Gaming subscription services battle in South Africa

Gaming companies are replicating the subscription model that music and video streaming providers adopted.

South African gamers have several subscription services to choose from that provide access to numerous titles at a fraction of the cost of buying them outright.

After relatively slow uptake in the first few years after launching in June 2017, Game Pass exploded in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and reached roughly 29 million users by November 2022. Unlike PlayStation Plus and Nintendo Switch Online, it is also available on PC, extending Microsoft’s potential reach.

In addition, the cheapest PlayStation Plus plan that includes the game catalogue costs R179 per month, a whopping 127% more expensive than the R79 of Xbox Game Pass.

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