Pro@programming.dev to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 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-square124fedilinkarrow-up1621arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.org
arrow-up1608arrow-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-22 days agomessage-square124fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.org
minus-squareRenacles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up91·1 day 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-up27·1 day 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-down3·1 day 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.