Not really. They can see how many people play on Game Pass. 100% chance they’re just taking downloads from Game Pass accounts and multiplying it by the retail price though, which isn’t a perfect comparison, but good enough for this type of general estimate.
300 million divided by the $69.99 retail price gives about 4.2 million sales for comparison.
Man that’s even less precise then I would expect. Everyone who plays it on Game Pass wouldn’t automatically buy it. That’s ridiculous. That’s absolutely vibes.
This is an internal estimate that was never meant to be public, and it casts a negative light on a flagship project at the company—the incentive when making this estimate was to be as accurate as possible. We don’t know how Microsoft produced the figure, but it was presumably the result of fairly sophisticated projections.
Yeah I’m sorry if I don’t fall for the bullshit language in that statement. Oh it was never meant for the public? Oh it’s weird that it’s being released near the exact same time they’re talking about reducing services and raising prices then isn’t it? Almost like it was released to help justify it. Oh they’re incentivized to make it as accurate as possible? Are they? And presumably sophisticated projections? Presumably?
You are not going to believe this! I have a great bridge, sturdy bridge, fantastic bridge actually. The government wants to tear it down because I don’t have the $100 dollars to fix a minor problem. You know how it is. Avacado toast price just keeps going up…
Point is, I could sell you this bridge. It’s in your neighborhood, and it normally has a value of 1 million dollars. I’m just looking to get rid of it. So I’ll sell it to you for $100. This sale isn’t meant to be public, so don’t tell anyone, otherwise they might offer me more money. And this sale is just for you! Because I like you…
Estimated based on Vibes.
Not really. They can see how many people play on Game Pass. 100% chance they’re just taking downloads from Game Pass accounts and multiplying it by the retail price though, which isn’t a perfect comparison, but good enough for this type of general estimate.
300 million divided by the $69.99 retail price gives about 4.2 million sales for comparison.
Man that’s even less precise then I would expect. Everyone who plays it on Game Pass wouldn’t automatically buy it. That’s ridiculous. That’s absolutely vibes.
Yeah I’m sorry if I don’t fall for the bullshit language in that statement. Oh it was never meant for the public? Oh it’s weird that it’s being released near the exact same time they’re talking about reducing services and raising prices then isn’t it? Almost like it was released to help justify it. Oh they’re incentivized to make it as accurate as possible? Are they? And presumably sophisticated projections? Presumably?
You are not going to believe this! I have a great bridge, sturdy bridge, fantastic bridge actually. The government wants to tear it down because I don’t have the $100 dollars to fix a minor problem. You know how it is. Avacado toast price just keeps going up…
Point is, I could sell you this bridge. It’s in your neighborhood, and it normally has a value of 1 million dollars. I’m just looking to get rid of it. So I’ll sell it to you for $100. This sale isn’t meant to be public, so don’t tell anyone, otherwise they might offer me more money. And this sale is just for you! Because I like you…
This is the same math they’ve been using to claim massive losses from piracy, for decades