John Welfare
johnbp.bsky.social
John Welfare
@johnbp.bsky.social
Video game enthusiast, follow sales and provide questionable commentary.

Go to https://www.installbaseforum.com/ for dedicated video game sales discussions.

My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JohnWelfare
Can also be positioned as a first PC purchase for people looking into gaming on Steam. They search and find this Steam Machine for (probably) a low price, and they pick that over tower options.
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
bruh

bad story, missions that feel like filler, Osiris is mostly forgettable, and the squad mechanics don't add anything fun to the game

It's the campaign I've gone back to the least, Halo 4 campaign was better.
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The story is the worst in the series, it's clear that a lot was left on the cutting room floor in mission structure, and the forced AI team structure is half baked.
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
At this point you gotta wonder if these delays allow for a faster port job to PC. Hard to think that 0 work is being done at Rockstar on that version as the console release wraps up.
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Reposted by John Welfare
Market share isn't what defines a monopoly, folks. A monopoly is where there's a single seller for a particular service or good with no substitutes and the ability to charge excessively high rates because of this. Anyone can launch a PC distribution service, and there have been A LOT of them.
November 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Xbox is broken up into two categories

Hardware includes consoles and accessories

Content and Services is everything else. Game sales, MTX, Game Pass, etc.
October 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Persona 5 + Royal might include the spin offs as well, forgot those exist. Sega said the Persona 5 "Series" is 13M
October 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
That peak was Activision being added to Xbox.
October 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM