Den fortælling vi ellers er blevet vant til i spilbranchen er at abonnementer, hvor du betaler lidt hver måned for ekstra fordele og adgang til et katalog af spil er meget indbringende for udgivere. Netop derfor kaster blandt andet EA, Ubisoft og særligt Microsoft sig over netop denne forretningsmodel, men sådan ser Bandai Namco det ikke nødvendigvis.
Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe's Senior Vice President for Marketing, Digital, og Content, Hervé Hoerdt, har sagt til MCV, at det ikke nødvendigvis er så godt for branchen som man skulle tro.
"Subscriptions are more of a threat, that's for sure. Because the business model behind subscriptions will be based on two things: the number of hours played on your game compared to the total hours people played, and the number of games played compared to the total number of games. So, in the value chain, we see a lot of cascading and the value in the end is too low for us to be able to invest further in the content. So that's a threat we see. But otherwise, generally speaking, it's exciting, it's appealing, it's more opportunities going forwards."
Er du enig i det Hoerdt siger, og hvilke spilabonnementer har du?