sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoXbox Game Pass Lost "Millions Of Subscribers" After Last Year's 50% Price Hikewww.thegamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down12
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minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 days agoIf they lost less than a third of the total, they’re making a lot of money for the short term. In the long term, they’re fucking themselves into obscurity.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoWe can hope but VMware showed that extreme price hikes work. I thought VMware would collapse but they’re more profitable than ever. Whales, man.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoThere’s a big difference between what a corporation will pay for and cost absorb and some individual paying for an entertainment service is. A shrinking user base that largely relies on “my friends use it, so I have it too” can swing a big pendulum.
If they lost less than a third of the total, they’re making a lot of money for the short term.
In the long term, they’re fucking themselves into obscurity.
We can hope but VMware showed that extreme price hikes work. I thought VMware would collapse but they’re more profitable than ever.
Whales, man.
There’s a big difference between what a corporation will pay for and cost absorb and some individual paying for an entertainment service is. A shrinking user base that largely relies on “my friends use it, so I have it too” can swing a big pendulum.