I would argue that there are three kinds of game subscriptions right now

• gamepass, paid for by azure/office. goal to turn the industry into a subscription service based industry like everything else has been converted into
• trying-to-keep-up-with-gamepass: this is ps+ (extra|premium), it exists as a failing effort to keep up with gamepass. it has to make money and thus users don’t see value in it. it either costs too much or doesn’t provide enough for the cost
• fifa subscription

the last one has existed for a long time and doesn’t really factor into the discussions people are having today. it’s not really relevant. the other two are both a factor of each other and relevant to what we are talking about.