We all love Xbox Game Pass here at Pure Xbox, and as it turns out, plenty of indie studios seem grateful for the service and its security too. We've heard this from small devs and publishers before, and this week, the Citizen Sleeper creator has talked about how the service is keeping plenty of studios going right now.
Spotted over on Reddit, Citizen Sleeper designer Gareth Damian Martin says that Xbox Game Pass "was massive for Citizen Sleeper" and that he "thinks Game Pass is keeping a lot of indie studios going right now". This chat about the service originates from Edge Magazine, and we'll drop the full snippet down below:
As you can see, Martin claims that while the money may be a small amount for Xbox owner Microsoft, to them it "means we can make another videogame". In this particular case, Citizen Sleeper 2 is now well into development with Martin at the helm.
This scenario doesn't always seem to be the case though. Casey Yano, co-founder of Slay The Spire studio Mega Crit Games, and Darkest Dungeon director Chris Bourassa, recently claimed that deals with the likes of Xbox Game Pass and Epic Games Store seemed to be getting smaller - although Yano later clarified that the comments were aimed more at Epic than Microsoft.
What do you think to these latest Game Pass comments? Discuss 'em down below!
[source reddit.com, via gamesradar.com]
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I love gamepass loads of big big games on it all the time and the few Indy games we get are good my daughter and I enjoy trying them out but it's the huge mammoth titles that keep it great don't see many gameboy quality games at all to be honest
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@GuyinPA75 not sure if you are serious or just a troll post? Game Pass has more than just indie games I would suggest subscribing and actually exploring the games.
@awp69 because of indie pass I've played indie games like Outriders and Guardians of the Galaxy from that small publisher Square Enix. Also other small games like Hitman Trilogy, GTA V, Alan Wake and Control, Starfield, Yakuza (almost the whole franchise), mass effect, dead space and much much more. All of them with the quality of a game boy for sure. Long live Indie Pass!
"We all love Game Pass here at PureXbox"
Well...not all of us. I'd much rather buy my games and not worry about a subscription.
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Indie games are why I subscribe to game pass. The RPGs and other stuff (particularly stuff I’d otherwise have purchased) is icing on the cake. AAA development is totally creatively bankrupt. But the “pittance” tossed to indie devs keeps the real ideas coming.
Indies are my favourite part of GP. It means you can try out smaller titles with nothing to lose but a little bit of your time.
I agree with the sentiment that the indie scene needs only a fraction of the money AAA productions need to keep going, but with a much better return on investment for the industry as a whole to develop the industry as a whole and the talent. It's like Art grants; you're not going to end up with 1000 Picassos (or even one), but there needs to be an art industry and community there to allow those special people to get a start.
@ShadowofTwilight You know that, you can purchase games without any subsriptions, right?
@GrumpyMert I've made a game out of counting the number of "I don't like it because like to buy my games!" replies to all of the Game Pass articles. It's amusing how many people seem to think that's some sort of argument. Like, "that's nice, and? you do you, boo."
Personally I end up trying 20x the games I normally would because Game Pass gives me access to them. I don't see an argument to it being a good thing beyond blatant self-righteousness.
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