Lies of P Director: A 'Huge Number of Gamers' Have Played It Through Xbox Game Pass - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 January 2024 / 8,874 Views
Lies of P director Jiwon Choi in an interview with GameRant revealed that a "huge number" of people have played the soulslike game via Xbox Game Pass.
Choi could not reveal the exact number, but he believes developer Round8 Studio and Microsoft are happy with the popularity of the game on Game Pass.
"The Xbox team ran a wide range of marketing campaigns for Lies of P, and I cannot reveal the exact number here, but a huge number of gamers have played our game through Xbox Game Pass," said Choi. "I believe both parties earned a very good result from this collaboration."
Lies of P had sold over one million units worldwide as of mid-October.
Lies of P released for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC via Steam and Microsoft Store, and Xbox Game Pass on September 19.
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Being cheaper means more accessibility to a lot more games, and it means less financial risk for gamers who hate wasting money on games they don't end up liking. Which creates hesitation on trying/buying other games in the future.
And you get to try before you buy. And I buy all games that I've liked on Game Pass, every single time.
Game pass is a fantastic idea for those 2 main reasons. Too bad that it still doesn't have enough good games on Game pass regularly enough. Still, it's the best deal in gaming.
Completely agree with you. I played Lies of P and did not like it at all. Thanks to Game Pass means I saved myself $70 bucks. And also thanks to GP I played Nier Automata which has become my fave game ever and I purchased it after it left GP. GP is truly the best service in gaming!
Wasn't that the point of demos or game trials? I find devs don't pump out enough of them anymore these days whereas there were so many demos Gen 7.
But I guess that's the risk for devs;
Free demo = devs make no money and gamers can choose not to buy if they dont like
Free on GP = devs make a small amount of money to put on and gamers can choose not to buy if they dont like
I'm with you there tho, if there's any games i've demo'd and enjoyed I will buy it.
Lies of P had a demo though. The devs in this case did a demo and took money from MS, basically let them pay for (part of) development (small amount? I doubt it) and any sales from other platforms is just profit. Sea of Stars did the same, a demo, GP day 1 and PS+Extra day 1. They also sold on Switch and Steam, both with demos too. They apprently sold over expectations, I kinda feel they's have sold more if they didn't have those GP and Extra day 1 stuff but why take the risk? Let MS and Sony pay it instead.
Not for everyone though. Theres prob 1 or 2game on average a year that I really enjoy. Considering I ended up buying physcial copies, it's not worthit for me in the end. But i'm locked into a contract for another year, then i'm done.
not surprised
There is of course a cut-off point where it would have been more profitable for the studio to have actual sales instead of the Microsoft payoff. With Game pass I guess we'll never know which games would have been successful under their own power.
XBox owners are starving for games. Any bone thrown at them is a banquet.
I played it for 30 mins on gamepass, that was enough for me. I don't have time for a cheaper elden ring/souls game under a different skin. They could have tried to be abit more original.
yes cheaper souls clone that has been highly praised, probably one of the most highly praised Souls clone in recent years, but I'm sure you know exactly what you're talking about.
Point is I don't have time for that gameplay, after playing the ultimate e version. Game didn't bring anything new or do anything to hook me in.
That was my issue with it.
