‘People Are Less Willing to Pay’: Dev Speaks Out Against Day One Releases on PS Plus, Xbox Game Pass

“Content has been devalued”

by Sammy Barker Yesterday, 7pm

Image: Push SquareRevenge of the Savage Planet launched day one with Xbox Game Pass, but maker Raccoon Logic’s boss Alex Hutchinson has said developers shouldn’t take the deals.

Speaking with Gamer Social Club, he admitted that while sales for the title “have been good”, most of its “traffic” is coming through Microsoft’s subscription. He said that if the industry keeps doing day one releases like this, it’ll “devalue” the industry at large.

Hutchinson continued that his studio initially took the deal with Microsoft in the hope that the extra exposure would lead to greater DLC sales. But that hasn’t been the case.