| Doctor_MG said: The growth of subscription services and harsh decline of software sales has me worried about the future of gaming. I know people like gamepass, but I know I'm going to be frustrated with gaming when that becomes the primary driver of game revenue. |
I wouldn't call a 10% decline YTD coming off a massive selling year a "harsh decline". Plus, last month had practically zero games launch and launch games are always among the best sellers each month.
I don't think subscription services like Game Pass are having as much negative impact as you think. If anything, it allows developers to have two sources of income, one lump sum from GP along with traditional sales. I'm not aware of any games that are ONLY on subscription services, and I don't want that to happen either. As long as the option to buy individually remains, I have no problem with it.
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