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zero129 said:
sales2099 said:

It’s not our place to worry about things like this. MS has big boy accountants and teams that have a road map for GP growth and profit. It’s our job to play video games. 

This is the part that really ecks me when it comes to gamepass and some Sony fans.

Its like they imagine that MS and all them other company's that's building subscription services just woke up one day and said "Hey ya know what would be great.. Making a subscription service thats going to burn money....

They have a lot of highly trained accountants that would of been looking over the numbers and seen how much money is to be made from a subscription service.

Its a long term plan and how people doesnt see subscription services becoming the norm is beyond me.

Just like with Movies, just like with Music, Gaming subscription services will be how most people will play their games as people will go where they see the best bang for their buck.

What's frightening IS the long term plan. A company which can support money losses for years to break the market until its service is the only one relevant is a problem. And when that's the case, consumers can't "control" the market anymore ; if the suscription is 50 dollars per month with majority pf GAAS, AA, and copy paste/game, there will be no alternative. That's not a market that will invest hundreds of millions in ambitious AAA. And i can barely see how it will be sustainable for traditional publishers (musical artists payment on streaming plateforms are already a joke).

Maybe a pessimistic view of the global picture, but I feel, in a dramatical way of saying things , like observers who see people elect a despot thinking short terms their problems will be solved.