Xbox's game pass strategy falters as layoffs mount

xbox game pass, the subscription service that was meant to revolutionize the gaming industry, has run into major hurdles, leading to massive layoffs at Microsoft-owned studios and the exit of several game development teams.

Former forza horizon dev blames game pass subscriber numbers for drastic measures

as the fallout from microsoft's xbox reset continues, one high-profile gaming executive has shed light on the root cause of the company's drastic restructuring efforts. Mike Brown, the former creative director on the hit forza horizon series, told minnmax that the subscriber numbers for xbox game pass simply weren't high enough to justify the $69 billion spent on acquiring activision blizzard and funding other game development initiatives.

in an interview, brown lamented that the well-intentioned concept of game pass, aimed at making games more accessible to players, had failed to gain traction.