Yeah that’s fair. But with how they’ve managed other “first party” titles I do not trust their policies.
I’m most curious to see how Senua’s Saga comes how since it should be a single player-only game that won’t fit into the monetization scheme Microsoft seems to like most
Which monetization scheme is that? It’s not like Starfield, Hi-Fi Rush, or Psychonauts 2 had microtransactions, and those are just some of the games that actually had time to cook after Microsoft bought them. For how they’ve managed Halo and Gears, I don’t believe microtransactions made their way into the campaigns, unlike an Assassin’s Creed. I’m not sure I see the association here.
Both yes and no. Epic hasn’t gotten anything out of their attempt.
Xbox is another matter, they are still trying. It was more or less the point of buying all those developer studios.
They are just not rushing it.
But yeah, the plan is to get the Game Pass concept to a certain point of normalization. Which they’re quite close to achieving.
Yeah that’s fair. But with how they’ve managed other “first party” titles I do not trust their policies.
I’m most curious to see how Senua’s Saga comes how since it should be a single player-only game that won’t fit into the monetization scheme Microsoft seems to like most
Which monetization scheme is that? It’s not like Starfield, Hi-Fi Rush, or Psychonauts 2 had microtransactions, and those are just some of the games that actually had time to cook after Microsoft bought them. For how they’ve managed Halo and Gears, I don’t believe microtransactions made their way into the campaigns, unlike an Assassin’s Creed. I’m not sure I see the association here.
Personally, I’d say anything on PC that goes Storefront Exclusive or require a Subscription to play is an automatic “no go.”
And MS leans quite a bit on both of those concepts.
But alas, the rest of the world seems to be of a differente mind. So eventually everything not indie will likely go down that road.
On PC they don’t do those things. Or rather, they tried, and the market rejected it.
Both yes and no. Epic hasn’t gotten anything out of their attempt. Xbox is another matter, they are still trying. It was more or less the point of buying all those developer studios. They are just not rushing it. But yeah, the plan is to get the Game Pass concept to a certain point of normalization. Which they’re quite close to achieving.