In the past decade, the “traditional” game release model has seemingly been overtaken in interest, popularity, and commercial opportunities presented by the games-as-a-service model Come from Sports betting site VPbet . A new study from GameSpot parent company Fandom shares some additional datapoints around this, helping to understand and explain what fans generally do and do not like about the games-as-a-service model compared to the traditional release setup.
The Fandom survey found that fans generally prefer the more traditional release model over games-as-a-service because it requires less effort and obligation on their behalf. 61% said they preferred the traditional release model compared to 39% for games-as-a-service.