Xbox Game Pass Is An ‘Unsustainable Model’ And Has Been ‘Damaging The Industry For A Decade,' Says Arkane Founder

Raphael Colantonio, the founder of Prey developer Arkane, has taken to X to share his views on Xbox Game Pass, which he sees as an ‘unsustainable model’ that for the past decade has been damaging the video games industry.

I think Gamepass is an unsustainable model that has been increasingly damaging the industry for a decade, subsidized by MS’s “infinite money”, but at some point reality has to hit. I don’t think GP can co-exist with other models, they’ll either kill everyone else, or give up.
It’s a long game that involves throwing a tsunami at the entire ecosystem of the industry. Only the gamers like it because the offer is too good to be true, but eventually even gamers will hate it when they realize the effects on the games. Other industries have different ratio cost content / sales. But even then, users enjoy Spotify because of the value proposition, but it is a horrible model for musicians, it only works for Spotify and the huge musicians and the major labels who have a stake in Spotify.

Arkane is now obviously owned by Microsoft, although Colantonio has since departed the studio and is now president and creative director of WolfEye Studios. Speaking of Microsoft, the Xbox hardware manufacturer recently said that it will be laying off staff, with the process possibly affecting around 4% of its overall workforce. Furthermore, a number of major upcoming titles such as Everwild and the Perfect Dark reboot cancelled as a result.

[Source – Raphael Colantino on X via GamesRadar]