Subscriptions are not good for video games

Opinion by Matt S.

There's a great piece over at Gamasutra, titled "are platforms devaluing games to gain market share?" It looks at how, between free game giveaways by the likes of the Epic Game Store, and subscription-based services such as what Microsoft's doing, people are accumulating more games that they're not playing, which has the effect of firstly discouraging additional purchasing and, secondly, dramatically dropping the price at which people are willing to pay for games.

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