Pro@programming.dev to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-222 hours agoFounder of Arkane Studios: "I think Gamepass is an unsustainable model that has been increasingly damaging the industry for a decade"; impacts salesi.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square72linkfedilinkarrow-up1512arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1501arrow-down1external-linkFounder 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-222 hours agomessage-square72linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down30·20 hours agoWow, I totally missed the part where Microsoft had a gun to your head. Obviously sales go down when people don’t have to buy the game to play it. Why does Arkane suck so much now?
minus-squareEnsignWashout@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·19 hours ago Wow, I totally missed the part where Microsoft had a gun to your head. Yes. Microsoft is good at hiding that part until it’s too late to do much about it.
minus-squarePlebcouncilman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·20 hours agoThe funniest thing is that I can guarantee that whatever numbers Deathloop did they would have been much worse without Gamepass. Great game, but not the kind of game that can have mass appeal.
Wow, I totally missed the part where Microsoft had a gun to your head. Obviously sales go down when people don’t have to buy the game to play it.
Why does Arkane suck so much now?
Yes. Microsoft is good at hiding that part until it’s too late to do much about it.
The funniest thing is that I can guarantee that whatever numbers Deathloop did they would have been much worse without Gamepass. Great game, but not the kind of game that can have mass appeal.