I-Starfield uye waqinisa Xbox yokuthengisa kanye I-Pass Pass izinombolo, kodwa akubonakali sengathi akuqinisekisi muntu ukuthi athenge i-Xbox.
Izolo nje, iMicrosoft yabelane ngemiphumela yonyaka wayo wezimali ka-2023, iveza ukuthi ibinayo igeje inhloso yayo yokukhula kokuqukethwe kwe-Xbox nemali engenayo, kanye nokusikisela ukuthi kwenzeke okufanayo nge-Xbox Game Pass unyaka wesithathu ilandelana.
Kodwa-ke, inkampani iyonke ayikho esimeni esibucayi, ikakhulukazi ngokwemiphumela yekota yokuqala yonyaka wezimali ka-2024, ohlanganisa uJulayi kuya kuSepthemba. Yenze ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-56.5 (cishe amabhiliyoni angama-46.6) emalini engenayo kuyo yonke inkampani, okuwukunyuka ngo-13% kunonyaka odlule.
Kodwa kuthiwani ngesigaba semidlalo, ikakhulukazi? Nokho, kuye ngokuthi yini ogxile kuyo, izinto zibukeka zizinhle nakulokho, futhi imali ye-Xbox nayo ikhuphuke ngo-13% ngenxa ‘yokukhula kwababhalisile okungcono kunokulindelwe ku-Xbox Game Pass kanye nokuqukethwe kweqembu lokuqala.’
Lokhu ikakhulukazi sibonga I-Starfield, njengoba kwakuyiyona kuphela i-Xbox enkulu ekhethekile eyayinayo kuleyo kota futhi kwaba njalo impumelelo yokuthengisa e-US.
I-CEO ye-Microsoft uSatya Nadella wengeza ukuthi ukwethulwa kwe-Starfield kusethe irekhodi elisha lokubhaliselwe okuningi kwe-Xbox Game Pass ngosuku olulodwa. Uma kubhekwa ubunzima bensizakalo, lezi yizindaba ezamukelekayo zeMicrosoft, nakuba zinganikezanga izinombolo zangempela zokubhaliselwe.
Isikhulu seMicrosoft uSatya Nadella uthi ukwethulwa kweStarfield kusize ukukhulisa i-Xbox Game Pass. “Ngesikhathi sethulwa siqopha irekhodi lokubhalisela okuningi kwe-Game Pass okwengezwe ngosuku olulodwa.” pic.twitter.com/DY5IT2aEtT
- UTom Warren (@tomwarren) October 24, 2023
Yize konke lokhu kuzwakala kukuhle kakhulu, iMicrosoft iphinde iphawule ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwehardware kwehle ngo-7%, okusho ukuthi abantu abambalwa bathenge i-Xbox kulo nyaka kunonyaka odlule. Lokhu kuyathakazelisa kusukela ukuthengiswa kwe-Xbox kwenza ngcono kakhulu lapha e-UK sibonga i-Starfield… nakuba inganele ukuthengisa i-PlayStation 5.
Le datha iphakamisa ukuba yedwa kuka-Starfield akuzange kuqinisekise abantu abanele ukuthi batshale imali ku-Xbox, nabantu abambalwa ababonakala bebheka umdlalo njengohlelo lokusebenza olubulalayo futhi okufanele bathengelwe i-hardware entsha.
Kuzokujabulisa ukubona ukuthi hlobo luni lomthelela ukutholwa kwe-Activision Blizzard (edlule esikhathini esingaphansi kwamasonto amabili edlule) izoba nemiphumela yezezimali ye-Microsoft yesikhathi esizayo.
Ocingweni lokuhola, isikhulu esiphezulu sezezimali u-Amy Hood uthi balindele ukukhula kokuqukethwe kwe-Xbox kanye nezinsizakalo zemali engenayo phakathi nama-50s aphezulu [okungukuthi. ukukhuphuka okungu-50% - noma okungenani yilokho ababonakala bekusho] ekupheleni kwekota elandelayo, ngenxa ye-Activision Blizzard.
Uma lokho kungenzeki, khona-ke ukuthengwa kwenkampani ngama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-69 kungenzeka kungaholeli ekubuyiseleni emuva ingcebo iMicrosoft ebinethemba layo.
