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Adding a bit more to the discussion on whether game subscription can be "the future", it looks like despite the heavy push made in the past decade, subscriptions only make up 10% of total video game spending in the US.

Link: https://nitter.net/MatPiscatella/status/1747660051269988522

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Worth noting that game trials on PS+ are kept behind the highest tier of PS+. Outside of that, there isn't too much of interest encouraging you to pick up that subscription in my books since the classics Sony's been putting publishing there aren't really that good. Streaming PS5 games sounds nice but is highly dependent on your internet connection. Not sure if I'm missing anything.