Pro@programming.dev to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-225 days agoFounder of Arkane Studios: "I think Gamepass is an unsustainable model that has been increasingly damaging the industry for a decade"; impacts salesi.imgur.comimagemessage-square138fedilinkarrow-up1678arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.orggames@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1665arrow-down1imageFounder of Arkane Studios: "I think Gamepass is an unsustainable model that has been increasingly damaging the industry for a decade"; impacts salesi.imgur.comPro@programming.dev to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-225 days agomessage-square138fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.orggames@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareRenacles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up94·25 days agoGamepass is going to continue betting worse until we end up with the mess that are streaming services right now. I sincerely hope it fails.
minus-squareWawe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·25 days agoExactly. Right now developers get good deals when adding their games to game pass and the game pass is pretty cheap, but after game passes become “the thing” and developers have to be in a game pass, it will get worse for developers and consumers.
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·25 days agoIt has plateaued some time ago now. That’s not failure, but it’s not about to become Netflix either.
Gamepass is going to continue betting worse until we end up with the mess that are streaming services right now.
I sincerely hope it fails.
Exactly. Right now developers get good deals when adding their games to game pass and the game pass is pretty cheap, but after game passes become “the thing” and developers have to be in a game pass, it will get worse for developers and consumers.
It has plateaued some time ago now. That’s not failure, but it’s not about to become Netflix either.