Xbox's $500m Game Is Flopping

Take the Trainwell quiz at https://go.trainwell.net/bellularnews to get matched with your personal trainer and start 14 days free Gears of War: E-Day reportedly cost $500 million, but its sales are nowhere near covering that bill. What did the money actually pay for, and why would Xbox give up PlayStation sales to make it exclusive? We look at the budget, Game Pass and the bet Xbox is making on its own future. Join us at https://bellular.games for early access content, 20 editions of 'Loading Screen' a month and to support our team! 00:00 Xbox’s $500m Bet 00:49 The Coalition... Who? 04:24 Never Had A Chance 06:10 Accounting For Taste 08:37 Considering Exclusivity 11:55 Their Ecosystem Play Sources: https://kotaku.com/the-case-for-exclu... https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/500... https://www.bloomberg.com/features/20... https://www.gamefile.news/p/call-of-d... https://bellular.games/the-spider-man... https://x.com/superhys/status/2086818... https://x.com/superhys/status/2108586...   / urn:li:activity:7508207178269315072   https://x.com/MikeyJayRaymond/status/... https://www.twitch.tv/giantbomb/clip/... https://finance.yahoo.com/news/xbox-g... https://www.ign.com/articles/gears-of... https://www.videogameschronicle.com/n... https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatell... https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatell... https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatell... https://kotaku.com/xbox-isnt-sharing-... https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/wol...