PixelPirate said:
Ryuu96 said:
If they go "fully third party" with no hardware then there's no reason why Sony would reject a 1st party only Game Pass, Xbox would be treated the same as EA or Ubisoft, yet another publisher with yet another subscription service so I think the concern of the death of Game Pass is a bit extreme. We know Valve is happy to accept Game Pass on Steam but are waiting for Microsoft, if they could get Game Pass on Steam that would help. Game Pass is available via xCloud - TVs, Browsers, etc. We're talking about Service/Cloud loving Microsoft here. They'll always be some sort of "Xbox Marketplace" as long as Windows Store exists, I could see them further trying to unify the two, they've already said they want to do a Universal Xbox Store but Xbox/PC Stores are still technically separate things. |
True, but the Gamepass library on Playstation would be restriced to Xbox/Bethesda/Activision games. It will be interesting to see if this also means a lower subscription price. |
Yeah, I said 1st party only Tbf 
XGS + Bethesda + ABK is still a lot of content...Plus this would open the door for further acquisitions...Not saying whether they should acquire more, especially after recent layoffs, but releasing a bunch of stuff on PlayStation would definitely make it a lot easier to acquire say, another major publisher.
EspadaGrim said:
Ryuu96 said:
If they go "fully third party" with no hardware then there's no reason why Sony would reject a 1st party only Game Pass, Xbox would be treated the same as EA or Ubisoft, yet another publisher with yet another subscription service so I think the concern of the death of Game Pass is a bit extreme. We know Valve is happy to accept Game Pass on Steam but are waiting for Microsoft, if they could get Game Pass on Steam that would help. Game Pass is available via xCloud - TVs, Browsers, etc. We're talking about Service/Cloud loving Microsoft here. They'll always be some sort of "Xbox Marketplace" as long as Windows Store exists, I could see them further trying to unify the two, they've already said they want to do a Universal Xbox Store but Xbox/PC Stores are still technically separate things. |
Except that games like CoD are now part of Xbox 1st party, you honesty believe that Sony would rather have 30% of a 15$ sub over 30% of a 70$ game that routinely sales over 10 million yearly that also helps their own subscription service since MP is still behind a paywall? Zero chance of that happening and EA Play isn't a good comparison since their games don't come day and date. |
I do think there could easily be some version of Game Pass on PlayStation if Xbox hardware ceased to exist, yes. In addition to PS Store, it can be on Steam too, as Gabe has straight up said he would like to see it happen. What form that takes, I'm not 100% sure on.
I also don't think MS will abandon their xCloud plans, which include Game Pass. Microsoft is entirely about services and cloud nowadays, so I think the suggestion that they will abandon their cloud and service related features in their gaming sector is unlikely to say the least.
