I agree I can definitely see ‘Game Pass’ being on Plsystation.
They could release the multiplayer F2P on other consoles and still keep the campaings exclusive and part of de game pass.
If I had to guess, not even close. Most of their revenue likely comes from game pass rather than microtransactions - Especially at this point.
Here is where the irony comes in. You are absolutely correct - most companies do microtransactions because they make more money, the issue for Infinite is microtransactions and F2P goes against its core principals and audience. It also promotes releasing unfinished games under the guise of ‘Games as a service’. With a large playerbase this can be incredibly profitable.
The funny/ironic part is that Infinite left behind many of his core principals to try and get that fortnite money. In doing so, they abandoned charging $60 for the full game (something their competitors do i.e., CoD, battlefield), and sold an overpriced campaign simultaneously offering it on game pass. Considering the time when Infinite launched and the fact that, if it wasn’t F2P it would’ve launched in a much better state (It’s not okay to launch broken games that are full priced i.e., cyberpunk/battlefield 2042). Infinite missed out on the most profitable opportunity the IP has ever seen - and likely ever will. Over 20 Million people tried it out, got bored and disappointed then left. All of my friends either did literally that^ or had just heard ‘there’s no content and it’s loaded with microtransactions’ and didn’t even bother trying it because of previous bad experiences with 4 & 5 - assuming, what they’d heard must be true.
Halo could’ve literally taken over the fps genre once again, unfortunately trend chasing - once again - has led us where we are today.
My hope is that Infinite gets un-F2P-ed when the next installment of campaign and tatanka releases - similar to cod/warzone. A fresh/complete/polished Halo title with no microtransactions would completely dominate all competition. Just imagine spotting a pristine shower while swimming in a sea of 
. Not to mention when someone buys something, they generally stick with it longer and encourage others to buy it too - because there is more invested in it to them -, as opposed to just trying out the unlimited free beta.
it doesn’t work like that buddy, corporations care about as much about principals as they do love or happiness… Its just words to them.
that opportunity is like a decade too late, too much competition for any single game to dominate.
Didn’t work for Halo 4.
you massively massively underestimate MTX profits, this is the problem. Its like when you find out that crappy mobile games make far more money than triple A games do it blows you away. Infinite isn’t even a real Gamepass game either.
Nah. Unless/until Sony greenlights a Game Pass app for Playstation, or some similar situation arises, Halo’s never going there IMO.
343i said that they are not making their contractors work crunch. Its a good business practice but when it comes to film and video games, this means product and patches come out slower than they would if a company treated their workers like slaves.