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

A former PlayStation executive has challenged the financial viability of Game Pass for developers, arguing the subscription service would need to reach hundreds of millions of subscribers before creators could turn a profit. The criticism highlights a core tension in the subscription model: traditional full-priced games rely on individual sales momentum to succeed, whereas Game Pass incorporates titles into a library where they compete for attention among thousands of options. Without that subscriber base scale, developers face a math problem where subscription payouts can't offset development costs the way a single breakout title might.