![]() ![]() ![]() I do think Game Pass is a force to be reckoned with, more so than the actual Xbox Series X, certainly, but Sony and Nintendo keep pumping out first party hits that more or less demand purchase, which is why even with this trend becoming clear, we see The Last of Us Part 2 and Ghost of Tsushima breaking records to this day. Sony and Nintendo can likely hold out for a while here. This is the direction everything is moving. But 2-3 years from now? Maybe debuting your new title on Game Pass (or something like it) will not be so weird to consider. Godfall, Avengers are new loot-based IPs that seem like they may follow this trend, even if they’re not showing up on Game Pass at launch. And yet I would not be surprised to see less of those and more of what Destiny is doing. Yes, $60 games and numbered sequels will still exist. Other games have already set this trend in motion a long time ago. Fortnite already exists as a platform and being free with no paid expansions, doesn’t need to be a part of a Game Pass at all. It’s hard to know exactly what the next franchise to go this route will be, but I would not be surprised to see maybe Call of Duty turn into a “platform” where its new releases are part of an ongoing stream of content, rather than hard resets every single year. This is a combination of two different trends, the shift to subscription models in media generally, which has fully consumed TV, but is now inching into games, and game franchises that last 5-15 years as a single entity, rather than something with numbered sequels and new box copies. ![]()
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