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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 27 April 2017

"It would mean you wouldn't have to deliver the whole game in one month; you could develop and deliver the game as it goes."

But Netflix gives us all the eps for the season for majority of their shows all in the day one... So... wtf



                  

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KLXVER on 27 April 2017
Captain_Yuri said:

"It would mean you wouldn't have to deliver the whole game in one month; you could develop and deliver the game as it goes."

But Netflix gives us all the eps for the season for majority of their shows all in the day one... So... wtf

Gotta love MS sometimes. The dont even try to sugarcoat stuff now. Its just "Hey consumers! Heres an idea that will only be great for us and developers. Hope you like it!"



Turkish on 27 April 2017

"Spencer spoke about the success of the games-as-a-service model, where games like Destiny are supported over the long-term rather than being released as a title that's never updated or expanded"

Oh god no, I'm very scared what they are getting inspired by. I wish they just looked at Sony and said "our competitors are making big bucks with singleplayer games, we should try it too!" but nope.



SvennoJ on 27 April 2017

Wouldn't it be great if people would just give us money every month. Then we can sit back and relax and once in a while put out some episodic content which we don't even have to convince them to buy since they already paid for it. Awesome.



FIT_Gamer on 27 April 2017
KLXVER said:
LivingMetal said:

Xbox Boss Talks About A Netflix For Games, "Upping" First-Party Investment

Spencer spoke about the success of the games-as-a-service model, where games like Destiny are supported over the long-term rather than being released as a title that's never updated or expanded. This in turn led to the subject of single-player, story-based games and how they don't necessarily lend themselves to that model, which could lead to a decline in how often we see them.

"I've looked at things like Netflix and HBO, where great content has been created because there's this subscription model. [Xbox first-party publishing GM] Shannon Loftis and I are thinking a lot about, well, could we put story-based games into the Xbox Game Pass business model because you have a subscription going? It would mean you wouldn't have to deliver the whole game in one month; you could develop and deliver the game as it goes."

Spencer has expressed a similar sentiment before, but Microsoft still has not announced any formal plans to release original games through Game Pass. The service's alpha ends tomorrow, with a full launch set to follow sometime this spring.

For the full article, please go to:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-boss-talks-about-a-netflix-for-games-upping-f/1100-6449634/

Ugh...sounds horrible.

Yep. That's why I don't buy telltale or any other episodic games until the entire package releases. I can't stant that shit. 



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LivingMetal on 27 April 2017
FIT_Gamer said:
KLXVER said:

Ugh...sounds horrible.

Yep. That's why I don't buy telltale or any other episodic games until the entire package releases. I can't stant that shit. 

I was waiting for someone to bring these guys up.



d21lewis on 27 April 2017

So basically Final Fantasy VII remastered?



monocle_layton on 27 April 2017

Imagine nintendo doing this

Pay $x a month and get access to a bunch of Nes and SNES titles.



konnichiwa on 27 April 2017
d21lewis said:
So basically Final Fantasy VII remastered?

No that is not on Xbox that's okay =p.

Don't really see the issue don't like the idea then just wait till everything is relased?

Could work or fail but considering telltale is keep on pushing games with episodes it seems to work?






SegataSanshiro on 27 April 2017

Didn't work for Gametap,Onlive. Not even sure PS now is doing all that great. Think it only had an real success with Nintendo Satellaview and the SEGA Channel...maybe.