Former GamesIndustry.biz journalist Christopher Dring (now contributing to VGC again, you love to see it) says that one of the unexpected upsides to Xbox's Game Pass subscription service, at least for Sony, is that certain additions to the service can have a "strong impact" on PlayStation sales.

Xbox games included in the Game Pass subscription service can reportedly expect to lose up to 80% of their predicted premium sales. That’s according to business journalist Christopher Dring, who added that, for multi-platform titles, inclusion in Game Pass can drive PS5 sales.

Xbox Game Pass may cost Microsoft up to 80% in premium sales. Could this impact their platform exclusivity strategy or not?

Xbox Game Pass subscriptions can give players an easy way to access tons of games, but it may result in a massive loss of actual game sales.

"Anecdotally, games that are in Game Pass can expect to lose around 80 percent of [their] expected premium sales on Xbox".

With the massive deals launched through Game Pass, some releases lose up to 80% of profits they may have earned otherwise.