Hazelight Studiosin perustaja Josed Fares on tunnettu varsin räväköistä mielipiteistään, jotka aiheuttavat kohua milloin missäkin. Tällä kertaa otsikoihin nousi GamingBolt-haastettelu.
Fares kommentoi Microsoftin päätöstä suunnata katse Xbox Game Passiin perinteisen pelimallin sijasta. Ruotsinlibanonilainen ei ole erityisen innoissaan suuntauksesta, jossa valikoiman määrällä pyritään paikkaamaan yksinoikeusnimikkeiden määrää. Fares korostaa pitävänsä enemmän Sonyn perinteisemmästä linjasta, jossa yhtiö satsaa vahvoihin yksinoikeusnimikkeisiin.
"I mean, right now I'm much more a fan of Sony's strategy, because they make more unique IPs and focus more on games that I really enjoy that are story-heavy. So I hope Microsoft goes that way. I mean, with Game Pass, I'm not sure what that's going to give. I mean, if there's no games that makes no sense. Doesn't matter, you know? Another thing, I don't see it as a war as well. Like looking at how [Xbox boss] Phil Spencer talks about this, it seems more that he wants Game Pass to get on PS5 also. But at the end of the day it's about games.
However, this, like, Netflix of gaming is interesting because I don't really see how it's going to go in the future. It's hard to tell, it's not like movies, you know? Games are a bit different, but it's going to be interesting to follow to see what goes on there. But I sure hope that Sony continues with what they're doing. You know, making great games like The Last of Us and Spider-Man and all that they do."