I don't know why people are upset about subscriptions. It's an alternative option to buying games outright and can be more economical for users. You also don't have to subscribe for an entire year. It's basically going to Blockbuster for double the price but you get 100x more and for 4-15x longer.
It's good for consumers now, bad for the industry and consumers in the long run.
It's simple math that you make more money on the high end selling your product at $60 if your series can sell over 2 million copies rather than earn some chump change scraps from a subscriptions. Subscription based games will encourage more GaaS styled games and will significantly lower the budget of titles in the future. Games will be made cheaply as possible to turn a profit.
Most people who work in the industry make their money off of bonuses from a game selling well. Subscription based gaming under a large umbrella will drastically reduce the amount of money that can potentially be made for high qualified individuals in the industry.
If you take that away then there's really no reason for them to work in the industry anymore.
Iwata warned developers time after time about devaluing their product.