SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
This. 100%.For me its not even matter of if its profitable or not, its a matter of how it affects first party studio games who are all pushed towards making GaaS games filled with mtx, so genre i got 0 interest towars, thats the biggest turn off.
U can add on top some other factors, like for example if playstation exclusive gets pushed back- its ok, u will pay for it if/when it launches and u like it, if xbox exclusive gets pushed back, then u have to pay additional weeks/months(and sometimes years) for possibility of playing it as a part of gamepass deal.
So for example if i bought Gamepass say in july for 6 months, just to play starfield in november, and now it got delayed(we dont even know to when, might be january, might be november 2023) thats significant cost increase of playing it(and no, i dont give a damn about indies or 2ndrate AAA games who are released on it months after actual launch.
Happened to me earlier this year. I got their 3 month sub over the summer since they promised halo coop launching in summer. now i only paid $1 for it, but i know guys who paid for three years to take advantage of the XBL Gold conversion. thats $180. delays like that are simply inexcusable especially considering they didnt replace starfield, halo coop and redfall with other exclusives like forza hot wheels.