03-30-2026, 04:59 PM
'Race To The Bottom Pricing' Isn't Advisable For Xbox Game Pass, Suggests BG3 Direct
They argue that such tactics can hurt the industry.Just under a week ago, a report started getting a ton of attention when it suggested that new Xbox boss Asha Sharma might be considering a price revamp of sorts for Xbox Game Pass, potentially in the form of a new tier that could offer cheaper access to the service. From a consumer standpoint, we're always going to be happy with lower-priced options, but Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director has warned about the negative impacts it could have.Speaking in response to that report last week, Michael Douse (known as Cromwelp on Twitter) suggested that because of things like mass layoffs, rising development costs and worsening hardware sales, it's very hard to "make quality games at low cost" if the industry (including Game Pass) is just trying to engage in "race to the bottom pricing".Read the full article on purexbox.com
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/ra...3-director
They argue that such tactics can hurt the industry.Just under a week ago, a report started getting a ton of attention when it suggested that new Xbox boss Asha Sharma might be considering a price revamp of sorts for Xbox Game Pass, potentially in the form of a new tier that could offer cheaper access to the service. From a consumer standpoint, we're always going to be happy with lower-priced options, but Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director has warned about the negative impacts it could have.Speaking in response to that report last week, Michael Douse (known as Cromwelp on Twitter) suggested that because of things like mass layoffs, rising development costs and worsening hardware sales, it's very hard to "make quality games at low cost" if the industry (including Game Pass) is just trying to engage in "race to the bottom pricing".Read the full article on purexbox.com
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/ra...3-director