Game Pass Doesn’t Negatively Effect Game Sales, On the Contrary, EVERSPACE 2 Developer Says

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PC Game Pass doesn't negatively affect game sales, according to EVERSPACE 2 developer ROCKFISH Games.

As most of you will know, there's been a lot of discussions lately about the effect of Microsoft's Game Pass on game sales. Although Microsoft initially always claimed that the service didn't impact game sales, the company recently admitted that its service 'cannibalized' game sales.

"Microsoft also submitted that its internal analysis shows a [redacted] percent decline in base game sales twelve months following their addition on Game Pass.", the CMA's recent provisional report about the heavily-debated Microsoft Activision-Blizzard deal reads.

Although not official, industry market research firm DFC Intelligence recently said that Microsoft's Game Pass business model doesn't seem to work. "The problem with Game Pass is the business model does not appear to work", the research firm wrote earlier this year. "Comparing subscriber numbers is not necessarily fair because the services have significantly different prices.  However, what is clear is how well Nintendo’s subscription service works as an enhancement to the overall business model of selling hardware and software.  In contrast, Game Pass appears to be trying to be its own end where Xbox hardware sales are not important."

Yesterday, however, during the Reboot Develop Blue games industry conference in Dubrovnik, ROCKFISH Games CEO Michael Schade talked about funding and selling EVERSPACE 2. In addition, the CEO shared some early-access stats from the game. From the looks of it, this talk was attended by the CEO of indie developer and publisher New Blood Interactive, who shared some interesting details and (confidential) slides from the presentation on Twitter.  One of the