According to a recent analysis conducted by Ampere Analysis’ Piers Harding-Rolls, subscription services such as the likes of Xbox Game Pass and PS Plus only account for a very small slice of the total revenue generated by the games industry.

As revealed in the analysis (reported by Axios), subscription services collectively generate around $3.7 billion in the North American and European markets – which only accounts for 4% of the total spending of $81 billion on game discs, downloads, DLC, microtransactions, and so on. This is in sharp contrast to the music industry, where subscription services like Spotify collectively account for 83% of the total revenue generated by the medium.

As it stands, Xbox Game Pass is clearly leading the charge with a market share of around 60% and a subscriber base of 25 million and counting. Now that Sony has announced its revamped PS Plus offerings, it would be interesting to see how this picture looks a couple of years from now. Suffice to say, it’s still a long road before subscription services become a majority stakeholder in the revenue generated by the medium.



Posted: Apr 02, 2022 10:26 am
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Source: https://gamingbolt.com/xbox-game-pass-has-60-market-share-of-subscription-services-analysis-reveals