom...