Bekah Saltsman, CEO of Finji, the publisher behind the indie game Tunic, recently addressed subscription services, mentioning that Indie games may not survive in this ecosystem.
in conversation with GamesIndustry.bizhe pointed out that if the market continues in this direction developers “have to rely on subscription fees and acquisitions. And, in general, subscription acquisitions don’t pay for as many years of development to a team, unless that team is very small.”
As he added, “subscriptions are amazing and terrifying at the same time.” while mentioning thatI’m most concerned about smaller indie teams that might not have an early foothold as creators, They don’t have the space and money to make more than one game”.
It should be remembered that in recent times services such as Xbox Game Pass have had enormous growth, and even PlayStation now has a similar system with the new PlayStation Plus.
As for Tunic, the game starring a little fox, it became one of the most popular indie games of 2022.