Xbox CEO Asha Sharma har allerede slået fast, at de næste 100 dage vil repræsentere et større "reset" hos Xbox, hvor studier vil blive lukket, spil vil blive aflyst og brandet vil gennemgå en større strømlining.
Hvor efterlader det Game Pass? Er det stadig deres primære prioritet og distributionsmodel? Det ved vi i grunden ikke, men noget peger i retning af at Microsoft om ikke andet er uvillige lige nu til at indgå i nye dyre partnerskaber med tredjeparter.
I den nyeste episode af The Business of Video Games siger Fernando Rizo fra Caboodle Games dette:
"I was at the trade show in Italy, had some nice lunches and dinners with industry colleagues, and word on the street was that loads of people who were in the frame for Game Pass deals....Nothing was inked yet, but the deals were in advanced discussions, and everybody got the rug pulled out from under them. I think what that means is that....I don't think Game Pass is over, given that the new leadership have talked a lot about Game Pass, but I think they're on pause. I think they're figuring it out; that's my reading, anyway. But yeah, for the time being, it seems that way. Like, we just did one at Caboodle earlier in the year and I get the feeling that we were among the last ones."
Hvad tror du der er ved at ske?