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<blockquote data-quote="trash80" data-source="post: 295963" data-attributes="member: 7578"><p>Zen has already announced that changes in monetization and business model are coming this year. Why announce a change if everything was going to remain the way it currently is? The official dev statement you are referring to was regarding whether Steam would get the new Pinball FX and also if/when/what tables and IP may be coming over to the new Pinball FX platform. Since those items require third party licensing in place, they are not making any specific announcements regarding titles and/or marketplaces until all licensing is finalized and there should be an announcement as early as later this month.</p><p></p><p>That link you post about MS is exactly what I was referring to. Many regions are still getting an increase in price, but now you get a 45 day window to determine how to deal with it. There was similar outrage when Office went to subscriptions. MS spends untold millions on focus groups, pilot programs, think tanks and third-party marketing research and no matter what they do there will always be a very vocal group demanding something else. Since we are discussing subscriptions... Microsoft is now considered a subscription based company, and just like other software companies like Adobe, they have modeled their business after Netflix which is considered the gold standard of consistent customer and revenue growth. Pretty much every business in existence is shifting from high up-front initial point of sale over to a subscription based business model that ensures a continued revenue stream and a locked in user. </p><p></p><p>Haven't you heard that it is always easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission? Same goes for business.</p><p></p><p>And to add. I'm pretty sure Embracer Group now has a large enough roster and catalog to facilitate their own subscription based portal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trash80, post: 295963, member: 7578"] Zen has already announced that changes in monetization and business model are coming this year. Why announce a change if everything was going to remain the way it currently is? The official dev statement you are referring to was regarding whether Steam would get the new Pinball FX and also if/when/what tables and IP may be coming over to the new Pinball FX platform. Since those items require third party licensing in place, they are not making any specific announcements regarding titles and/or marketplaces until all licensing is finalized and there should be an announcement as early as later this month. That link you post about MS is exactly what I was referring to. Many regions are still getting an increase in price, but now you get a 45 day window to determine how to deal with it. There was similar outrage when Office went to subscriptions. MS spends untold millions on focus groups, pilot programs, think tanks and third-party marketing research and no matter what they do there will always be a very vocal group demanding something else. Since we are discussing subscriptions... Microsoft is now considered a subscription based company, and just like other software companies like Adobe, they have modeled their business after Netflix which is considered the gold standard of consistent customer and revenue growth. Pretty much every business in existence is shifting from high up-front initial point of sale over to a subscription based business model that ensures a continued revenue stream and a locked in user. Haven't you heard that it is always easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission? Same goes for business. And to add. I'm pretty sure Embracer Group now has a large enough roster and catalog to facilitate their own subscription based portal. [/QUOTE]
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