Subscription Service Xbox game pass from Microsoft has long been a profitable offer for many gamers, because, in addition to hit projects, thanks to it they can get access to games that, with a high degree of probability, would not have been bought before.
Wherein Xbox game pass also useful for third-party developers. According to many polls, the service is considered by studios as a promotion tool. The fact is that releases from independent teams get there only temporarily, and if one of the users wants to leave a certain game at home forever, he will be offered to buy it. Xbox game pass In this case, it plays an advertising role – a person can get acquainted with a little-known title as part of free access, and then pay for it. A prime example was the extreme cycling simulator Descenders, whose sales since appearing in the Xbox Game Pass have grown significantly.
The success of the game was reported by the head of the publishing house No More Robots Mike rosswho posted the message on his own Twitter account. He said that at the time of publication of the post Descenders was the eighth most popular service game.
According to him, if you compare the weekly sales of the project before appearing in the Xbox Game Pass with the results of the last seven-day period, they have increased as much as five times. The total sales of the game on the Xbox platform tripled after appearing in the subscription service.
If I take the month before we went into Game Pass, and compared it to sales of the game last week, we’re now selling around 5 times as many units each week as pre-Game Pass, on a weekly basis
Since we went into Game Pass, our total Xbox sales have TRIPLED
Game Pass is good, yo
– Mike Rose (@RaveofRavendale) June 29, 2023
After the publication of this information, it is not surprising that the authors Descenders signed a new agreement with the service and will remain in its library for some time to come.
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