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villainy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Nobody is forcing studios or publishers at gunpoint to release on a subscription service.

Except for the hilarious number of studios owned by Microsoft. One would hope Microsoft takes the effect of Game Pass into account when they’re reviewing sales figures and shutting down studios. One would hope…

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Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
The number may be high but it’s an almost insignificant proportion of the industry. There’s no industry pressure to be on Gamepass.

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- EnsignWashout@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  There’s no industry pressure to be on Gamepass, yet.
  
  Microsoft doesn’t willingly lose money on something unless they think they can make it into ~~a market distorting rent extraction hellscape.~~ something very profitable later.
  
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  - Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    A) it’s already profitable B) they would never be able to buy enough studios to create industry pressure to be on GP, it’s just not possible and the service would crumble under its own weight
    
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