| kenjab said: 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. |
It was 19% YoY, not 10%. The 10% number is for the entire year so far. 19% is substantial. Also, it being down 10% for the year shows you that it doesn't matter the month. Sub services are the ONLY place of growth, game launches or not.
Your last paragraph is essentially a big "not yet", but when sub services become the de facto model for videogame revenue, you can bet your bottom there will be sub exclusives. Calling it now.
