They might lose a bit of money from their 2 million Now base that happens to also have Plus and pay month to month, but that's doubtfully a hill to die on. Start offering all first party content on the service, but exclusively if the player has Plus Ultimate. $120 a year (they will have a hard time going higher than that and if they go lower they will lose money) Includes all current Plus and Now benefits The only solution I can see them coming with:

And once they tackle that (might require rebranding) they will find themselves needing to up the price. Players looking for games similar to God of War will be more than happy with Square Enixs latest entry in the Final Fantasy series. Honestly, at this point their biggest issue is perception. That helps keep GP sustainable.įinally there is the most important (noted on the old price point) that they refuse to put their games there day one and keep rotating their own games out! Anyone complaining how GamePass is unsustainable misses that key point, there is no yearly discount. Then they reduced the price to $10 a month, better price but they also lowered the yearly plan to $60. Then there is price, until 2019 it uses to cost $20 a month, that was an absurd price, especially when even first party games rotate out, and nothing goes in day one. Jaffe, who was director on the first two God of War games as well as creating the Twisted Metal series for PlayStation, admitted that he doesn't know what that response will be, so was unable to provide further details for now.įirst there is perception, so many still believe the platform onlu offers streaming games only.

“What I can tell you is I know they are doing some stuff because I know people at Sony who have told me that they are doing some stuff. “We had the guy on the show yesterday that had made the petition to fire Jim Ryan and I was like, ‘dude, that’s way premature’ because Jim Ryan doesn’t owe anybody, Sony doesn’t owe anybody, the truth about what’s coming and what their counterpunch to Game Pass is.' Here's what Jaffe had to say in a live discussion on YouTube (transcribed by Video Games Chronicle): Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass subscription service has undoubtedly had an incredible year, adding the likes of EA Play, a massive batch of Bethesda games and countless AAA titles, not to mention the arrival of Xbox Cloud Gaming.īack in November, Sony's Jim Ryan stated that PlayStation had ' news to come' about some kind of response to the success of Xbox Game Pass, and now God of War creator David Jaffe has weighed in on the topic.

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