Ori director says Game Pass ‘could’ve worked’ if Xbox didn’t ‘slop out mediocre content like a factory’

The director of Xbox’s critically acclaimed Ori games has criticized Microsoft’s Game Pass strategy, claiming that the subscription service could’ve been a bigger success if the company didn’t incentivize studios to “slop out mediocre content like a factory”. Game Pass has come under focus again this week, after news broke that Microsoft is allegedly planning significant cuts across its gaming business, including the potential closure of at least three studios – Double Fine, Compulsion, and Ninja Theory – purchased during Xbox’s big subscription push. Game Pass’s last known subscriber figure was 34 million, published back in February 2024. However, growth is understood to have slowed in recent years, and Xbox recently confirmed that a price rise introduced last year shed “millions of subscribers” in a few months. Read More...

Jun 21, 2026 - 20:22

Ori director says Game Pass ‘could’ve worked’ if Xbox didn’t ‘slop out mediocre content like a factory’

The director of Xbox’s critically acclaimed Ori games has criticized Microsoft’s Game Pass strategy, claiming that the subscription service could’ve been a bigger success if the company didn’t incentivize studios to “slop out mediocre content like a factory”.

Game Pass has come under focus again this week, after news broke that Microsoft is allegedly planning significant cuts across its gaming business, including the potential closure of at least three studios – Double Fine, Compulsion, and Ninja Theory – purchased during Xbox’s big subscription push.

Game Pass’s last known subscriber figure was 34 million, published back in February 2024. However, growth is understood to have slowed in recent years, and Xbox recently confirmed that a price rise introduced last year shed “millions of subscribers” in a few months.

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