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Sign me up I think a few other readers have touched on it but for me, the biggest question this whole Microsoft business raises is what Nintendo will do. Their own thing is the most obvious, and glib, answer but while Nintendo may seem a little backwards at times, they can’t be blind to what’s going on. I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve had secrets talks with Sony, but I think the first obvious change for them is to offer their own Game Pass.
Remember, the Game Pass doesn’t require any technical know-how, it’s just how much you can stand to lose while you build up your subscription business and try to get everyone to sign up and end up making the same or more money than you did from normal sales. Now, ignoring the fact that Nintendo would do something stupid to ruin the deal, because they’re Nintendo, I know that if there’s one company in the world where I’d automatically be interested in almost anything they did it’s them.
Microsoft’s first party line-up? They didn’t buy Bethesda and Activision Blizzard because it was any good. Sony’s? It’s good, definitely, but it lacks variety and only really got good last gen. Nintendo though? They go back as far as the NES and beyond and have been knocking out classics longer than most people have been alive. I know I’d pay £10 a month, and probably quite a bit more, to play everything they’ve ever made.
Will they do that? Not immediately, would be my guess, but if Microsoft does start to dominant – and I think there’s a good chance they could – then I can see it happening. And I’ll be the first to
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