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Microsoft Says Xbox Has Been Losing The Console Wars Since 2001
22.6.2023
As Microsoft dukes it out with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the Xbox maker has admitted something everyone probably already knew by now: It’s lost the console wars.Read more
Coinbase Officially Debuts Coinbase One Subscription in US, UK, Germany, and Ireland – What Does it Do?
19.5.2023
Amid the rigid regulatory atmosphere in the US crypto market, San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase is expanding its offering to other regions.
A recent blog post shows the cryptocurrency exchange has updated its Coinbase One trading platform while extending its product access in the...
Coinbase launches zero trading fee subscription service
18.5.2023
Coinbase’s new subscription service, “Coinbase One," is expected to roll out across 35 countries in the near future
Coinbase Officially Opens Subscription Service; Expands Reach Outside U.S.
18.5.2023
The new service is expanding access to the U.K., Germany and Ireland
I Played That Racing Game Where Cars Have Legs And Jetpacks
5.5.2023
When I had an Apple Arcade subscription, I played endless amounts of What the Golf? on my phone. It was such a chaotic, joyful puzzle game that it actually annoyed me that Nathan Grayson robbed me of the opportunity to write about it. So I was excited to demo studio Triband’s next game: A racing...
Assassin's Creed Subscription Comes To Xbox, Costs More Than Game Pass
13.4.2023
After a long wait, Ubisoft+, the french publisher’s Netflix-like gaming subscription, has finally arrived on console by way of the Xbox One and Series X/S. But it comes at a hefty price. Rather than launch a new, cheaper tier, players will have to pay $18 for the existing premium multi-platform...
Report: Crypto Exchange Binance in New Partnership that Seeks to Deepen Crypto Adoption in Africa
10.4.2023
In what has been described as a collaboration that will deepen crypto adoption, the cryptocurrency exchange Binance recently said it partnered with the African video streaming service Showmax. Binance users that enroll to become active in Web3 will be rewarded with a month-long video streaming...
Xbox Manager Claims Game Pass Isn’t 'Disruptive’
31.3.2023
The director of Xbox’s indie division would like you to believe that the Game Pass is not ‘disruptive’ to the gaming ecosystem despite the company’s ambitions for massive PC growth. These comments were made in response to people wondering whether the popular subscription service would fundamentally...
Microsoft Ends $1 Xbox Game Pass Offer
27.3.2023
Microsoft’s long-running introductory offer for its Xbox Game Pass subscription platform, which let users try the service out for $1 for the first month before moving onto more expensive payments, has finally come to a close.Read more
Your Early Access launch? It (kinda!) is your launch...
20.2.2023
Also: market share stats for subscription platforms, and lots more
Prosecutors Seek Restrictions on Former FTX CEO’s Electronic Devices Following VPN Use for Football Streaming
17.2.2023
Prosecutors in the financial fraud case against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) are attempting to persuade the judge to restrict his use of electronic devices. It has been revealed that SBF used a virtual private network (VPN) to watch the Super Bowl through a foreign subscription service...
Game subscription services: the upsides and downsides?
18.1.2023
Also: a look at Next Fest's pluses and minuses, and lots of news
Expensive Cars Have DLC Now, And It's Taking The Piss
24.11.2022
For a few years now some car companies have been experimenting with an idea ripped straight out of video games. Someone, somewhere figured that hey, if people are willing to pay for a game then spend more money inside the game they already bought then they might do the same for cars—a far more...
Elon Musk Tells Twitter Staff Economic Picture Ahead Is Dire — ‘Bankruptcy Isn’t Out of the Question’
13.11.2022
Tesla CEO and Twitter chief Elon Musk has informed Twitter employees that the company’s “economic picture ahead is dire.” Noting that “bankruptcy isn’t out of the question,” the billionaire stressed that “Without significant subscription revenue, there is...
Crypto fans should get behind Elon Musk’s subscription model for Twitter
8.11.2022
Twitter's subscription model is a step toward decentralization, and it will better align incentives between content creators and consumers
Biden Accuses Twitter of Spewing Lies Across the World as Elon Musk Rolls Out Twitter Blue Subscription
7.11.2022
Elon Musk has started rolling out a $7.99-a-month Twitter Blue subscription service. U.S. President Joe Biden, however, is concerned that the billionaire has bought a social media platform “that spews lies all across the world.” Stating that there are “no editors anymore...
PlayStation Plus Loses Nearly 2 Million Subscribers Months After Relaunch
1.11.2022
Sony’s June relaunch of PlayStation Plus doesn’t look like it’s going entirely as planned. In the Japanese giant’s latest financial report, it’s shown that since Plus launched, it’s lost 1.9 million subscribers between July and September this year. Sony’s CFO Hiroki Totoki said there “hasn’t been...
The Basics of Remix
13.9.2022
You’ve probably heard a lot of hype around one of the newest kids on the framework block, Remix. It may be surprising that it got its start back in 2019, but it was originally only available as a subscription-based premium …
The Basics of Remix originally published on CSS-Tricks, which...
Coinbase eyes long-term growth of subscription revenue, NFTs still a focus
25.8.2022
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the exchange has been building subscription revenue streams for three years and will continue to do so into the long term
Four Months In, GTA's New Subscription Isn't Worth It For Most
15.7.2022
Earlier this year, Rockstar Games launched GTA+, a monthly subscription service for Grand Theft Auto Online players that provides rewards, freebies, and in-game bonuses. At the time, it wasn’t clear if this new plan was worth it, as Rockstar planned to change the rewards every month. Having...