The Math Behind Xbox Game Pass Versus $70 Sony Games Will Snowball Quickly

Halo Infinite 343 If you were drinking every time you saw a game was coming “day one to Game Pass” at the Xbox Show yesterday, you would have been under the table by the end. It’s clear that Microsoft is slamming the accelerator on Game Pass, with or without a console attached to it, and they’re going to try to not just have a large roster of old games, but continue the idea that every new first party game debuts there, and now that includes all future Bethesda games too, after the recent acquisition. Sony, meanwhile, has taken the opposite path. This generation they’re not only sticking with selling individual new releases as they’ve always done, not rolling them up into any sort of subscription, but also increasing the price of their PS5 games from $60 to $70, which includes some third parties as well. It’s not ideal for each game you go to purchase (I just winced when I went to buy Ratchet and Clank and remembered it was $70), but once you really start… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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