Tag: subscription services
Xbox Raising Game Pass Ultimate and PC Prices, Adding Tier
You know all that financial trouble Xbox has been going through, which caused them to close and merge some Bethesda studios? That’s largely due to Game Pass, Xbox’s subscription service. The service is not profitable for Xbox, and this problem was exacerbated when they bought Activision and Beth...
Read MoreNext Call of Duty Game Coming Straight to Game Pass
Xbox’s desperation is showing. Last week, Microsoft’s senior public relations manager, Brian Hilderbrand, said the reason Xbox was closing some Bethesda studios and merging others was because Game Pass – the Xbox subscription service – was losing money on video game sales by allowing gamers ...
Read MoreUbisoft Wants Gamers “Comfortable with Not Owning Games”
Another shot has been fired in the war against physical media. In a recent interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Ubisoft’s director of subscriptions, Philippe Tremblay, talked about the video game company’s new subscription service, Ubisoft+. (Disney really started a trend with that plus sign, huh?)...
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