All New Microsoft Studio Releases Will be On Xbox Game Pass

[jason1637]

yvanjean said:

fielding88 said:
They'll just split their future releases after this year to episodes. Then spread them out across several months and guarantee longer subscriptions.

Halo 8 Episodes 1-12

Not sure how I feel about that though.

I think you got it all wrong. If your Microsoft and about to release Halo 6 in November 2019. Would you want to make $60 and have the game sell to 5 million customers (sales 300million) or would you rather have 10-20 million customers subscribed to a $9.99/month gamepass (Sales 100-200 Million a month) ???

300 millions in one time sales VS. 100-200 Million a month in sales. Even if there a drop off after major release they will make a killing. 

Tbf this will hurt them short term. Halo 5 made $400m first week and when Halo 6 launches on gamepass I doubt it will make $400m fw. But in the long run like 4-5 years from now MS will be making a lot from gamepass.