(email protected) Director Chris Charla spoke to GamesIndustry.biz in a new interview this week, and some of his comments on Xbox Game Pass are particularly interesting, even though he thinks the service is ” disruptive” for the company. games or not.
In short, he doesn’t think so. Charla says it’s perfectly natural and healthy for businesspeople to worry about the growth of subscription services, but she thinks Game Pass has been more “additive” than “disruptive.”
“I wouldn’t describe this as disruptive because I don’t think that’s how Uber came in and got rid of all the taxis in this industry…”
“It’s additive. People still buy a lot of games and they still buy a lot of games on Xbox. They buy games through Game Pass at a discount, which is what they get as members. So I don’t think that Game Pass has been a disruptive business model, it’s been additive in a really positive way.”
Chris also used the arrival of free-to-play games on consoles as an example, acknowledging that many people thought this was going to “change everything completely” and that all games would be free, but that ultimately didn’t happen. However, he says these concerns were “valid, rational, normal and healthy”.
The question is whether the Xbox Game Pass will be able to stay addendum in the future? Chris is full of optimism about it, mentioning in the interview that he’s “very optimistic” as Game Pass participation levels remain extremely high:
“We’re seeing Game Pass players playing more games, interacting with more games across more genres than ever before. Those kinds of metrics are what we saw at the start of Game Pass, and every time we watch, we still see it. So yeah, I still have a lot of hope about it.
“When we see developers come to us and talk about the second, third, fourth, and fifth games on Game Pass, it clearly works for them. It’s a good extrinsic validation of the value of the program.”
There are plenty of other great quotes from Chris in the interview, such as the importance of Game Pass providing a diverse, high-quality offering, and how third-party titles will remain essential for Xbox even after the acquisition (potentially ) from Activision by Blizzard. , so it’s worth reading it all if you’re interested.
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(source gamesindustry.biz)
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