The Downside Of Game Pass, According To A Former Xbox Boss

Eddie Makuch
9/8/2025

Former Bethesda executive Pete Hines recently stirred up a new discussion around subscription services like Xbox Game Pass and their impact on the video game industry. Now, two more industry veterans have chimed in, including former executives at Sony and even Xbox itself.Shannon Loftis, the former VP of Xbox Games Studios, said (via TweakTown) she agreed with Hines' assessment of subscription services, stating that Game Pass "comes at the expense of retail revenue."Game Pass can "claim a few victories" in terms of games that might have otherwise "sunk beneath the waves," Loftis said, calling out Human Fall Flat as an example. However, the "majority of game adoption" on Game Pass comes at the cost of revenue from retail, she said, "unless the game is engineered from the ground up for post-release monetization."Continue Reading at GameSpot...

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