JonB
11-17-2008, 11:54 PM
I read this news story today
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3171358
Take Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said
The Holy Grail is taking a business, already a very large and successful business that's focused on packaged goods...and turning that into a subscription business or a semi subscription business where we have an ongoing relationship with consumers, giving them products that they want. Who's better positioned to do that than the company that has the top franchises?
I don't know what to think about this. On the one hand, there are many great games which I would be happy to pay a subscription for every month if they added new levels etc. But I hope that all game developers don't follow suit. It's not uncommon to finish a £40 game within 2-3 days so I wouldn't be too happy about paying more on top of that.
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3171358
Take Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said
The Holy Grail is taking a business, already a very large and successful business that's focused on packaged goods...and turning that into a subscription business or a semi subscription business where we have an ongoing relationship with consumers, giving them products that they want. Who's better positioned to do that than the company that has the top franchises?
I don't know what to think about this. On the one hand, there are many great games which I would be happy to pay a subscription for every month if they added new levels etc. But I hope that all game developers don't follow suit. It's not uncommon to finish a £40 game within 2-3 days so I wouldn't be too happy about paying more on top of that.