Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 CEO hits back at Ubisoft comments about owning games Baldur’s Gate 3Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 CEO Swen Vincke has taken to X\/Twitter to respond to comments by Ubisoft about subscription models, saying that getting good games will be harder if services become dominant. Ubisoft has come under fire recently for comments about its subscription service plans. The company\u2019s director of subscriptions, Philippe Tremblay said in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, \u201cGamers are used to owning their games. That\u2019s the consumer shift that needs to happen\u201d. This has sparked a lot of criticism, with many who play games feeling that ownership of games is crucial to their purchase. This is all in the face of a rise in the popularity of gaming subscription services, which have become more and more prominent. Microsoft\u2019s Game Pass in particular has revolutionized the market, but other services are available like Ubisoft\u2019s own Ubisoft+, EA\u2019s EA Play, or Sony\u2019s PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium tiers. However, Larian boss Vincke has expressed caution at the prominence of subscription models saying it could lead to worse games. Ubisoft\u2019s recent comments have garnered a response from Larian Taking to X\/Twitter to air out his thoughts, Vincke explained why he\u2019s cautious of the model. He said: \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a lot harder to get good content if subscription becomes the dominant model and a select group gets to decide what goes to market and what not. Direct from developer to players is the way.\u201d He continued in the thread: \u201cSubscription models will always end up being cost\/benefit analysis exercises intended to maximize profit\u2026 We are already all dependent on a select group of digital distribution platforms and discoverability is brutal. Should those platforms all switch to subscription, it\u2019ll become savage.\u201d \u201cIn such a world by definition the preference of the subscription service will determine what games get made. Trust me \u2013 you really don\u2019t want that.\u201d He concluded by saying \u201cYou won\u2019t find our games on a subscription service. I just want to make sure the other ecosystem [buying and selling games and owning them] doesn\u2019t die because it\u2019s valuable.\u201d True to his word, Vincke recently announced that it\u2019s incredibly unlikely that Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 will ever appear Xbox Game Pass. As the industry moves further into subscription, it\u2019s entirely likely it will have an effect on the games that are made, and eventually, what you have available to play. It also brings big concerns about having access to your favorite titles in the long term. That\u2019s why this remains an important conversation, and it\u2019s one that\u2019s refreshing to see a CEO criticize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 CEO hits back at Ubisoft comments about owning games Baldur’s Gate 3Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 CEO Swen Vincke has taken to X\/Twitter to respond to comments by Ubisoft about subscription models, saying that getting good games will be harder if services become dominant. Ubisoft has come under fire recently for comments about its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}