Currently, various Sega games are available on several streaming services.
The amount charged by these services individually depends on the features and games available. For example, Xbox Game Pass prices range from £6.99 to £14.99 per month and PlayStation Plus from £6.99 to £13.49 per month.
Therefore, it would make financial sense for Sega to have the people who play its games pay the subscription fee instead of its competitors.
It may also be attractive to people who mainly want to play Sega games, but for everyone else it may result in higher costs.
Rachel Howey streams herself playing games on Twitch, where she’s known to her fans as DontRachQuit, and said she’s “excited and concerned” about another subscription service
“We already have so many subscriptions that it’s very difficult for us to justify signing up for a new one,” she told the BBC.
“I think SEGA will definitely have a core dedicated audience that will benefit from this, but will the average gamer choose this over something like Game Pass?”
And Sophie Smart, director of production at British developer No More Robots, agreed.
“As someone whose first console was a Sega Mega Drive, I’d love to see Sega thrive more than anything, and this seems like a step in the modern direction,” she said.
But she wondered if Sega had actually created a competing subscription service, or if that would result in their games being removed from other services.
“If that’s the case, it could mean consumers are shelling out more money by owning multiple subscription services,” she said.
