Pete Hines, former senior vice president of Bethesda Softworks for global marketing and communication, claims that game subscription services, such as Xbox Game Pass, are “worth Jack S ***”, if game developers create content for them, they are not properly served.
Figurine of the former Bethesd who announced his pension in 2023. After 24 years in the companyopen about the state of the game industry during a fresh interview with DBLTAP. In addition to touching the early days of the Fallout company and older scrolls, Hines talked about what the future of services looks like, such as Game Pass.
He admits that since the pension from Bethesd belonging to Microsoft means that his view on this matter may not be valid. However, Hines claims that he was a witness to what “he considered some briefly seeing a decision that a few years ago”, which seems to “” there is no way I said. “
“Subscriptions have become a fresh four -speed word, right? You can’t buy the product anymore,” said Hines. “When you talk about a subscription, which is based on content, if you do not wonder how to balance the needs of the service and people running a service with people who provide content – without which the subscription is worth Jacek S *** – you have a real problem.”
Players talked about the profitability of platforms such as Game Pass since the premiere in 2017. While the service flooded with hundreds of games for subscribers to play sounds like a dream for players, how the creators of these games receive support.
As a game card he pushed forward in the early 1920s and PlayStation finally appointed its own PlayStation plus concentrated competitorThere were more signs of questions. The former head of PlayStation Shawn Layden is one of the many who He recently criticized the model of game subscription servicesCalling “Netflix of Gaming” Idea “” danger “in which he questions him:” … is he healthy for a programmer? “
Microsoft advertised it Game Pass has achieved revenues of $ 5 billion in the last year last year After Combating hundreds of employees in the Game Department in the same month. Today, Hines adds that the pressure of the ongoing game subscription service affects the programmers themselves, which must exist. This is a dependence on this model, which according to him “hurts many people.”
“You must properly confirm, compensate and recognize what you need to create this content, not just creating a game, but a product,” he developed. “This tension harms many people, including content creators, because they match the ecosystem that is not properly appreciated and rewards what they do.”
Two Bethesda-Developer Redfall Arkane Austin and Hi-Fi Rush Tango Gameworks-Byłyły Close in May 2024Although the latter was finally Saved after the publisher of PUBG Krafton, he purchased it from Xbox. As a result of mass layoffs and studio closures, the original founder of Arkane Raphael Colantonio Called game pass “Elephant in the room” and “unbalanced model”. He added: “I don’t think the GP may coexist with other models or kill everyone or give up.”
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