Eddie-Griffin
Banned
In a statement, Spencer clarified that the subscription service is an “exciting” business model for some games, and it helps diversify game choices for players. Buying and owning games by players is still a major part of the company’s business.
We don’t have the vision that everyone will pay us $15 a month. We think subscriptions are an interesting business model for certain types of games and for certain customers. I really see it as a diversification of how people build their library of games, or how creators reach the consumers they want to reach with the content they create. In my opinion, this will always be part of the business. I think the people who buy and own their games will be an important part of the business for years to come.
Spencer went on to state that allowing players to decide for themselves how they play and what they play is important to Xbox.
That’s why you won’t see us making subscription-exclusive games or trying to push people away from buying games. We love it when people buy games. It is fantastic. We also love it when people subscribe. We’re really looking at whether we can get more people to play more games and make it easy for every player who wants to play.
Despite popular belief, Xbox is moving to a Gamepass dominated platform for game purchases and distribution, at least according to Phil Spencer. He sees Gamepass as a way to create options for gamers so they can choose how they buy and play.
Phil says they will not slow down or remove other buying option to promote Gamepass. He wanted to leave it up the the creators and the consumers so won't be making Gamepass exclusive games for this reason.