so, you guys heard about the new xbox ceo asha sharma's crazy goal, right? she wants xbox to entertain a billion people every day, which is just... wow. i mean, i love a good challenge, but this seems kinda delusional. to put that into perspective, a billion is like, a thousand million - it's a huge number that's hard to even wrap your head around.



i was reading about this and they used some pretty cool examples to show just how big a billion is. like, if you made a chain of grains of sand, a million grains would only get you about 0.2 miles, which is like a 5-minute walk. but a billion grains would get you a whopping 248.5 miles - that's like walking from the south of the uk to halfway up scotland. it's just mind-boggling. and when you compare it to videogame subscribers, it's even crazier. world of warcraft, one of the most popular mmorpgs ever, only had 12 million subscribers at its peak. that's just 1.2% of a billion.



it's not just about the numbers, though - it's about the feasibility of the goal. sharma wants xbox to have a daily playerbase that's equivalent to 83 world of warcrafts at their highest peak, all logged in at the same time. that's just not realistic. and it's not like she's just talking about subscribers, either - she wants a billion people playing xbox games every day. that's like having 24 steams, each with 41 million concurrent users, all at the same time. it's just not going to happen.



i think what's even more shocking is that sharmaRead more: Full article on www.pcgamer.com

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