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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedRealNetworks passes go: online subscription plan complements video service. (Online).(launches GamePass game service)(Brief Article)
Video Business, July, 2002 by Donahue, Ann
RealNetworks Inc. has launched GamePass, an online subscription game service that will cost users $6.95 a month with an initial three-month membership commitment. In addition to having full access to the 90 games on the site, GamePass subscribers will get one credit each month to download or own one of the games on the RealArcade.
Games normally cost between $9.99 and $19.99 to buy from RealNetworks. Other companies have learned, however, that it's hard to make a buck in the online games space. EA.com, the online version of gaming giant Electronic Arts, has lost hundreds of millions of dollars since its inception despite charging for select online games, such as Motor City Online and the now-defunct Majestic. Gaming on online film site Atom...
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