Ex-PlayStation lead says it's "impossible" for devs to make a profit on Game Pass
03-10-2026 13:16 via gamesradar.com

Ex-PlayStation lead says it's "impossible" for devs to make a profit on Game Pass

Shawn Layden, an ex-executive for PlayStation, doesn't think developers have much luck turning a profit on subscription services like Xbox Game Pass, especially when putting games into those services on launch day."I think I said somewhere that in order for Game Pass to become profitable, you have to have something like 500 million subscribers," Layden explains in an interview with The Expansion Pass podcast (embedded below). "It's a number chosen for hyperbole. But turns out, it wasn't that wro
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