Shawn Layden criticized Game Pass, stating it reduces developers to mere wage slaves, and does not instill value creation. He expressed concerns about the potential misrepresentation of profitability through financial manipulation, suggesting that reporting $5 billion in profits could involve concealed costs. Layden questioned the healthiness of this model for developers, asserting that it lacks inspiration and creativity. His long-standing pessimism about the subscription model points to rising development costs and challenges the value of console exclusives. Overall, he remains skeptical about the benefits of Game Pass for developers.
"They're not creating value. It's just, 'You pay me X dollars an hour, I built you a game, here, go put it on your servers.'"
"You can do all kinds of financial jiggery-pokery for any sort of corporate service to make it look profitable if you wanted to."
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