Looks like top management has completely given up on gaming following the disastrous acquisitions of Activision and Zenimax.
They've killed their first party studios, their hardware and now their last remaining thing which was the game pass.
Always remember, Fitgirl is free.
I don't understand how these corporate suits do this. Surely they would need to consult actual market surveys and have a good grasp on the economy and amount of disposable income the average person has before setting up a system like this, even if they have no idea what a video game even is, and still think they are all just mario on the NES because that was the last time they played a game, you'd think they'd still try to understand basic concepts in the market, like "produce a product worth paying for." and not "offer huge amounts of slop no one wants to touch for way too much money."
They don't have material analysis and the immortal science of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism is why. Their whole worldview is based on contradictions within capitalism remaining unexplainable, so they just throw shit at the wall to see what sticks. Except when they do this, it messes up their chances at successful throws later on. It essentially becomes gambling. Just games of pure chance where they place their bets and hope to win big.
Anything like labor power affecting production costs, usefulness of the product, etc. isn't even in their vocabulary.
Time it was the people in charge of the system actually understood how it functioned and how to properly exploit and control the working class, but now their failsons and grandsons are in charge and no one at the top has any idea what they are doing or how anything functions, just performing actions as ritual in the hope of generating more profit.