• jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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    9 months ago

    Big studios don’t like Gamepass. Indie devs seem to love it. The fact the Ryan made a generalized statement that only includes one side of the gaming industry, shows what he thinks about someone that doesn’t work for a financial group.

    • Defaced@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Indies like gamepass for the same reason they like epic games exclusivity, short term profits for short term sustainability. They get a fat paycheck to put their game on gamepass and then blow through that money on maintenance and development of new games, then they have to chase the gamepass deal over and over again.

      It’s the same situation with EGS, they get the exclusivity paycheck, which means they can stay in business for 6 more months (not a real number just an example) but if they don’t budget that money accordingly and can’t sustain profits on the EGS, then they’ve already lost and have to rely on that short term profit again and again.