Philippe Tremblay Wrote:

One of the things we saw is that gamers are used to, a little bit like DVD, having and owning their games. That's the consumer shift that needs to happen. They got comfortable not owning their CD collection or DVD collection. That's a transformation that's been a bit slower to happen [in games]. As gamers grow comfortable in that aspect… you don't lose your progress. If you resume your game at another time, your progress file is still there. That's not been deleted. You don't lose what you've built in the game or your engagement with the game. So it's about feeling comfortable with not owning your game.

"I still have two boxes of DVDs. I definitely understand the gamers perspective with that. But as people embrace that model, they will see that these games will exist, the service will continue, and you'll be able to access them when you feel like. That's reassuring.

Swen Vincke, CEO of Larian Studios Wrote:

Whatever the future of games looks like, content will always be king. But it’s going to be a lot harder to get good content if subscription becomes the dominant model and a select group gets to decide what goes to market and what not. Direct from developer to players is the way.

Getting a board to ok a project fueled by idealism is almost impossible and idealism needs room to exist, even if it can lead to disaster. Subscription models will always end up being cost/benefit analysis exercises intended to maximize profit.

There is nothing wrong with that but it may not become a monopoly of subscription services. We are already all dependent on a select group of digital distribution platforms and discoverability is brutal. Should those platforms all switch to subscription, it’ll become savage.

In such a world by definition the preference of the subscription service will determine what games get made.

Trust me - you really don’t want that.

TLDR ; you won’t find our games on a subscription service even if I respect that for many developers it presents an opportunity to make their game. I don’t have an issue with that. I just want to make sure the other ecosystem doesn’t die because it’s valuable.

GOG Wrote:

You should feel extremely comfortable with owning your games on GOG (they're DRM-free)  

Mat Piscatella, Game Industry Analyst at NPD Wrote:

Subscription growth has flattened, and sub services on console and PC platforms accounts for only 10% of total video game content spending in the US.
I get that some people want to protect their preferred model, but the idea that subs will become dominant is unsupported by data.

(Jan 18th, 2024, 11:18 PM)queenzelda Wrote:

Yea, I don't like not owning my games physically, that and most consoles don't have a lot of memory to begin with. I actually really need a 1tb mini sd card for my Switch, it would be nice if I could store my games on a ssd, but it's not possible.

Quote:I still have two boxes of DVDs. I definitely understand the gamers perspective with that. But as people embrace that model, they will see that these games will exist, the service will continue, and you'll be able to access them when you feel like. That's reassuring.

(Apr 11th, 2024, 10:44 PM)Maniakkid25 Wrote:

Ubisoft wants games to be a service, rather than a product. They want this because, if it's a service, they can charge you more money. That's all there is to it. My mind immediately went to streaming because that's their wet dream; to have people dependent on a little box for all their gaming needs, so they can charge you for its use. And they can fuck. Right. Off.