Comment on Veteran Videogame Analyst: Subscription growth has flattened [in video games]
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 5 months agoOk, that’s exactly what I thought it meant. So why isn’t that good for the industry? Doesn’t that mean that they’re double-dipping?
TheEntity@kbin.social 5 months ago
It is. But the industry would rather have all of us subscribing because that's a constant profit and they love constant profit. They'd rather have 100% subscribing and 0% buying than 10% subscribing and 100% buying.
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I think I’m getting it now. He was saying “don’t worry” to consumers, not video game companies.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I think he’s saying that neither extreme is right. Subscriptions aren’t going to take over the entire market but they will likely continue to play a role going forward.
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 5 months ago
So my current understanding of this is that he’s telling us, as consumers, not to worry because subscriptions are not taking over the industry like the industry wants it to. It’s working for them, but it’s not taking over.