Former Sony leader Shuhei Yoshida spoke at Gamescom LATAM about gaming subscriptions. He worked at Sony Worldwide Studios for eleven years before leaving this past January. Yoshida thinks Microsoft Game Pass creates problems for game makers. He believes subscription services could control what games companies can make. The former executive calls this approach risky for the gaming world.
Yoshida prefers how Sony handles PlayStation Plus subscriptions. Sony waits before putting new games on their service. People buy games first at full price for a few years. Sony later adds these titles to PlayStation Plus when fewer people want to purchase them. This method helps game companies make money from direct sales.
Microsoft says they will never stop people from buying games outside Game Pass. The company designed their service to work alongside regular game purchases. Game Pass was meant to give players more options rather than replace buying games completely. Microsoft has repeated this message many times to address concerns from developers.
Yoshida discussed other topics after leaving Sony last winter. He mentioned that new PlayStation Studios head Hermen Hulst does not force teams to create live service games. The former executive also played Ghost of Yōtei before departing and thinks it will surpass Ghost of Tsushima when it launches October 2.
Yoshida prefers how Sony handles PlayStation Plus subscriptions. Sony waits before putting new games on their service. People buy games first at full price for a few years. Sony later adds these titles to PlayStation Plus when fewer people want to purchase them. This method helps game companies make money from direct sales.
Microsoft says they will never stop people from buying games outside Game Pass. The company designed their service to work alongside regular game purchases. Game Pass was meant to give players more options rather than replace buying games completely. Microsoft has repeated this message many times to address concerns from developers.
Yoshida discussed other topics after leaving Sony last winter. He mentioned that new PlayStation Studios head Hermen Hulst does not force teams to create live service games. The former executive also played Ghost of Yōtei before departing and thinks it will surpass Ghost of Tsushima when it launches October 2.
