Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need to Get 'Comfortable' Not Owning Their Games for Subscriptions to Take Off - IGN
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An executive at Assassin’s Creed maker Ubisoft has said gamers will need to get “comfortable” not owning their games before video game subscriptions truly take off.

Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need to Get ‘Comfortable’ Not Owning Their Games for Subscriptions to Take Off::An executive at Assassin’s Creed maker Ubisoft has said gamers will need to get “comfortable” not owning their games before video game subscriptions truly take off.

  • IronpigsWizard@lemmy.worldEnglish
    551·
    11 months ago

    The fact that some people are ok with, “subscriptions taking off” in this very post is troubling.

    The future, where you own nothing, pay a subscription for everything.

    • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      11 months ago

      The only games I’m comfortable with having a subscription. Is a game like WoW where they are supporting a large server farm/infrastructure for the game.

      • mercator_rejection@programming.devEnglish
        111·
        11 months ago

        Thing is that it has been shown that the cost doesn’t add up. Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 are both games you only pay the cost of the box, no on going subscriptions and they are able to continue running the servers and infrastructure just fine. 15$/mo just doesn’t make sense.

        • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
          5·
          11 months ago

          It made sense in 2006 when the technology was new and the concept was novel, in 2023 where server upkeep costs are astronomically low if present at all and cloud technology is the norm, the only thing justifying it is “We’ve been doing it this way for years”

          Honestly the only reason why consoles have subscription fees for online services is because Xbox Live Gold proved that people were dumb enough to full for this bullshit, so Sony and Nintendo just stooped down to Microsoft’s level for the free payday.

        • Urist@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          21·
          11 months ago

          WoW is even worse than that.

          When the player base on your server dies and there are no raiding guilds left there it costs like $20 to move your character. Per character.

          It’s been years since I’ve played but that’s one of the reasons I stopped.

      • force@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        I could say that about Destiny 2 but I still feel dirty about giving any sort of money to Bungie

    • scottywh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      I’ll be perfectly honest.

      I love and strongly prefer physical media games.

      However, I also love Game Pass at least as a concept.

      I’ve had it for several years now thanks to Live Gold conversion and VPN…

      That said, regardless how much “value” it may provide, I will NEVER pay full price for it… I just don’t feel like it’s worth the price they’re asking to me personally.

      It’s great for trying out the occasional game I’d never have bought or played otherwise though… And sometimes it introduces me to games that I feel like are worth buying that I hadn’t heard of anywhere else.

      For example, I bought Aragami 2 because I tried it on Game Pass and enjoyed it but I wasn’t finished with it yet when rumors appeared that it was leaving the service.

      I also played and thoroughly enjoyed Cocoon and High on Life thanks to Game Pass and feel like they’re both worth buying at the right price.

      I personally don’t enjoy watching YouTubers and I rarely read reviews so I wouldn’t have known much about most of those if I didn’t have the chance to try them.

      It’s almost like it’s replaced the demos that used to be so common but we can play the whole game now if we want.

      Editing to add:

      Also, fuck this Ubisoft exec… Subscription models should NEVER become the default way that we are expected to “consume” games (or any other entertainment really for that matter) and it’s arrogant as hell for this prick to presume that we’ll all just be okay with it.